Demam...daa

14 August 2007

We all have had the feeling before. Remember those days when you come home from school feeling awful with a sore throat. Your mom feels your head and neck with her hand and frowns, normally followed with some remarks like "eh! panas nye badan budak ni...". Then , you hear the magic words - " dah demam ni!" [fever = demam].

I came home last night feeling just fine after dinner with RS. I went to bed early at about 12:30 a.m. Tapi aku terjaga dalam pukul 2:30 a.m. with the most awful sore throat in recent years. Panic sekejap. Minum air segelas, tapi takde apa yg berlaku. Just forced myself back to bed.

Pagi ni aku terus demam. Nak bangun pun tak larat. Sent sms to my staff and boss bagitau yang aku nak cuti coz demam. Minum panadol (the soluble type) and sambung tido. By noon, demam masih ada. Hasrat hati aku nak pegi office after lunch pun aku batalkan. Dahle demam, tetiba datang sakit belakang pulak. Mungkin aku salah tidur tadi... yelah, tidur atas sofa and not on proper bed sebab aku dah boring tidur dalam bilik.

Sakit belakang ni berlarutan sampai ke malam. Tapi demam dah rasa reda. Sore throat pun dah berkurangan. Harapnya besok boleh keje lah...

Fever is a frequent medical symptom that describes an increase in internal body temperature to levels that are above normal (the common oral measurement of normal human body temperature is 36.8±0.7 °C or 98.6±1.3 °F). Fever is most accurately characterized as a temporary elevation in the body’s thermoregulatory set-point, usually by about 1-2°C. Fever differs from hyperthermia, which is an increase in body temperature over the body’s thermoregulatory set-point (due to excessive heat production or insufficient thermoregulation, or both). Carl Wunderlich discovered that fever is not a disease but a symptom of disease. The elevation in thermoregulatory set-point means that the previous "normal body temperature" is considered hypothermic, and effector mechanisms kick in. The person who is developing the fever has a cold sensation, and an increase in heart rate, muscle tone and shivering attempt to counteract the perceived hypothermia, thereby reaching the new thermoregulatory set-point. (dipetik dari Wikipedia)