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Going to shorten this slightly because the first time I submitted it the board ated it, and that made me sad, but also lazy.
Essentially: body thinks higher temperature will fight off infections better, so it uses cytokines and prostaglandins produced in the immune system to do so. A raised temperature helps white blood cells and other agents which fight off infection to grow more quickly. The main problem with it is if your body attempts to change its temperature, it doesn't usually do so very sensibly - for example, the hairs on your arms standing on end, your body makes the effort to do that every time it gets cold, and it's practically useless at actually retaining heat. So, you need some rise in body temperature - however the actual rise you get is probably more than you need, and makes you feel more ill.
And the reason it's called a cold is because the symptoms mimic what happens when you're exposed to the cold.
(I hope that wasn't a rhetorical question, else I would've been better off letting the board eat my post in the first place :P)
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Jazzy
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05 december 2008, 07:32:23
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