Intermittent fever

Wechsel-feld, n. (Elec.) alternating field, -fie-bcr, n. intermittent fever, -gesprach, n. [Pg.507]

Salmonella can produce bacteremia without classic enterocolitis or enteric fever. The clinical syndrome is characterized by persistent bacteremia and prolonged intermittent fever with chills. Stool cultures are frequently negative. 

One clinical report of a hirnian exposed to HDI for an intermediate-dmation was reported. A 60-yem-old male automobile paint sprayer was examined following health complaints, which included shortness of breath, a productive cough, and an intermittent fever (usually about 6 hours after he finished work) of 1-month duration. Symptoms were reported to subside on weekends. He had used paint materials containing HDI for about one month and had worked without a protective mask. Clinical signs were... 

Quinine is derived from the bark of the cinchona tree, a traditional remedy for intermittent fevers from South America. The alkaloid quinine was purified from the bark in 1820, and it has been used in the treatment and prevention of malaria since that time. Quinidine, the dextrorotatory stereoisomer of quinine, is at least as effective as parenteral quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria. After oral administration, quinine is rapidly absorbed, reaches peak plasma levels in 1-3 hours, and is widely distributed in body tissues. The use of a loading dose in severe malaria allows the achievement of peak levels within a few hours. The pharmacokinetics of quinine varies among populations. Individuals with malaria develop higher plasma levels of the drug than healthy controls, but toxicity is not increased, apparently because of increased protein binding. The half-life of quinine also is longer in those with severe malaria (18 hours) than in healthy controls (11 hours). Quinidine has a shorter half-life than quinine, mostly as a result of decreased protein binding. Quinine is primarily metabolized in the liver and excreted in the urine. 

Neoalsomitra integrifoliola (Cogn.) Hutch Bang Chui Hui (stem) Cucurbitacin B, iso-cucurbitacin B, carotenoids.56 Laxative for diarrhea, treat intermittent fever, hepatitis, thyroid gland swelling. Used as a wash for contusions. 

Avens is stated to possess antidiarrheal, antihemorrhagic, and febrifugal properties. It is used for diarrhea, catarrhal colitis, passive uterine hemorrhage, intermittent fevers, and particularly for ulcerative colitis. 

A 21-year-old woman was seen in consultation because of intermittent fever of 6 days duration. 

This patient also illustrates the importance of a travel history in clinical medicine. Her intermittent fevers came with striking regularity on alternate days, a history that suggests malaria in an individual who has been in an area in which malaria is known to exist. Her flank pain was not due to a urinary tract infection, but was actually related to the splenic enlargement that is so characteristic of malaria. 

It will be observed that diarrhea and dysentery have been very prevalent, as well as intermittent fever. Several points might be enumerated in explanation of the origin of the first-named diseases viz First, the men are raw troops, unused to the hardships and exposures of camp life [more likely, camp conditions], and unlearned in the arts that tend to the health and comfort of the soldier, more especially in that of properly preparing their food ... 

The 152nd Ohio Volunteers had their share of illness. On August 1, Williamson and Jobes stmggled with a particularly obstinate wave of typhoid and intermittent fevers accompanied by diarrhea. 4 Some were sent to general hospital, while others were treated with opium and antiperiodics. D. Ault, a private in Company B, for example, was treated for diarrhea and fever with cinchona and Dover s powder. Throughout the prescription book, in fact, a lot of typhoid and intermittent fevers appear in the entries most of the afQicted were sent to their quarters rather than to the hospital. 

Boyer s third quarter report for 1863 shows a fairly busy sick bay fifty-four diseases treated for an average of three patients reporting iU per day over ninety-two days. He saw intermittent fever, dyspepsia, cholera, constipation, acute dysentery, colic, acute bronchitis, catarrh, rheumatism, syphilis, gonorrhea, conjunctivitis, and others. In making out his quarterly requisition for medical stores, he ordered 15.20 worth of medicines and had the lot delivered by 6 p.m., ending his report with, I have a good supply of drugs on hand. ... 

According to Dr. Norwood, this prescription is as much a specific as Quinine is for intermittent fever. ... 

A 71-year-old woman, who had been taking amiodarone 200 mg bd for 2 years, developed malaise, intermittent fever, arthralgia, and weight loss (210). She had a malar rash and hypoventilation at both lung bases. Her erythrocyte sedimentation rate was markedly raised (90 mm/hour), there was a mild normochromic... 

Osterwalder P, Koch J, Wuthrich B, Pichler WJ, Vetter W. Unklarer status febrilis. [Intermittent fever of unknown origin.] Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1998 123(24) 761-5. 

Inorganic Mercury. Several children who were treated with mercurous chloride contained in powders or tablets for constipation, worms, or teething discomfort exhibited low-grade or intermittent fevers (Warkany and Hubbard 1953). 

Infection by the virus produces antibodies, but not all of those exposed develop chronic infection. For those that do, AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC) bring on a variety of ailments involving the lymph nodes, intermittent fever, loss of weight, diarrhea, fatigue, pneumonia, and tumors. A person infected, known as HIV-positive, can remain disease-free for up to 10 years, as the virus can remain dormant before full-blown AIDS develops. 

Bacteremia. SahnoneUae can produce bacteremia without classic enterocolitis or enteric fever. Bacteremia rarely occurs in older adults, but it can occur in up to 40% of infants. It is also reported more frequently in persons with severe underlying illness or immunosuppression, including AIDS. The clinical syndrome is characterized by persistent bacteremia and prolonged intermittent fever with chills. Stool cultures frequently are negative. This clinical syndrome is most frequent with serotype Choleraesuis infections (50%). Leukocyte counts are often within the normal range. 

Patients develop intermittent fevers and are ill only when febrile. 

His first successes with attenuated vaccines were with the anthrax bacillus, but it was his later work with rabies that revealed the enormous possibilities of attenuated vaccines. The word rabies is derived from the Latin rabere - to rave, and the causative virus is usually passed to humans by the bite of a rabid dog or a wild canine (fox, wolf, etc.), and very occasionally by a bat. Certainly, wild canines are the natural reservoirs of the virus. The incubation period is typically 20 to 90 days, and after this, someone unlucky enough to be bitten by a rabid animal will suffer a period of malaise, mild fever and headache for a few days, followed by a period of excitement, when the patient cannot sleep and becomes apprehensive and easily alarmed. There is intermittent fever and some localised paralysis, especially of the neck and throat muscles, which makes swallowing problematic and is probably responsible for the fear of water (hydrophobia). More severe paralysis follows and this leads inexorably to cardiovascular collapse, coma and death, all within about one week of the appearance of the first symptoms. 

Visceral obstructions in children, dropsy Hemorrhoidal pains Rheumatism Eye diseases, snakebite Increase uterine contractions during childbirth, anthelmintic, fever, cholera, blood pressure, snakebite Boils, intestinal worms Inflammatory swellings Hemorrhoids, fevers, impotency, gonorrhea, rheumatism Tonic for dyspepsia, pain after meals accompanied by diarrhea, leprosy, chronic syphilitic and other eruptions, intermittent fevers, epilepsy... 

Intermittent Fever Fillfi, Take 10 to 12 grains white oxide of arsenic 1 drachm muriate of ammoni and 12 grains gum opium. Make into 64 pills. Dose, 1 to be taken morning, noon and night, with or without fever,... 

Eurycoma longifolia Jack is one of the most well known folk medicines for intermittent fever (malaria) in Southeast Asia [11]. This plant possesses the largest number of quassinoids with C19 skeleton identified so far. 7a-hydroxyeurycomalactone (20) [12], 6a-hydroxyeurycomalactone (21) [13], eurycolactone E (22) [10], eurycomalide B (23) [14], and quassinoids (24) and (25) [15] isolated from the E. longifolia Jack and cymosanine (26) [16] isolated from... 

Eurycoma longifolia Jack is one of the most well known folk medicines for intermittent fever (malaria) in Southeast Asia [11]. This plant possesses the largest number quassinoids with Cu> skeleton identified so far. 

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