The Benefits of Culture Before Spikes

The answer is more complex than just, well, proteins denature and bacteria don't grow at higher temperatures. And why do we bother generating a fever at all in the first place? Like, why is this system kind of built into us that Bacteremia leads to fever? Right. So I'm actually working on a tutorial on the topic. It may end up being a full episode in the future. But what's really fascinating is that fevers have been preserved for hundreds of millions of years in warm blooded and cold blooded creatures. This suggests that it's doing something, that it's been preserved as a function because again, there is a downside to it. The cost