The Advantage Of Fever

When we feel ourselves burning up, we reach for the painkillers, dab ourselves with a cold flannel, and do whatever means necessary to cool ourselves down. In doing this we may be adding fuel to the fire, as it has been said that fever or 'pyrexia' as it is otherwise known may facilitate the survival of many organisms and that it is nature’s way of healing itself.

Pyrexia is an essential defense mechanism which occurs when the body is invaded by microorganisms and other noxious stimuli. The importance of this mechanism has been demonstrated with the desert Iguna (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) where the administration of antipyretics resulted in the death of the animal after the injection of various reptilian pathogens. Additional findings have shown that exposure to hyperthermia in vitro will generally reduce the growth of many microorganisms. Thus suggesting that the prevention of pyrexia alters the hosts defence mechanism, and hence fever or hyperthermia may provide a natural remedy to infection.

In the past, before antibiotics were produced, fever therapy was the principal form of treatment for syphilis, gonococcal infections and chancroid. Consequently it has been suggested that fever therapy which is a remedy that involves inducing abnormally high body temperature may be a promising treatment for cancer, and that reverting back to primitive remedies may be extremely beneficial.

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Milky Way Shines Through Sandstorm photographed by Terje Sorgjerd

Reason for why the brain is my favourite organ

Wonders of the Human Brain

The human brain is an incredible machine that produces our every movement, conjures up our emotions, and allows us to pave the way in which we perceive and experience the world. The extreme complexity of the millions of connections between the cells within the brain, and their profound processes is what makes the brain unique. Processes within the brain allow connections between different circumstances that we have encountered in our everyday lives, thus producing a journey of events that can be recalled upon. A phenomenon known as synaptic plasticity occurs within the brain to strengthen the connections that are stored, thus moulding the habits that have been learnt by reinforcing certain patterns of brain activity.

Charles Darwin

'A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone'.