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3 days ago · Normal body temperature | What is a fever? | Types of fevers | Fever temperature chart | Causes | Treatments | When to call a doctor. Take a look at the sick leave guidelines for most schools and workplaces, and you’re bound to find a reference to fevers. The general consensus for higher-than-normal body temperatures is to stay home. But why?
3 days ago · Most – but not all – faeco-oral diseases have diarrhoea as their main symptom, and for this reason these conditions are also known as diarrhoeal diseases. Other common symptoms are vomiting, abdominal pain, and sweating or shivering.
3 days ago · The classic symptom of malaria is paroxysm —a cyclical occurrence of sudden coldness followed by shivering and then fever and sweating, occurring every two days ( tertian fever) in P. vivax and P. ovale infections, and every three days ( quartan fever) for P. malariae.
4 days ago · Homeostasis, any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability. The stability attained represents a dynamic equilibrium, in which continuous change occurs yet relatively uniform conditions prevail. If homeostasis is successful, life continues; if unsuccessful, disaster or death ensues.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Homeostasis is any self-regulating process by which an organism tends to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are best for its sur...
- Body temperature control in humans is one of the most familiar examples of homeostasis. Normal body temperature hovers around 37 °C (98.6 °F), but...
- A familiar example of homeostatic regulation in a mechanical system is the action of a thermostat, a machine that regulates room temperature. At th...
- The concept of homeostasis has also been used in studies of ecosystems. Canadian-born American ecologist Robert MacArthur first proposed in 1955 th...
1 day ago · Parkinson's disease ( PD ), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor system and non-motor systems. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease progresses, non-motor symptoms become more common. Usual symptoms are tremor, slowness of movement ...
1 day ago · Shaking is common in old people. The causes include physiologic tremors, drug-induced tremors, Parkinson's disease, etc. Learn more causes and treatments.
4 days ago · Migraine and shaking are two of the most common symptoms that indicate a certain medical condition. A migraine usually causes excruciating pain and pulsing sensation in the head. This significant pain may occur for a few hours to a number of days depending on the severity of the condition.
