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How does fever effect vital signs?

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Body temperature increased due to cytokine effect that is released in response to inflammation, as a compensatory mechanism there will be a vasodilation to increase heat loss that will result in decrease in blood pressure, as a result there will be an increase in HR (pulse) to overcome hypotension and the increase in metabolic rate will contribute in this also, Finally RR will increase due to the increase in metabolic rate (may be to wash out carbon dioxide result from metabolism and to increase oxygen saturation as body demand increased).
In summary

BP decreased,
RR, Pulse, Temperature increased.

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