It may do, especially if the fever is due to an infectious illness. As a fever rises, the patient feels very cold and wants lots of blankets. As the fever breaks, the patient begins to sweat and complains of feeling hot. The purpose of a fever is to help the body to fight the infecting germs. Germs like ordinary body temperatures and die off when the temperature goes up. It may take several fever cycles for the germs to be overcome and the patient's health to return to normal. During the fever cycle, the patient must have lots of extra fluids to drink, but it isn't too important that they eat, as long as they are drinking enough. You know if the patient is having enough fluids if their urine is a light straw colour. If the urine is dark, they need to be pushed to drink more. This is especially important in babies, children and the elderly. There are other causes of fevers other than infectious illnesses, and they include certain cancers and heat prostration.
You will sweat when a fever breaks. It resets your internal temperature lower. Until the body has readjusted to the lower internal temperature, it will sweat. This usually happens while you are sleeping.
Basically, when a fever breaks, it is the end of the fever. The body has cooled down and you have less viruses attacking your immune system (viruses live better in warmth and cannot stand the cold).
The body tries to maintain the core temperature within a range. When there is fever the blood vessels dilate and let water evaporate so that excess heat is removed from the body.
You should wait at least 12-24 hours to go anywhere after a fever breaks. You may still be contagious and others could catch your sickness.
You are still contagious for 24 hours after the last time you had a fever WITHOUT the use of fever reducing medications.
YES!
yes it can be contagious
Yes. You are contagious with low grade fever. Some times you are contagious without fever also. Some times you get asymptomatic infections.
The fever itself is not contagious -- the virus causing a fever is, though, and when you have a fever from a virus, you are contagious with that virus and should stay away from people if you can.
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Yes, the glandular fever is very contagious. It is generally transmitted by saliva. It is known as "the kissing disease" or "mono."
A fever by itself is not contagious. Fever is a generic symptom and sign that only says the body is fighting something. It is what is causing the fever that MAY be contagious.Contagious WITH fever as well:Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR vaccine has been controlling these)Strep, and MeningitisFlu, Bronchitis, Upper Respiratory Infection, viral or bacterialThe PlagueEbola virusAs just ONE example of a non-contagious problem that can produce fever:inflammation in the body, from ANY cause, such as cancer, which is never contagious
Scarlet fever is a contagious disease.
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No, it is not. See: http://www.mayoclinic.org/rheumatic-fever/risks.html