“Fever-reducing drugs may help spread flu”: People End Up With More Virus In Their Bodies

Sally Ember, Ed.D.:

reblog from post from a year ago: VERY USEFUL TO KNOW during ‘flu season.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/fever-reducing-drugs-raise-spread-flu-study-article-1.1588812

I and my “alternative health” friends and practitioners have been saying for decades (centuries): FEVER is helpful. Let the accompanying fever do its thing, which is to kill the virus/bacteria, unless a fever is dangerously high.

IMPORTANT: Stay away from people throughout the fever period and for at least 24 hours after fever passes: then, you’re no longer contagious.

Originally posted on This and That:

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http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Feverreducing+drugs+help+spread+report/9415676/story.html

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