I know when you have fever your WBC increases but why is it that your temperature shoots up?
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Your body has amazing compensatory mechanisms. The body often does better at somewhat elevated temperatures than the infective agents do.
It shoots up because of interleukin 1. Google it. Heat is a catalyst, so it gets things going. Plus it can denature the proteins that are in bacteria, hus helping to weaken and kill.
It's the body's way to help kill off the germ that is causing an infection. Heat can aid in destroying the germ's cell structure.
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