Hello everyone, The other day, a patient came in with a sick kid. Common occurrence. She asked me, “What do you do for a fever?” And I asked her, “What’s the purpose of a fever?” She said, “to burn up the infection”, or something along those lines. And yes, that’s one part of why your body raises a fever. Fevers decrease viral replication greatly, inhibit the reproduction of bacteria—but also have another effect that most people don’t know about. Calcium initiates the immune system response....