How come just a 2 degrees increase of body temperature can make you feel so fatigue and like you’re dying?

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It doesn’t seem like a huge difference to me but even a 1 degree increase of body temp can make you so tired and have fever. Why is that?

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On top of the immune response taking a lot of energy, the body releases hormones that make you tired when you’re sick. I recently listened to a podcast where they discussed how some cases of depression might be the brain over producing those hormones since the symptoms are identical

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