Re: Protective Effects of Mild Hyopthermia in Endotoxemia

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Thanks for that. I knew Lyme and co-infections affected how they all behaved whilst in the same host and how Babesia in the context of a Borrelia infection might not produce a high fever. I have mainly low normal to low and even to very low temps (even lower if I exercise!)

Nelly

[infections] Protective Effects of Mild Hyopthermia in Endotoxemia

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2003 Sep;10(5):940-3. Related Articles, Links Effects of hypothermia on mortality and inflammatory responses to endotoxin-induced shock in rats.Taniguchi T, Kanakura H, Takemoto Y, Yamamoto K.Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan. taniyan@...We studied the effects of hypothermia on mortality rate, concentrations of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 6 in plasma, and the end products of nitric oxide (NO) in endotoxemia. It was found that moderate and mild hypothermia improved the mortality rate and attenuated cytokine responses and the elevation of the end products of NO after endotoxin injection and that these beneficial effects were similar for moderate and mild hypothermia.PMID: 12965930 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]