Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses>Doctoral Dissertation: Emery, Thomas (11-11-1980), Iron and Life, USU Faculty Honor Lectures, Utah State University, Retrieved on 2016-03-06Source Material [digitalcommons.usu.edu]
Folksonomies: medicine fever Memes
06 MAR 2016
Iron and Fever
Warm-blooded animals have an elaborate physiological control
system to maintain a constant body temperature. In man, this temperature
is about 37°C. Any significant deviation from this temperature puts
stress on the body and makes it difficult to maintain metabolic processes
at their normal rates. Why then, during sickness, should the temperature
rise? It would seem that development of fever would cause things to go
from bad to worse, and make it more difficult for the body to recuperate.
Fe...Fever prevents bacteria from obtaining iron in the from the blood stream,