103 F is nasty. If it was during office hours I'd go to my GP and if not to an Urgent Care but not to a hospital.39.4 is not a slight feverit's close to calling an ambulance levels
how is he even looking so happy and active, the body basically shuts down at that temperature. Maybe the author had a high fever when writing this... Oh and the doc just instamagically diagnoses a basic bitch cold
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If this manga were from Hamita then this chapter would be a fever dream while he was dying.This. This is the ultimate fantasy.
lol with taking care I was more focused on the entire: "classmates comming over to take care of the sick one" thing. Like yeah supressions, medicine and wet towels are always things that help with a fever and I use them frequently when I am sick as well, but like I never heard of a classmate coming over to take care of the sick guy. Although in this one they are at least together already so it makes more sense.I mean receiving care is a good thing, it often helps to relax the recipient and of course happiness hormones are good for Recovery too.
But yeah otherwise this is a overreaction, probably giving the author a chance to let them fuss over the MC.
Getting some fever suppression when you're near 40°C isn't that wrong though, since you do want the fever to fight the infection, but it should not cross that magic line or you're the one that gets destroyed.
It seems that in Manga/Anime they get fever suppression medicine, no matter how strong the fever is. I don't know how true that is to their real culture.
Also calling a difference between the flu and a cold during the early stage is often times impossible, unless you would run intensive tests. so I doubt that the doctor had any opinions on that since the illness just started.
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I asked ChatGPT about that. It generally agrees. 39.4 C is 103 F (102.92).39 is not a slight fever.
38 is slight.
Anything past 39 is serious.
40 is deeply preoccupying as in get the hospital on speed dial.
41 you should be hospitalised.
42 you'd better hope somebody calls the nurse to get an ice bath ready for you, cause you sure as hell aren't going to be conscious enough to press any buttons.
Temperature (°F) | Classification |
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97.0 – 99.0°F | Normal range |
99.1 – 100.3°F | Elevated / Low-grade fever |
100.4°F+ | Fever |
103°F+ | High fever |
104°F+ | Very high / dangerous |