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Why one gets fever?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

You get a fever because your body has a virus or bacteria that it is trying to fight off. A fever is the body's response to a pathogen since most detrimental bacteria and viruses cannot survive at a slightly higher temperature than what the body is generally set at, thus killing the pathogen.

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14y ago

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