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[–] [email protected] 125 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Macrophages just want to watch the whole body burn.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

From what I've read, anything over about 101F is doing more harm than good.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That's 38C for anyone out of the US

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

311 Kelvin for anyone who is an absolutist

And

560 Rankine for absolutists who wish to stick with Fahrenheit

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's anything at 42°C or above that is a vital emergency, as it starts to destroy neurons

39°C is basically a normal fever

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just converted what they said

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Then convert better next time! (/s)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

That's not very high

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

38C is a nice handful, not a temperature.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This does not appear to match the evidence anymore: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717216/

The body is generally unable to raise the core temperature to the point where it can cause permanent damage, unless the ambient temperature is high. That is, unless there is a pre-existing heart or other vital organ condition.

In fact, fevers >=39C (102.2F) showed better outcomes in covid patients.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought danger was at 104F??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Apparently, ~108F, but generally, the body needs help to get there.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

To me Macrophages are the single most interesting creatures(symbiotes?) in the human body. I've read so much about them yet know so little.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Its their body, we are just the pilot.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Haha, yeah, sounds about right! No neurons, yet so determined.

[–] Daefsdeda 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Watch cells at work, you will thank me later

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've had this Excel workbook open for an hour now and my boss is asking why I'm just staring at it. But thank you?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you could say... it was a very good joke

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You could say that he excelled at making jokes!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This sort of confusion just sheets me.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I only know ibuprofen as a pain killer, but good to know it can also reduce fever!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago

It blocks inflammation of all sorts

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It was the key drug being deployed during the covid war. I survived tks to it. Saw god a few times.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reading this makes me think it was thorazine instead of ibuprofen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

DMT is more likely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Interesting, as someone who takes Suboxone, I avoid Tylenol because of potential liver issues. I was told during the pandemic that ibuprofen caused things to be worse. It was a confusing time and a very scary time.

It’s hard to know what info to trust these days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Having a fever I can deal with, but I will immediately take some meds to not have a headache. Unfortunately, usually a fever comes with a headache.:(

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