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Why is there fever?

The first thing a doctor or mom does when you feel unwell is take your temperature to see if it's high.

Our body averages around 37°C when we are healthy. When sick, the temperature rises, and we call it a fever. Fever accompanies not every disease, but most often it is.

The doctor or nurse usually takes the temperature twice a day, marking it on a special chart in order to better track the rises and falls. This card often helps the doctor understand what you are sick with. After all, each disease has its own "temperature curve".

Unfortunately, we still do not know what fever is. Although it is known that it helps to fight the disease, forcing our organs to work more intensively. Our body produces a lot of hormones, enzymes and blood cells. Hormones and enzymes are indispensable substances, they affect the performance of our body. New blood cells are better at destroying harmful microbes. Blood circulation speeds up, breathing quickens, and our body gets rid of waste products better.

But a person cannot bear the heat for very long. When it lasts 24 hours, the protein that makes up the tissues of our body begins to break down. And since protein is vital, heat is too "expensive" a way to fight the disease.

Author: Likum A.

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