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A fever is your body heating to fight a disease, why do we lower it down with paracetamol? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] allidoislietomyself 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is not true. While a 104 fever likely indicates a severe illness or infection the body can safely have a fever in the 104 to 106 range. It's around 108 that brain damage becomes a concern and that is usually also due to environmental factors like a kid being left in a hot car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

To my knowledge, proteins can start to denature at 104F, depending on the protein and other factors like pH. Around 106F, proteins in the brain will start to denature, regardless of other factors.