[Tow viewpoints of fever; old and new]

ABSTRACT

In modern medicine fever is considered as a symptom and result of temperature change in hypothalamus. Fever was known as hommi and hommeat in traditional medicine. Hommi and hommeat are important subjects in CANON of Avicenna. Various aspects of hommi and hommeat have been studied in this book by Ave-sina. New diagnostic and therapeutic point of view of traditional medicine and physician like Ave-sina may help to solve problems and open new windows for research about fever. Fever is a stranger heat that triggering in heart and spread throughout the body. Avesina classified fever to three type based on involved organ, time and etiology. Fever is caused by changes in hypothalamus set point. This is influenced by bacterial exotoxins or lipopolysaccharides. We investigated fever in our study in view of traditional and modem medicine. In a comparative study we evaluated Ave-cina's theories about fever and compare it with principle of modern medicine. Paying attention to Ave-cina's theories might be helpful to find the cause of fever. It can also open windows toward new research and studies and represent new therapeutic methods: