Why there is a rise in temperature during fever?

Answer 1

It is your body of:
1) Speeding up the ability of your white blood cells to clear the infection

2) Slow down the growth of some pathogens.

3) Tell you to lie down, relax and don't waste energy that could be used to fight the infection

Of course your body can overdo it and thus cause more problems than the fever would help.

Answer 2

Fever is caused by the release in the body of certain chemicals called pyrogens from white blood cells as they attack foreign invaders (germs). These pyrogens travel via the blood stream to the temperature regulating center of the brain. The "thermostat" in the brain is reset to a higher temperature, rather like resetting the furnace thermostat in your hallway at home. The brain then coordinates various bodily responses to raise the body temperature until the new thermostat setting is achieved.

The temperature rises at first, often rapidly. The child feels cool to the touch as his body tries to conserve heat by constricting the blood vessels in the skin. She may shiver as she tries to generate heat by muscle activity. This early part of the temperature rise seems to be the most vulnerable time for convulsions (febrile seizure) if they are going to happen. Unfortunately, the seizure has almost always happened before the fever medicine has kicked in, and often before the parents even knew anything was wrong - the skin felt cool.

Then a plateau phase is reached. The new thermostat setting has been reached. Now the skin feels very warm to the touch because the blood vessels there dilate to help radiate the escessive heat being generated. The child will throw off the covers.

Then the pyrogen dissipates in the bloodstream, the thermostat in the brain returns to its normal setting, and the body temperature starts to fall back towards normal. Now the child may sweat to help get the elevated temperature back down to the now normal thermostat setting. Parents breathe a sigh of relief.

Answer 3

Hi THere

Never stop or surpress the fever with man made medicine. That surpress' the issue and you'll have more issues down the road. Just keep hydrated with drinking lots of water and let the fever kill the virus.
The way to natually bring it down and to help the body fight the issue is to use a technique called hydrotherapy. Get in the shower and start under the water at a hot (but not burning) temp. Then turn it all the way cold for 1 minute then back to hot for a minute. Do this 10 times and end in cold. Hot water moves the blood to the surface and cold moves it down back in the body. This helps get fresh blood into the sick areas to help fight the issue. Go to bed warm and you'll feel great before you know it.

Best of health to you

Answer 4

To prevent growth of harmful pathogens.You can find a lot of info on fever at http://ailments.in/fever.html

Answer 5

Your body is trying to kill the infection.

Answer 6

It's your body attemping to kill the infection.

Answer 7

To help fight the infection