Glutathione and Fevers

[Judee]

I always wondered why so many of us do not get fevers anymore. I also always thought that if we could it might mean a chance to overcome some of this. Dr Ben Lynch talks about that in this VIDEO on Youtube.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7073131/pdf/ijms-21-01393.pdf

"Surprisingly, new studies have shown that low glutathione levels can also inhibit fever. In this review, we focus on recent advances in this area, with an emphasis on the role of glutathione in immune responses accompanied by fever. We describe evidence showing that disturbed glutathione homeostasis may be responsible for the lack of fever during infections."

 

[SWAlexander]

disturbed glutathione

Wow. Thanks for this.
That could be the answer to why I can no longer sweat.
"Free radicals."

 

[lenora]

Hi @Judee. I don't know if I ever ran fevers, so I'm surprised to hear that many of us don't. I absolutely can't rely on that as a yardstick where illness is concerned. Of course try telling anyone at the hospital or even your own doctor, but it's true. I can be sick, but not have a fever. Thanks. Yours, Lenora

 

[SWAlexander]

Today I ordered glutathione to see If it works.

 

[Judee]

Just here and there, I've been taking an acetyl-l-glutathione.

I'm dealing with a dental situation/infection and this week managed to get up to 98.6 which almost never happens for me and also feels like I have a fever when it does even though the medical profession would never considered it to be one. However, I wonder if me taking of that glutathione helped me to at least get that high. ???

I think I've posted this paper or one similar to it before. It says, "...there is a substantial body of data, mostly from animal models, that fever—through its effects on immune function—may be an important host defense mechanism [14]. Roughly 20%–30% of elderly persons with serious bacterial or viral infections will present with a blunted or entirely absent fever response..."