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[–] Lath@kbin.social 126 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Macrophages just want to watch the whole body burn.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

From what I've read, anything over about 101F is doing more harm than good.

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 46 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That's 38C for anyone out of the US

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

311 Kelvin for anyone who is an absolutist

And

560 Rankine for absolutists who wish to stick with Fahrenheit

[–] nyoooom@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's anything at 42°C or above that is a vital emergency, as it starts to destroy neurons

39°C is basically a normal fever

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just converted what they said

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago

Then convert better next time! (/s)

[–] Wergul@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

That's not very high

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago

38C is a nice handful, not a temperature.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This does not appear to match the evidence anymore: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717216/

The body is generally unable to raise the core temperature to the point where it can cause permanent damage, unless the ambient temperature is high. That is, unless there is a pre-existing heart or other vital organ condition.

In fact, fevers >=39C (102.2F) showed better outcomes in covid patients.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought danger was at 104F??

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Apparently, ~108F, but generally, the body needs help to get there.

[–] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 58 points 11 months ago (2 children)

To me Macrophages are the single most interesting creatures(symbiotes?) in the human body. I've read so much about them yet know so little.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Its their body, we are just the pilot.

[–] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Haha, yeah, sounds about right! No neurons, yet so determined.

[–] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Watch cells at work, you will thank me later

[–] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've had this Excel workbook open for an hour now and my boss is asking why I'm just staring at it. But thank you?

[–] sudoku@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] akariii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

you could say... it was a very good joke

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

You could say that he excelled at making jokes!

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This sort of confusion just sheets me.

[–] onichama@feddit.de 47 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I only know ibuprofen as a pain killer, but good to know it can also reduce fever!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

It blocks inflammation of all sorts

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It was the key drug being deployed during the covid war. I survived tks to it. Saw god a few times.

[–] Summzashi@lemmy.one 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reading this makes me think it was thorazine instead of ibuprofen.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

DMT is more likely.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Interesting, as someone who takes Suboxone, I avoid Tylenol because of potential liver issues. I was told during the pandemic that ibuprofen caused things to be worse. It was a confusing time and a very scary time.

It’s hard to know what info to trust these days.

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Having a fever I can deal with, but I will immediately take some meds to not have a headache. Unfortunately, usually a fever comes with a headache.:(

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