You nurture yourself back to health. If you're holistic, you recognize that fever is a natural defense mechanism to fight off the virus or bacteria that is attacking your body. You may even thank your body for doing such a good job. We are conditioned in this society to only think of the tangible, physical aspects of the world around us, and so the main emphasis regarding obesity for many years has been food and diet. And yet eating is not the issue.
T ake a look at another scenario.
Your best friend has pneumonia. She has been hospitalized and you take off work early to visit her. She is on the road to recovery, and will probably be home in a day or so. While you are there, she has a coughing spell. It takes a few minutes before she can catch her breath, the nurse may even have to come in and use a ventilator.