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artificial fever |
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artificial fever, an elevated body temperature produced by artificial means, such as the injection of malarial parasites or a vaccine known to produce fever symptoms or application of heat to the body. An artificial fever may be prescribed for a patient to arrest a disease that is sensitive to elevated body temperatures. Also called fever therapy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The increase in body temperature caused by these techniques induces an artificial fever. What the steam room does to your body is create a artificial fever which tells the body to fight off any existing sickness, you will not feel sick on the exterior but from the inside of your body your immune system will put up a fight to kill remaining germs and viruses. Gerson doctors are also using artificial fever treatment (hyperthermia) to generate improved immune function and to speed up healing reactions. |
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