Concept and meaning of fever, hypothermia,frosbite, hyperthermia,heat exhaustion and heatstroke?

Q: What is the high altitude sickness?Write its symptoms.

A: The processes that occur in the presence of oxygen are termed as aerobic respiration. The body needs…

Q: Young children and older adults have more difficulty in regulating their body temperature.Older…

A: Thyroid gland is important gland to regulate the compensation function (for example heart beat ) and…

Q: What does Tolerance indicate?

A: Generally, tolerance is the way we adjust to certain situations. It can be how we accept the…

Q: How is fever stimulated?

A: The increase in these white blood cells affects your hypothalamus.

Q: How do drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen act to reduce fever?

A: Answers :  Our whole body is under control of hormones. Hypothalamus gets the stimulus from the…

Q: What evidence indicates that fever is an adaptation to fight illness?

A: Fever is a condition characterized by an increase in the temperature of the body when there is any…

Q: Explain the importance of thermoregulation in the body?

A: Homeostasis means maintaining a stable environment to carry out the physiological processes inside…

Q: Do you get heartburn only because of eating acidic foods? Is heartburn reserved for older people?

A: In the recent years the consumption of fast or junk food have increased tremendously. This may be…

Q: How does the hypothalamus trigger a fever? (what happens to the set point?)

A: Health is defined as the state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence…

Q: Question 3 What are the diseases associated with hypocomplementaemia and which complement deficiency…

A: The condition hypocomplementaemia develops when the major component of the blood is lacking or…

Q: Is it a good idea to reduce fever if fever is a normal response to an abnormalprocess occurring in…

A: Infection is a condition during which invasion and multiplication of pathogens in the body are…

Q: Why might a fever be beneficial

A: Microbial pathogens such as bacteria and viruses infect humans for nutrition and cell division. Upon…

Q: The following are the energy reserves of the body: bloodglucose, liver glycogen, muscle glycogen,…

A: ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate is a molecule which is used to store and transfer the energy…

Q: Define the term shivering thermogenesis?

A: Content brief:            The production of heat within the tissues to raise the body temperature is…

Q: concidering when digested food is absorbed, and how the nutritional components make their way to the…

A: The digestive system is specially designed to convert the food you eat into nutrients that your body…

Q: Explain how the nervous system controls the process ofbreathing.

A: In human body, the nervous system is defined as the system  of control and coordination of different…

Q: Which organ systems contribute to the fever-induced increase in body temperature, thereby…

A: Physiology defines basic functional activities occurred in a body. These functions maintain normal…

Q: Fever is consider a defense against disease?

A: The immune system of the body is concerned with the body's ability to fight diseases. The term…

Q: List four benefits of fever.

A: Fever is the most common presenting complaint in the medical practice. It is defined as a body…

Q: Why certain individuals are susceptible to certain diseases, especially chronic conditions such as…

A: In biology, the term susceptibility refers to the state of lack of ability to resist some extraneous…

Q: Why does hypoglycemia and blood acidosis result in the hungry individual?

A: Hypoglycemia also known as low blood sugar is a fall in blood sugar levels below normal values. The…

Q: Describe the physiological events leading to fever and review theways in which fever is naturally…

A: Fever Fever is a condition with abnormally high body temperature. Fever is generally associated…

Q: Which of the following statements is False? adipose tissue has both SER and RER O Pancreas is rich…

A: Rough endoplasmic reticulum- it is made of cisternae and a few tubules.It helps in the formation of…

Q: List the benefits and risks of a fever.

A: Fever also referred to as pyrexia, is characterized as having higher body temperatures above the…

Q: Normal limits of the internal environment – blood glucose, pH, blood pressure, body temperature…

A: The body has an internal environment which is maintained almost constant by biological mechanisms.…

Q: What do you mean by chemotropism?

A: A stimulus is a detectable variation in the physical or chemical arrangement of the internal or…

Q: Why do most mammals, other than primates,not suffer from gout?

A: The majority of the mammals, other than primates, not suffer from gout because in mammals, uric acid…

Q: Describe why a moderate fever is advantageous in fighting an infection.

A: The human body maintains an average temperature of 37°C. This temperature is needed to regulate all…

Q: Explain how the feedback loop mechanism maintains and restores bodily function when you have fever…

A: Homeostasis: The ability of the body to resist any sudden changes in order to maintain a balanced…

Q: Which statement is true regarding the benefits of a fever during an infection?

A: Infections cause most fevers. You get a fever because your body is trying to kill the virus or…

Q: How does your body respond to this changed set point? How are the symptoms of a fever related to…

A: Set point - this theory state that the body weight of a person can change upto a limited point.

Q: Predict the water solubility of pantothenic acid ?

A: Pantothenic acid contains carboxylic acid (—COOH) group, hydroxyl (—OH) group and amide (—NHCOR)…

Q: How to prevent hyperthermia?

A: Hyperthermia is the condition in which the body temperature is abnormally high. This is caused as…

Q: Why may a person get diarrhea if he/she eats cold food?

A: Diarrhea is the condition when a person experiencing loose, watery stools, or a frequent bowel…

Q: Define a fever, and describe how it occurs.

A: The normal body temperature of human body is 37°C. Some individuals will have a temperature lower…

Q: Foods high in purines can trigger a gout attack. Provide several examples of these foods and explain…

A: Gout, a form of arthritis characterized by inflammation, swelling, redness, and tenderness in the…

Q: Explain why inflammation can be beneficial. Explain why fever can be beneficial.

A: Inflammation is a type of Innate immunity which is present in an individual from the time of their…

Q: Explain how protein-calorie malnutrition results in ascites.

A: Protein deficit is a dietary issue linked to ascites formation. Ascites, or a buildup of abdominal…

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Q: Which response is a clinical symptom of Graves' Disease? low resting metabolic rate myxedema…

A: An autoimmune disorder attacks the body's own immune cells. Graves disease is an example of an…

Q: Notice that the person described in the flowchart is shivering, even though his body temperature is…

A: Temperature regulation is a very important phenomena in warm blooded bodies. Temperature regulation…

Q: Which among the processes below will be used during heat defense? vasodilation and thermogenesis O…

A: vasodilation work against heat as sweating does  When heat produce in body to balance the body…

Q: Difference between symptoms and signs of a disease?

A: Infection is a specific strange condition that contrarily influences the construction or capacity of…

Q: State the change in body temperature when we get fever. Briefly explain how fever is induced in the…

A: Fever, conjointly named as pyrexia, is outlined as having a temperature higher than normal range…

Q: What is a fever, and what are the three stages of a fever?

A: Fever- Thermoregulation- It is the process of body to maintain its normal internal body temperature.…

Q: Describe the mechanism behind fever, and explain its beneficialand harmful effects.

A: When a body’s temperature is being increased above the normal range of 36° to 37° C, it is called…