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How to reduce fever in adults...
Fevers 101: How to treat them, and when to get help
A fever is your immune system's way of changing the battleground to help itself fight. When your body recognizes an invader (like bacteria or a virus), your immune system raises your body temperature as a defense.
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Your immune system works much better in hotter temperatures, while invaders do worse. Fevers may feel terrible to you, but they help your body destroy invaders and get back to its healthy self.
Fevers defined
Normal body temperatures sit between 97 to 99° F.
A fever is a temperature of 100.4° F or higher. There are low-grade fevers and more serious fevers, depending on the sick person's age.
A serious fever is hotter than:
• 100.4° F in infants younger than one month – go to the ER if this happens
• 102° F in infants older than one month on up to children
• 103° F in adults
For infants one month and younger, a temperature of 100.4° F or higher requires immediate medical attention.
From one month of age and older, most fevers – even serious fevers –
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