What is the typical severity of fever in rheumatic fever?

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What is the typical severity of fever in rheumatic fever?

Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune inflammatory response after a streptococcal infection, so the fever it produces tends to be mild rather than a high, pyrogenic fever. The inflammatory process drives a small, systemic temperature rise, but not the high fevers you’d see with acute bacterial sepsis or severe infection. So the typical fever in rheumatic fever is low-grade, often just a modest elevation, making that option the best choice.

Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune inflammatory response after a streptococcal infection, so the fever it produces tends to be mild rather than a high, pyrogenic fever. The inflammatory process drives a small, systemic temperature rise, but not the high fevers you’d see with acute bacterial sepsis or severe infection. So the typical fever in rheumatic fever is low-grade, often just a modest elevation, making that option the best choice.

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