is it better to drop the temperature or to keep it when sick?

[Something Funny]

Will having high temperature help you get well quicker than if you kept lowering it with medicine, even though you will feel bad at the moment?

Is having moderately high temperature unhealthy on its own?

Edited yesterday at 12:53 PM by Something Funny

[Whitney Edwards]

You can build immunity with Vit C. Make sure to rest enough. I never thought temperature changed anything. In my case, higher temperature made me feel worse. You can drink fluids to maintain hydration. 

[Thought Art]

@Something Funny High temperature is good unless you have extreme temperature or health problems. 

[Michael569]

Your hypothalamus increases body temperature when there is an ongoing infection. It speeds up the mobility of so called antigen-presenting cells, which are basically your white blood cells (some of them). They get activated and move around the circulation quicker to enter the site of infection.

The temporature also slows down the replication of the pathogens so that's positive.

Whether to take a medicine or not is case by case. You don't want it to climb too high (in 40s) as it can start causing severe damage but sometimes if it is tolerable and only mildly increased and you think you can bear it it's not a bad idea to try to sleep it off.

If concerned give 111 a dial. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Michael569

[Something Funny]

@Michael569 I see. I guess I will keep it then, thanks.

@Thought Art @Buck Edwards thank you