What is the evidence of increased body temperature?

When a person has an increased body temperature, the reason for this can be not only a cold, but also many other factors. Of course, the development of a disease is considered the most likely, however, such an explanation is not always true.

Let's try to list the main causes that cause such changes in the body:

1. First of all, when it comes to the female body, it must be said that the first days of the cycle can be marked by a decrease in temperature even to 35.5 degrees, which is considered normal. On the eve of menstruation, you can feel that it rises and reaches about 37.2 degrees. Elevated body temperature, just like lowered, in these situations is associated with standard changes in hormonal levels. Note that such fluctuations can be observed during the day: the difference between morning and evening indicators sometimes reaches 2 degrees.
2. Another reason that contributes to such an increase in temperature is the protective reaction of the body, especially if this symptom occurs along with chills, a feeling of malaise and weakness. Remember that such indicators should cause concern and stimulate you to visit a doctor, even if elevated body temperature is observed several times a month. Only a doctor can detect a latent infection and determine the focus of the disease, which will allow to prescribe an adequate treatment.
3. Among the possible causes are also called developing intoxication of the body, which is caused by an infection (various toxins, microbes or viruses) that got into it. All these substances take an active part in conducting biochemical reactions that are aimed at the temperature center of the brain. It is he who is responsible for thermoregulation. For example, if ulcerative colitis develops, the temperature may not rise above 37.2, but in the presence of pneumonia, it reaches even 39.5, or even 40 degrees. With hepatitis, such high rates indicate an approach to the development of the disease, but with an exacerbation of appendicitis, they mean an acute crisis requiring immediate surgical intervention.
4. One of the reasons why body temperature rises is a sharp decrease in immunity. Initially, the increase can be no higher than 37.3 degrees. In addition, fatigue and sweating, weight loss may occur. If you notice such symptoms in yourself, you must definitely seek the advice of a therapist, who is already referring to an immunologist, a pulmonologist, and a TB doctor.
5. Sometimes elevated body temperature can be a consequence of the body’s hypersensitivity to antifungal drugs, penicillin antibiotics, as well as sulfanilamide drugs and all those that provoke an increase in sweating.
6. A similar phenomenon is characteristic of those people who have survived a blood transfusion or surgery. In this situation, a slight chill may occur.
7. Elevated body temperature during pregnancy may be due to several reasons. Firstly, the synthesis of progesterone is intensified, which affects the part of the brain responsible for thermoregulation. Secondly, the cause may be a decrease in the level of immunity. This occurs so that the body can not produce rejection of the fetus. However, a more dangerous factor causing an increase in temperature is the development of inflammatory processes in the body. Therefore, in the presence of such symptoms, a woman must in any case consult a doctor to exclude the risk of possible diseases, because these pathologies can adversely affect the life and health of the unborn child.
8. In any case, only a specialist can make an accurate diagnosis.