gracelynn,
Body temperature is an interesting topic in relation to illness. It is obvious that fever is the body's natural response to infection. You had an abnormally low body temperature to start with. There are various theories as to why people have low body temperature, but I won't delve into that here.
I don't even remember what Heather's average temperature range was before she got sick. My hunch is that she always had a low body temperature. I do know that when she really crashed, that she had a 100 to 102 degree temperature. I believe that she picked up various infections over the years. I also believe that the babesia was one of the last infections when she really crashed. The babesia caused a fever. After she was treated for Babesia, her average temperature was usually between 96 and 97 degrees. Her set-point had lowered, and for her a fever was usually about
99-100 degrees. It has taken years, but her temperature is finally up to about
98 degrees. Dr. J. has prescribed a few products that has helped to raise core body temperature. I have read, and he has said that it can take a long time to raise body temp. I would expect that your temperature will probably lower after you successfully defeat some of the microbes that are causing the fever. That is not necessarily a good thing, though.
A slight fever is actually a sign of a healthy immune response, as many microbes are fragile at the higher range of mammalian body temperature. The higher temperature may impair the microbes, and thus make it easier for your immune cells and antimicrobials to do their job. Also, it is easier to detox, and everything works better! Here are 2 links from 2 experts that can explain it far better than I can:
http://davidjernigan.blogspot.com/2010/03/fibromyalgia-and-low-body-temperature.html
http://www.xpressnet.com/bhealthy/bath.html
Don
Post Edited (Heathersdad) : 1/4/2013 11:12:14 AM (GMT-7)