夏季热(下称本病)是以明显的地区性、季节性、及以持续发热为特征的一种疾病。多发于半岁～5岁的婴幼儿,对儿童健康危害较大。本病多发于我国中南、东南气候炎热的地区,且集中于每年的6～9月炎署酷热的季节,属中医“伤暑”范围。临床以长期发热起伏不退、多饮、多尿、汗闭或少汗为其主证。尤为突出的其发热往往随气温的高低而升降,迨秋凉后,一过“白露”,体温亦逐渐下降。本病长期都认为是婴幼儿特有的疾病,新近刘氏报导,老年人亦可罹病。现就本病近年的临床研究概况,综述如下: 一、关于本病的命名 Summer fever (hereinafter referred to as the disease) is a disease characterized by marked regional, seasonal, and persistent fever. Infants more than half a year old to 5 years of age are more harmful to children’s health. The disease occurs mostly in the areas of hot climate in south-central and southeast China, and is concentrated in the hot season of the inflammation department from June to September every year. Clinical long-term fever, ups and downs, more drink, more urine, sweat or less sweat as the main card. Especially prominent is that the fever often goes up and down with the temperature, and after a long cool period, the body temperature drops gradually as soon as the “white dew” is released. The disease has long been considered to be a unique disease of infants and young children, the recent Liu reported that the elderly can also criticize. Here is a summary of recent clinical research on this disease, summarized as follows: First, the name of the disease