What chemical reactions happens inside us when a virus purposely gives us insomnia? I’m not talking about the annoyance of a fever or anything, the virus itself how can it cause insomnia?

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What chemical reactions happens inside us when a virus purposely gives us insomnia? I’m not talking about the annoyance of a fever or anything, the virus itself how can it cause insomnia?

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Viruses don’t cause insomnia.

You are looking either at side effects from medication you are taking to treat symptoms, a side effect of disrupted sleep (like if you took a 6 hour nap sleeping at night may be hard), or inability to sleep from the discomfort (like if you cough the cough keeps you awake).