anonymouszack t1_jdyz2ji wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:33 AM

Reply to comment by dmazzoni in ELI5: why is it ok to take paracetamol to break a fever? by tiph12

And highly dangerous. I’m still alive but it wasn’t a great time

anonymouszack t1_jdyypgh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:28 AM

Reply to comment by tiph12 in ELI5: why is it ok to take paracetamol to break a fever? by tiph12

104 is too high. 101 is typically when I’ve experienced doctors start prescribing meds

anonymouszack t1_jdyyfvc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Reply to comment by tiph12 in ELI5: why is it ok to take paracetamol to break a fever? by tiph12

Not necessarily, there are other dangers with that as well. But if you stay below a reasonable temp (I’m in the us and don’t want to convert) then it’s also not necessarily bad to do that. Old home remedies actually encouraged the high temp in order to make it happen faster

anonymouszack t1_jdyxwux wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:19 AM

Reply to ELI5: why is it ok to take paracetamol to break a fever? by tiph12

Because sometimes the body gets too hot in its effort to save you and you end up melting your brain. Fevers are really the bodies last line of defense… think of it like a war of attrition. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how healthy you were, sometimes you just die

anonymouszack t1_jcwei75 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 1:53 AM

Reply to comment by Joham22 in Spot the fox. South Beach, San Juan Island. by PenName

Could be rabbit

anonymouszack t1_jaojdme wrote on March 2, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Reply to ccrryybbbbyy by sloppjockey_ert

Neat

anonymouszack t1_ja4324n wrote on February 26, 2023 at 6:19 PM

Reply to ELI5 Why do doctors wait for cancer to progress to a further stage before prescribing certain treatments like immunotherapy? by JustMe182

It’s basically risk management. Lots of things in life, including procedures, add risk. If they don’t need those options yet, the less risky path is chosen to (hopefully) find the same reward