** 1. Most fever encountered in general practice are viral, self limiting and require only symptomatic treatment, but as compulsory routine consult a GP who will look for pallor, jaundice, neck stiffness,inspection of throat, abdomen for liver & spleen and auscultate the chest to find the cause of the fever by evaluating the associated symptoms. 2. since fever is of continued type, thus one has to exclude pneumonia, enteric fever, urinary tract infection with suitable examination and investigations, thus opinion of Doctor is must [for other serious causes of the same] 3. bed rest with blankets. . semi solid or liquid diet. [soft rice with milk, boiled vegetables,coconut water or electral water] . maintain good oral hygiene, rinse mouth after every meals, avoid smoking, tobacco chewing,spicy/fried foods, have warm salt water gargles. . avoid exposure to wind, avoid bath-only sponging . avoid oily-fried foods, cold drinks, cold water, ice creams. . have bread butter, toast-jam,corn flakes, fruits like: apple, banana,pear, dry fruits, & biscuits. . take salt,turmeric and embelia ribes in 6-6 gm quantity and mix in 1/2kg water and after filtering, have gargles with it [when still lukewarm]