2006-06-07 12:53:53 · 24 answers · asked by r 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It's magic!
2006-06-07 12:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
A fever causes the internal body temperature to increase to levels that are above normal. There is no definitive proof in warm-blooded species (and certainly not in humans) that fevers help recover more rapidly from infections. The only apparent benefit is that it allows one to know that they are experiencing an infection and should rest and not function as usual, which allows a faster recovery.
2006-06-07 13:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by Markus W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting fever during infection is a very good healthy body.
Means your body is fighting with bacterias/your body is trying to be immune of any infection. That means fever is ths the sign your body fights back during infection. Having fever is immune system of your body.
2006-06-07 12:57:07 · answer #3 · answered by dreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a nutshell, the pathogens (germs/bad stuff) are made up of protein. When protein is in a hot environment, the protein unfolds, and it cannot function properly (that's why, when you fry an egg, the egg white turns white- the protein unfolds in a different way, making it opaque). The fever helps to unfold the proteins, trying to help "disactivate" the infection. This is also why fevers can be dangerous-- if the fever gets to be too high, it can unfold the good proteins inside you (we are made up of proteins), and kill you/do harm to you.
2006-06-07 12:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by Eloise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your body uses fever [heat] as an extra tool to fight [cook] the intruders that caused the infection, though if the fever gets too high it could be dangerous to other good organisms and cells in your body and that's when the doctor will freak out and give you fever medicine... usually that's when your body temp hits 39 degrees centigrade and up...
2006-06-07 12:58:47 · answer #5 · answered by M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fever may play a role in fighting infection, namely boosting the immune response by enhancing the ability of white blood cells to bind to the lining of blood vessels.
2006-06-07 12:57:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most bacteria can't stand the heat one's body produces in a fever.
2006-06-07 12:56:39 · answer #7 · answered by Baseball Fanatic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Big fella" is right. The most popular theory (although still unproven) is that fever slows down the replication rate of many pathogens--both bacteria and viruses. Note that your fever is not going to be hot enough to kill anything (if it was--it would probably kill you too).
2006-06-07 17:34:07 · answer #8 · answered by grimmyTea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
viruses and bacteria have evolved to multiply best in a narrow temperature range - the temperature a body normally sits at
at higher temperatures they cannot replicate as fast and often die out - this also give a chance for the immune system to catch up and knock off the stragglers
2006-06-07 12:57:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
as uncomfortable as it feels to the human with the fever, the body has to raise the temperature to kill off the pathogens in the body
2006-06-07 12:58:55 · answer #10 · answered by cfab 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to www.webmd.com
great resorce for all medical questions...
and fever is your body's natural way of fighting infection,
but i am not sure how or why
2006-06-07 12:56:48 · answer #11 · answered by mrsgilleland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋