Comment by kruffalon
1 day ago
Well, yes?
Very simplified... It is a suppressor of symptoms like pain and fever which are the bodies way of letting you know something is damaged and killing off unknown foreign bodies respectively.
Suppressing symptoms does not remove the cause and is not a cure.
I think what they're saying here is that you're not just suppressing a symptom, you're suppressing a sickness fighting mechanism.
He said that.
Fever isn't just a symptom. It's a defense mechanism. The idea is that use of antipyretic drugs may make the infection worse.
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