Sickness Behaviour: Causes and Effects

  • M Viljoen PhD, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria
  • A Panzer MBChB, PhD, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria

Abstract

This paper discusses sickness behaviour as a central motivational state. It deals with the adaptational value and underlying mechanisms of sickness behaviour and with the consequences of the body's failure to terminate the activity of the symptoms-producing cytokines.



SA Fam Pract 2003;45(10):15-18

Author Biography

M Viljoen, PhD, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria
Prof M Viljoen Box 2043 Pretoria 0001 Tel: +2712 319 2140 Fax: +2712 321 1679 E-mail: mviljoen@medic.up.ac.za
Issue
Vol. 45 No. 9 (2003)
Section
Articles
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