Can I Get Brain Damage From A Very High Fever

Fever is controlled by hypothalamus in the brain, and it functions kind of like a thermostat. Your brain is not going to self-destruct by overheating. Whatever is causing your body to spike the fever could cause you problems, but it won't be the fever itself.

This Won't Hurt A Bit · Can Fever Cause Brain Damage? · at 6:01 · April 29th, 2019 ·Transcript

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