5. Fever: The Body’s Inflammatory Beacon
Fever occasionally flickers across the intussusception landscape, lighting up as an inflammatory response to the intestinal insurgency occurring beneath. Here, the body signals its distress, inadvertently providing a thermometer through which diagnostic considerations may be weighed.
In the realm of pediatrics, fever often becomes a double-edged sword. While certainly signaling potential distress, it also merges into a myriad of potential pediatric illnesses, thereby weaving a complex diagnostic web, to be untangled with meticulous care.
Among adults, fever might linger like a low, smoldering fire, hinting at the brewing storm beneath. While perhaps less acute in its presentation, it adds a subtle hue to the diagnostic canvas, nudging toward an acknowledgment of the internal disarray. (5)
