Fever, Remittent

<p><a href="https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/thomas/malaria_remi.html">Thomas, 1907: the Eclectic Practice of Medicine.</a></p>

<ul>

<li>Fever with daily fluctuations exceeding 3.6 degrees F</li>

<li>Wide swings in temperature</li>

<li>Temperature remains above normal throughout the day</li>

<li>Does not touch normal at any time!!</li>

</ul>

<p><strong><u>Common Associated Diseases</u></strong></p>

<ul>

<li>Many viral infections</li>

<li>Infective endocarditis with lower grade pathogens</li>

<li>Acute rheumatic fever</li>

<li>Kawasaki disease</li>

<li>Richettsiae infection</li>

<li>Brucellosis</li>

<li>falciparum malaria</li>

<li>Legionella</li>

<li>Mycoplasma</li>

</ul>

<p>19th century medicine describes it as:</p>

<p>Remittent fever is made clear when there is a forming stage of more or less duration, and which is frequently attended by gastric disturbance and frontal pain; a chill, not nearly so intense as in intermittent fever, but well marked, and a hot stage which is distinctly broken up into remissions and exacerbations. and continues to the sweating stage which is the termination of the disease.</p>

<p>The distinct remissions and exacerbations-periodicity- means quinine. and in some cases this
remedy will be sufficient to arrest the entire series of morbid processes. This condition will be known by the soft and open pulse. the moist and cleaning tongue, the soft and moist skin. and a return of normal innervation at the remissions. If these conditions do not appear, the character of the wrongs must be determined and the means necessary to remove them employed. &nbsp;(Scudder-SDSD-20)</p>