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What does it mean when you have a fever?
A fever is a higher-than-normal body temperature, often a sign that the body is fighting an infection such as a virus or bacteria. It's a natural response to help the immune system combat the source of infection.
Why your body sometimes has a fever when you get sick?
It is because of your immune system. It's not every time when you are sick you will have fever and sometimes the reason is because of the heat in your body. You will have heat in your body is because you feel hot.
Does fever increase metabolic requirements?
Yes, a fever will increase metabolic requirements. The human body's metabolism speeds up when someone gets sick, in order to help fight off the illness.
What happens to your body when you dehydrate?
You get really sick! You can also get a headache, feel sick to the stomach, run a fever, and get chills.
When you're sick why do you get a fever?
Fever is the condition in which your body temperature is higher than usual. In general, if your body temperature exceeds 37.6 degree celcius, you have a fever.
How do you get real fever?
By getting so sick that your body raises its temperature to kill the sickness.
When you get sick how does your body attempt to maintain homeostasis?
By sick - if you talking about getting the fever then your body tries to maintain the normal body temperature which is 37 degree Celsius by increasing the metabolic rate.
Can you get sick after having yellow fever?
No, you can not get sick after having yellow fever.
What is the Treatment of internal body fever?
just take a icecold bath this will help to get fever out after that you know what to do
How do you have fever?
A fever, or pyrexia, is a rise in internal body temperature to levels that are considered to be above normal. Body temperature is determined by the body's thermoregulatory set-point. The body increases this set-point in response to threats such as bacterial or viral infections.
How does fevers help your body?
fever help your body because it burns away all of the un- nessacery chemicals.
Why the fever is gone after a day or two without taking any medicine?
Because your body's natural defenses has beaten off whatever it was that made you sick w/o needing any help.
