Your immune system gives you fevers in order to kill the bad stuff inside of you.
If you take anything to stop a fever, you aren't stopping a virus (or whatever you're sick with). Instead by stopping the fever you're stopping your immune system from making you better.
A fever means that your body thinks it can kill the bad stuff inside of you with heat. So put on some music, lay in a hot bath or turn your shower into a sauna, and in an hour or three, you'll be cured. Make it a bubble bath to have it seem more fun and happy to improve your mood you grumpy bastard.
Thanks, yeah like inflammation when you get a wound.
You mention sauna, my mom used to cover us with thick blankets until we sweated profusely, it would always break the fever, but was it healthy?
Good info, good reminder.
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