Lemon Socks for a Fever by Holistic Squid [1]

A few weeks ago I finally got around to listening to the audio recording of Dr. Tom Cowan [2]‘s talk at the last Wise Traditions Conference [3] on childhood fevers. An interesting lecture, Dr. Cowan discusses a possible link of chronic fever suppression to the propensity for developing cancer later in life. Hmm. I certainly am not a huge proponent of fever reducing medicines (like acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or aspirin) used in excess, but his presentation still gave me pause.

A few days later, my five year old woke up with his first fever in a long while, so I had a chance to face my opinions on treating a fever first hand.