When body temperature rises are usually those in a hurry to consume febrifuge. Once the advance of science & ease of times until now many people who feel a fever more often went directly to the pharmacy to buy medicine for fever than go to the doctor. This phenomenon is now commonly and more frequently encountered. However, not many know that this phenomenon was very dangerous.

Heat or increased body temperature when fever is actually a common thing happening and is a natural response to pyrogen substances (foreign substances in the body). This pyrogen substance though can be generated in the body, but more often generated from outside the body because of the inclusion of a variety of viruses, bacteria, or toxins.

The heat generated is a physiological process and is able to play a role spur the body's metabolism better and improve regulations to prevent the pyrogen substances more effectively. So if this process is stopped by taking medicines for fever, we may be precisely let pyrogen substance is even more widespread throughout the body. Body heat may be felt soon abate, but do not be surprised if after a febrifuge effects are lost, the body will begin to heat again, and possibly much more severe than ever. Then how should the use of fever-lowering medications properly?

Febrifuge has many in the market. So easy access to these drugs, OTC can even be obtained without a prescription. However, this may even sometimes be the fruit simalakama. Community who make minimal knowledge of the drug is sometimes not working properly. One thing that is important but forgotten: first measure how much your body temperature! look at how. Maybe you think this trivial, but this is the key to success in the treatment of fever. According to tropical infectious disease consultant dr.Moewardi Hospital Surakarta, dr.Tatar Sumandjar, Sp.PD-KPTI, febrifuge gift should never be done if a person's body temperature has not exceeded 38.7 ° C. The body temperature is still below the 38.7 ° C merupakkan positive response of the body against substances pyrogen and is the body's physiological processes against pyrogen substances. Body temperature above body temperature it is pathological. The temperature is too high it will destroy all kinds of body proteins, including a variety of important enzymes. In this condition no longer profits generated, but the destruction of the body itself. This is what must be prevented and this is an important point the role of fever-lowering drugs.

So, take note the use of fever-lowering drugs starting from today. Make yourself your own personal physician. Please go to the doctor in 2 days when the heat was not too down after eating a hot-lowering drugs, of course, after you melakukaan independent treatment in accordance with the above procedure.