Why fever can be your friend in times of illness
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By Maria Cohut
Fact checked by Jasmin Collier
Fevers are more than just a symptom of illness or infection, claim researchers; elevated body temperature sets in motion a series of mechanisms that regulate our immune system, they found.
Does elevated body temperature actually help to boost our immune response?
When we are healthy, our body temperature tends to gravitate around a constant 37°C (98.6°F).
But when our bodies are faced with an infection or virus, body temperature often goes up and we experience fever.
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