Approach to Fever and Its Homoeopathic Management

Abstract

Body temperature is controlled by hypothalamus. Neurons in both the preoptic anterior hypothalamus and posterior hypothalamus receive two kinds of signals i.e one from peripheral nerves that reflect warmth/cold receptors and the other from the temp. of the blood bathing the region. These two types of signals are integrated by the thermoregulatory center of the hypothalamus to maintain normal temperature. In a neutral environment, the metabolic rate of humans consistently produces more heat than is necessary to maintain core body temperature at 37°C. So the hypothalamus controls temperature by mechanisms of heat loss.