Usually no: If the only adverse reaction is a fever then the reaction is unlikely to be dangerous/significant - patients recieving transfusions are sometimes pre-treated with tylenol (acetaminophen) and Benadryl to prevent these minor reactions from being too symptomatic.
Answered 1/24/2015
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Maybe: If there are no other symptoms it may be a reaction to something else. However, your physicians can easily investigate the presence/absence of a reaction, and the transfusion should be stopped at the first sign of one.
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