Experts, Some people die of high fever i.e high body temperature. Is it because at such high temperature the body enzymes get destroyed and metabolic reactions are affected??

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fever is one the body's innate( in born ) immune response that fall under physiological barrier . As soon pathogen enters and start increasing its number ,hypothalamus respond this change by increase body temperature so that pathogen is killed . But increasing temperature for long can adversily affect body and affect biochemical reaction .that may sometime can lead to of the patient .

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