Pyrexia

Py·rex·i·a
Noun,
Medical term denoting fevers.
Medical Dictionary

Yes, I named my blog after Pyrexia, the medical term for 'fever'.
I only swapped the 'y' for 'u' because in Ancient Greek, we the sign for 'y' was a 'u'. Not to mention there's already another blog with the name 'Pyrexia'.
.. Alright. This is the second time in a month I'm coming down with a bloody darn fever. Funny thing? Yesterday was my birthday. I was ill on my birthday.
Illnesses strike whenever they want, wherever they want.

I didn't measure my body temperature, but I'm guessing its close to 39 °C.
Sometime ago, my body temperature used to linger around 38 °C without me being ill or feeling like crap. I'm weird like that.
By now, my regular body temperature is about 37.5 °C, which is still a bit higher than the average of 37 °C, but it falls within the range of normal again.
I never knew an elevation of 1.5 °C could make me feel this crappy, but I guess I underestimated the power of a good old fever bout.

So when do we call it a fever?

Well, Hi!

As the title says, Hi!

I have no idea how many people are going to read my random musings, but who knows what people do in their spare time..

I guess I should introduce myself. I am Ainyria (this is one of my many nicknames).
I'm currently a 22yo Dutch/Asian girl/woman who is a medical student at the Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam.
I'm in my second year by now, and I've suddenly become somewhat knowledgeable about hyperthyroidism and Graves' Disease, since I'm also a patient with Graves' disease.
So I'm both a patient and a medical student at the same time. Win! (Not really.)

This is a blog I'm using as a sort of diary and emotional purgatory throughout my journey in becoming a doctor and dealing with Graves.


This is it for now.
See you around!