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Can I Get Brain Damage From a Very High Fever
at 6:01
Answer
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.
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