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Respiratory Symptoms Coughing Blood And Fever
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A fever is an increase in body temperature above the normal range. However, body temperature varies between people, and also with different levels of activity, and at different times of the day. Modern medical textbooks differ in their definition of the highest normal body temperature. Fever generally can be defined as an early morning temperature greater than 99° Fahrenheit, or a temperature greater than 100° Fahrenheit at any time of the day.
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