Baba
Namaskar,
When most of us get a fever, we do not feel comfortable with the elevated body temperature so we take some type of medicine. But that is the wrong approach.
It is important to know how our own bodies function and react in such circumstances. One of the most natural methods is to facilitate your own body’s response to any viral attack. And one of the body’s first line of attacks against any foreign invasion, i.e. bacterial or viral infection, is a fever. Of course, when most of us get a fever, we do not feel comfortable with the elevated body temperature so we take some type of medicine (aspirin, Tylenol, Advil etc) to bring the body temperature down. And while this makes us feel better in the short term, it allows the fever, or bacterial or viral infection to advance because you have effectively stamped out the body’s first line of defense, i.e. the fever. By elevating the body temperature, the immune system is able to carry out its job of fighting off the fever, or bacterial or viral infection.
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So we should think twice before taking medicine to reduce a fever. Because ultimately, that fever is helping the body to fend off the invasion and bring us back into a state of proper health. To learn more about how it works, see the three articles appended below.
Conclusion
A fever is the body’s chief defense mechanism against abacterial or viral infection. So we should reconsider taking fever medicine as that lowers the body temperature and enables the fever bacterial or viral infection to grow. Best is to tolerate the fever as much as possible; by that way, the body naturally cures the foreign invasion.
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In Him,
Sunanda
It is quite common that at some point in our lives we get fever. In that case we are unable to serve, and instead are a liability as our family members and friends have to take care of us. As sadhakas we should do all we can to remain healthy and help others as well. To achieve this, we should know how our own bodies function and react in such circumstances.
#1: Why fever can be your friend in times of illness
#2: Elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells
#3: Defenses Against Infection
"Tomáre khunjechi, tiirthe marute, durgama giri guháte..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2203)
Purport:
Parama Purusa, because of my blindness and ignorance, I have searched for You in various so-called tiirthas and so-called holy lands - Jerusalem, and I also went to Ananda Nagar, Varanasi, Puri, Mecca, Rome, and dogmatic religious places, as well as in the caves of treacherous mountains also Tiljala, and Jamalpur. But, unfortunately, I could not find You anywhere. In return, I only got frustration, pain, and agony. Baba, You remained still further. In this way, I wasted so much time and money, and became completely exasperated. You are very close and intimate to one and all. Everyone holds You more dear than their own self.
I am looking for my Closest One, but I could not get Him. I was seeking Him in various remote places. It may be that a mistake occurred and that is why He has not been seen, and why I have not been able to find Him. It is very natural that those who are close will remain very near; they will not go far away, rather they will wipe away the tears of their close ones in times of sadness. They will share in their joys and laughter, and remove the sorrow of their loved ones. Baba, alas, You are missing from my life.
My Most Intimate One, today samvit has come in my mind. Now my eyes are open. By Your grace, I realise that You always remain smiling in my heart, in my mind. There is no need of searching You externally...
Note for Prabhat Samgiita #2203:
[1] Samvit: Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Samvit means spiritual consciousness, spiritual awakening. A man engaged in bad things all of a sudden feels that “No, I shouldn’t do all these things. No, I should be a good man henceforward.” Such an idea all of a sudden comes in his mind. And this thing, this change of mental tendency, is brought about by samvit shakti of Vidyámáyá. Do you follow? This is what is called samvit shakti. “No, henceforward I must be a good man. No, henceforward I must be a spiritualist. I must not encourage any depraving idea.” Samvit shakti." (1)
Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Brahma Cakra
How to fight infections
Namaskar,
When most of us get a fever, we do not feel comfortable with the elevated body temperature so we take some type of medicine. But that is the wrong approach.
It is important to know how our own bodies function and react in such circumstances. One of the most natural methods is to facilitate your own body’s response to any viral attack. And one of the body’s first line of attacks against any foreign invasion, i.e. bacterial or viral infection, is a fever. Of course, when most of us get a fever, we do not feel comfortable with the elevated body temperature so we take some type of medicine (aspirin, Tylenol, Advil etc) to bring the body temperature down. And while this makes us feel better in the short term, it allows the fever, or bacterial or viral infection to advance because you have effectively stamped out the body’s first line of defense, i.e. the fever. By elevating the body temperature, the immune system is able to carry out its job of fighting off the fever, or bacterial or viral infection.
https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/
So we should think twice before taking medicine to reduce a fever. Because ultimately, that fever is helping the body to fend off the invasion and bring us back into a state of proper health. To learn more about how it works, see the three articles appended below.
Conclusion
A fever is the body’s chief defense mechanism against abacterial or viral infection. So we should reconsider taking fever medicine as that lowers the body temperature and enables the fever bacterial or viral infection to grow. Best is to tolerate the fever as much as possible; by that way, the body naturally cures the foreign invasion.
https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/
In Him,
Sunanda
It is quite common that at some point in our lives we get fever. In that case we are unable to serve, and instead are a liability as our family members and friends have to take care of us. As sadhakas we should do all we can to remain healthy and help others as well. To achieve this, we should know how our own bodies function and react in such circumstances.
#1: Why fever can be your friend in times of illness
~ Courtesy of Medical News Today ~
Fevers are more than just a symptom of illness or infection, claim researchers; elevated body temperature sets in motion a series of mechanisms that regulate our immune system, they found.
When we are healthy, our body temperature tends to gravitate around a constant 37°C (98.6°F).
But when our bodies are faced with an infection [bacterial or viral], body temperature often goes up and we experience fever.
A slight fever is characterized by a minor rise in body temperature to about 38°C (100.4°F), with larger increases to around 39.5°C (103.1°F) counting as “high fever.”When we have the flu, for instance, we may come down with a mild and somewhat uncomfortable fever, driving many of us to seek natural or over-the-counter remedies against it.Fevers aren’t always a bad sign; you may even have heard that mild fevers are a good indication that your immune system is doing its job. But fevers aren’t just a byproduct of our immune response.In fact, it’s the other way around: an elevated body temperature triggers cellular mechanisms that ensure the immune system takes appropriate action against the offending virus or bacteria.So say researchers hailing from two academic institutions in the United Kingdom: the University of Warwick in Coventry and the University of Manchester.Senior researchers Profs. David Rand and Mike White led teams of mathematicians and biologists to understand what happens at cellular level when fever takes hold.Their findings, which have recently been published in PNAS, reveal that higher body temperatures drive the activity of certain proteins that, in turn, switch genes responsible for the body’s immune response on and off, as required. (Medical News Today)
#2: Elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells
~ Courtesy of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ~
Summary: You may want to thank your fever for helping fight off infection. That's because scientists have found more evidence that elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells to work better.
"An increase in body temperature has been known since ancient times to be associated with infection and inflammation," said Elizabeth A. Repasky, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Immunology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. "Since a febrile response is highly conserved in nature (even so-called cold blooded animals move to warmer places when they become ill) it would seem important that we immunologists devote more attention to this interesting response."
Scientists found that the generation and differentiation of a particular kind of lymphocyte, known as a "CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell" (capable of destroying virus-infected cells and tumor cells) is enhanced by mild fever-range hyperthermia. Specifically, their research suggests that elevated body temperature changes the T-cells' membranes which may help mediate the effects of micro-environmental temperature on cell function. To test this, researchers injected two groups of mice with an antigen, and examined the activation of T-cells following the interaction with antigen presenting cells. Body temperature in half of the mice was raised by 2 degrees centigrade, while the other half maintained a normal core body temperature. In the warmed mice, results showed a greater number of the type of CD8 T-cells capable of destroying infected cells.
"Having a fever might be uncomfortable," said John Wherry, Ph.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, "but this research report and several others are showing that having a fever is part of an effective immune response. We had previously thought that the microbes that infect us simply can't replicate as well when we have fevers, but this new work also suggests that the immune system might be temporarily enhanced functionally when our temperatures rise with fever." (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)
#3: Defenses Against Infection
~ Courtesy of Merck Manuals ~
Body temperature increases as a protective response to infection and injury. An elevated body temperature (fever) enhances the body’s defense mechanisms, although it can cause discomfort.
A part of the brain called the hypothalamus controls body temperature. Fever results from an actual resetting of the hypothalamus's thermostat. The body raises its temperature to a higher level by moving (shunting) blood from the skin surface to the interior of the body, thus reducing heat loss. Shivering (chills) may occur to increase heat production through muscle contraction. The body's efforts to conserve and produce heat continue until blood reaches the hypothalamus at the new, higher temperature. The new, higher temperature is then maintained. Later, when the thermostat is reset to its normal level, the body eliminates excess heat through sweating and shunting of blood to the skin.
Certain people (such as alcoholics, the very old, and the very young) are less able to generate a fever. These people may experience a drop in temperature in response to severe infection. (Merck Manuals)
== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
You are smiling in my heart"Tomáre khunjechi, tiirthe marute, durgama giri guháte..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2203)
Purport:
Parama Purusa, because of my blindness and ignorance, I have searched for You in various so-called tiirthas and so-called holy lands - Jerusalem, and I also went to Ananda Nagar, Varanasi, Puri, Mecca, Rome, and dogmatic religious places, as well as in the caves of treacherous mountains also Tiljala, and Jamalpur. But, unfortunately, I could not find You anywhere. In return, I only got frustration, pain, and agony. Baba, You remained still further. In this way, I wasted so much time and money, and became completely exasperated. You are very close and intimate to one and all. Everyone holds You more dear than their own self.
I am looking for my Closest One, but I could not get Him. I was seeking Him in various remote places. It may be that a mistake occurred and that is why He has not been seen, and why I have not been able to find Him. It is very natural that those who are close will remain very near; they will not go far away, rather they will wipe away the tears of their close ones in times of sadness. They will share in their joys and laughter, and remove the sorrow of their loved ones. Baba, alas, You are missing from my life.
My Most Intimate One, today samvit has come in my mind. Now my eyes are open. By Your grace, I realise that You always remain smiling in my heart, in my mind. There is no need of searching You externally...
Note for Prabhat Samgiita #2203:
[1] Samvit: Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Samvit means spiritual consciousness, spiritual awakening. A man engaged in bad things all of a sudden feels that “No, I shouldn’t do all these things. No, I should be a good man henceforward.” Such an idea all of a sudden comes in his mind. And this thing, this change of mental tendency, is brought about by samvit shakti of Vidyámáyá. Do you follow? This is what is called samvit shakti. “No, henceforward I must be a good man. No, henceforward I must be a spiritualist. I must not encourage any depraving idea.” Samvit shakti." (1)
Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Brahma Cakra
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