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Anything over 98.6oF is considered a fever. A patient is considered to have a significant fever/be febrile >= 100.4F/38C Fevers over 103 in adults and 104 in children need medical attention.

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What is the medical term meaning high body temperature?

Fever, pyrexia, hyperthermia (nouns), febrile (adjective).


How high does my temperature have to be a fever?

To have a fever you need to have a temperature of 99 F and 38 C. Good Luck :)


Can a person have 132c temperature during fever?

No; it is too high of a temperature.


How high is your fever?

The normal body temperature is 98.6


How high is fever 38.4?

Quite high, normal body temperature is around 370C, anything over about 37.6 is a fever.


Does fever assist proliferation of some pathogens?

fever results in increase in temperature where organisms get killed which connot withstand high temperature


What high fever is life threatning?

105'C is the temperature when fever is live thretining from zs


Is 103.7 a fever?

98.6 is the body's normal temperature so 103.7 is really really high fever.


Will 99.4F will indicate fever?

99.4 is on the high side, but it may not be a fever, just your normal body temperature.


What is high temperature called?

Well, the highest fever recorded was 115 degrees Fahrenheit in 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia. A high fever is considered 104 and up, but 107- 108 degrees is considered close to death. A normal human temperature is 98.6, and a slight fever is in the 99's. 101 fever is no school, 102 is rest, 103 is doctor, 104 is hospital and any higher could e death! If you have a fever you'd need plenty of fluids to flush out the fever.


Is fever a noun?

Yes, the word 'fever' is a noun; a word for an abnormally high body temperature; a disease of which fever is an important symptom; a state of excitement; a word for a thing.The word 'fever' is also an archaic verb, meaning to bring about a high body temperature or a state of nervous excitement.


What problem do you think a person might have if they get a very high fever?

Well I just had a high fever. I had migraines, cough, stuffed nose, high temperature and more symptoms.