Physical
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