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What a fever is actually doing

A long read

Your body did that on purpose

A fever feels like the sickness. But it is not.

Your guess

When you get a fever, who turns up the heat?

Sources

  • Seattle Children's Hospital, "Fever - Myths Versus Facts"
  • StatPearls, 'Physiology, Fever'
  • Crocetti, Moghbeli & Serwint, Pediatrics (2001)
  • NHS, High temperature (fever) in children
  • John Withals, English dictionary, 1574