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Can you get a fever from high amount of stress and anxiety?

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Dr. Douglas Bey answered

Unlikely: Depression & chronic stress can lower resistance to infection but fever isn't a symptom of stress.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/16/2019

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