L. Valkovsky. To the question of hysterical fever. — New in medicine. 1910 № 13 - № 14

Abstract

Having collected the literature on this subject, the author describes a case of an increase in t° to a paradoxical height of 46°, accompanied by purely hysterical symptoms. With appropriate treatment, t ° soon leveled off to normal, and at the same time other signs of the disease disappeared: hemiplegia, contractures, and a violently delusional state. Based on the described case and others that he had to observe, the author notes the following features of hysterical fever: 1) its complete indifference to antipyretics; 2) it can last for a long time, for whole months, but it can last only a few hours; 3) the overall economy of the organism does not suffer at all, or very little; 4) is often observed och. low beat. in. urine; t ° is different, in different places; or may be increased only at the time of measurement and at the place of measurement; 6) pulse rate does not correspond to t°; 7) can reach very high levels of 44-46°; 8) appears and disappears often suddenly.

The author explains the paradoxicality of t° (its height, suddenness of appearance, etc.) by the fact that its cause lies in the functional disorder of that part of the central nervous system that is in charge of heat regulation in the body.

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