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zbertoli t1_iui4zmm wrote

Reply to comment by Tagracat in What is the actual mechanism by which the body generates a fever? by Pheophyting

Pretty sure of you're close to 104 or higher you run the risk of dying. Gotta drop that fever. Or if you have a non productive fever like when you get a vaccine. It's doing nothing to help you in that case

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Bulletorpedo t1_iujyp9p wrote

40C (104F) is quite normal, specially in children. I believe what they say here is to seek help if you have 40C for more than a few days. Any thing above 41C (~106F) or if you’re in otherwise bad shape and it’s probably a good idea to seek help sooner.

People are different though, some will have 40C and be in fairly good shape, while others can barely walk as soon as they go above 38.5C.

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