2006-09-16 20:34:46 · 6 answers · asked by frog 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
The fever helps your WBCs. Heat signals your body to make more WBC. Heat kills the virus or bacteria.
2006-09-16 20:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Applecore782 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some viruses as well as some drugs can depress the function of the bone marrow, which makes blood cells including WBCs. In bacterial infections, WBCs usually increase, but in severe sepsis, they may become low. Enteric fever is also a bacterial infrction in which WBCs may be low.
2006-09-16 22:29:49 · answer #2 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possubly, but not necessarily, as it depends on the severity of the infection. Diseases like HIV and Tubercolosis, destroy body's immunity in the long run, leading to total loss of WBCs and other defensive forces inside the body. WBCs are constantly produced either as replacements for destroyed ones or for more defensive cover deplending on the severity of the infection.
2006-09-16 21:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by a7r188 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a fever (and therefore an infection) your WBC count should actually go higher.
2006-09-16 23:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fever is actually triggered by different forms of WBCs; it is induced by the releasing of 'cytokines'. It's thought that some of our enzymes function at a higher rate at elevated temperatures, and the microogranisms we usually encounter are hindered by it. So, in other words, no. ;)
2006-09-16 20:57:45 · answer #5 · answered by Geoffrey B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fever is caused by infection, and the infection affects the wbc.
2006-09-16 20:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋