Monday, September 16, 2013

Day 126: Do You Starve a Fever?

I woke up this morning not feeling all that good.  I wasn’t sure why, I had body aches and felt exhausted.  I thought maybe a good sweat would get it out.  I suited up complete with a hoodie sweatshirt and hit the road. I kept up a good pace running through the exhaustion thinking the whole time that when I was done I would feel better. 

I finished my run, had a protein shake, and hit the shower.  Afterwards I felt worse.  I had body aches and pains. It was a bad day.  I am not sure if I am coming down with a cold or its just allergies from this time of year but whatever it is, it sucks.

The rest of the day I parked myself on the couch and watched football.  I just felt like crap and there wasn’t any getting better.  It had me thinking, if it was allergies, like what my poor dog Chloe has, what causes it.

This is what I found.  Allergies are a hypersensitivity disorder caused by the immune system and its reaction to normally harmless substances in the environment.  Allergic reaction are an excess activation of certain white blood cells called mast cells and basophils by a type of antibody called immunoglobulin E. Responses can range from mildly uncomfortable to deadly. 

Daily Recap:
Matt: 33 minutes jogging
Kelly: TBD

Blog Thought of the Day:

They say that you should “feed a cold” and “starve a fever” my question is: Why?  No one really knows but it dates back as far as 1574.  Some believe it has to do with old medical wisdom and that it refers to eating herbs and drinking tonics.  Remember that during that time they still believed that most aliments were caused by the body creating too much blood or other such nonsense.  I just found that interesting.  

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