Wundfieber

[Helmut]

Servus,
Can someone tell me what this is? Wound Fever is the direct translation but doesn't make much sense.

Thank you in advance for your help

Regards,

Helmut

[laurence strong]

It translated for me as "traumatic fever":


Traumatic fever

An elevation in body temperature secondary to mechanical trauma, particularly a crushing injury. Such fevers may last 1 or 2 days. The increased body temperature may help provide resistance to subsequent infection, and increased wound temperature may accelerate local healing

[Helmut]

Wow, i never heard of such a thing before. Thanks for the info.

regards,

Helmut

[Quax der Bruchpilot]

"Wundfieber" is really "wound fever" and is today "sepsis" or "sepsis like syndrome", which is a description of the situation. It depends from the germ, how it is furtherly subdivided, e.g. Staphylokokken-Sepsis etc. "Staphylococcus" is the cause, "sepsis" the disease. With microbiology not existing "wound" was the cause and "fever" the disease. Very common at this time: "Kindbettfieber" (Staph. aureus sepsis caused by delivery). "Kindbett (delivery bed): cause, fieber: disease.. A simple system.

Behind staph aureus very common in old wartimes: Wundfieber by Gasbrand "gas fire" (clostridium perfringens, gas producing anaerobic germ) , Tetanus ("stiffness", clostridium tetanii), Milzbrand "spleen fire"(bacillus anthracis: Anthrax), tuberculosis infection rates were close to 100%, typhus won more wars than many generals

[Helmut]

Thank you for the information.

I thought MILZBRAND was Anthrax?

Regards,

Helmut

[Quax der Bruchpilot]

Correct. Look above: Milzbrand (spleen fire) bacillus anthracis or Anthrax