Author/Editor		Poplas-Susič, Tonka
Title		Povišana telesna temperatura
Translated title		Fever
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 43, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 105-7
Language		slo
Abstract		Body temperature is an indicator of the body's physiological state. Its elevation usually points to an illness and is at the same time a very important protective mechanism. An acute febrile status lasting up to two weeks is usually the result of an infectious disease. Fever of unknown origin lasting more than three weeks and without an apparent cause found during at least one week of diagnostic tests is probably due to one of the following three most important causes: multisystem diseases, infections and neoplasms. Treatment of fever always depends on the cause and on the patient's health status.
Summary		Telesna temperatura je pokazatelj fiziološkega stanja organizma. Njeno povišanje najpogosteje kaže na prisotnost neke bolezni in je hkrati koristna za obrambno delovanje telesa. Akutno vročinsko stanje, ki traja do dva tedna, je v našem okolju najpogosteje posledica infektivnega obolenja. Vročina neznanega izvora v trajanju več kot tri tedne in katere vzroka ni bilo možno odkriti v vsaj enotedenskem diagnostičnem postopku, ima tri najpogostejše vzroke: sistemska vezivnotkivna obolenja, infekcije in neoplazme. Povišano telesno temperaturo zdravimo individualno, odvisno od vzroka in osnovnega zdravstvenega stanja posameznika.
Descriptors		FEVER FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN