PYREXIA
- Created by: Sinead Toner
- Created on: 23-03-22 10:30
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- PYREXIA
- (Fever)
- A rise in body's temperature
- Above 37.2
- NOT a FAILURE of body regulating temperatures
- Body temp. is regulated at higher level than normal
- Nervous systems feedback to Hypothalamus regulates temperature
- Body's Thermostat
- PYROGENS
- a Circulating Protein
- Agent producing a fever
- Can reset hypothalamus thermostat& cause rise in body temp.
- Agent producing a fever
- PYRO- Fire
- Exogeneous Pyrogens- derived from outside host
- Endogenous Pyrogens- produced by individual
- Pathogens, Bacterial toxins& antigen-antibody complexes:
- May act as pyrogens
- OR
- Stimulate release of pyrogens by macrophages
- OR
- May act as pyrogens
- a Circulating Protein
- NOT a FAILURE of body regulating temperatures
- Above 37.2
- A rise in body's temperature
- (Fever)
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