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However, a moderate fever may be slightly dangerous for adults with a heart or lung disorder because fever causes heart rate and breathing rate to increase. Fever can also worsen mental status in people with dementia. Extreme temperature elevation (typically more than 105.8Â° F, or 41Â° C) may be damaging.
Fever itself is not life-threatening unless it is extremely and persistently high, such as greater than 107 F (41.6 C) when measured rectally. Risk factors for worrisome fevers include age under 2 years (infants and toddlers) or recurrent fevers lasting more than one week. Fever may indicate the presence of a serious illness, but usually a fever is caused by a common infection, most of which are not serious. The part of the brain called the hypothalamus controls body temperature. The hypothalamus increases the body's temperature as a way to fight the infection.