If the body raises its temperature to kill bacteria, why is it bad to take a hot shower when you have a fever?
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You can get too hot and pass out.
A former colleague of a friend died because he was drunk, got a super hot shower and passed out. He was found dead and half cooked the next day…
Ok now back to the topic, when you have a fever that thing will kill bacteria effectively up to 38C, at 39C it kills more bacteria but your brain start malfunctioning, at 40C your brain may get permanent damage.
Because having a fever puts the body on the border line, you must be careful not shift your temperature out of limit. Reducing fever too much will help the infection and increasing it may kill you. Sudden temperature change up or down may shock your circulatory system and make you pass out.
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