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==Associated symptoms== A fever is usually accompanied by [[sickness behavior]], which consists of [[lethargy]], [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[Anorexia (symptom)|loss of appetite]], [[sleepiness]], [[hyperalgesia]], [[dehydration]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Fever: Symptoms, treatments, types, and causes |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168266 |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.medicalnewstoday.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Harden |first1=L. M. |last2=Kent |first2=S. |last3=Pittman |first3=Q. J. |last4=Roth |first4=J. |date=2015-11-01 |title=Fever and sickness behavior: Friend or foe? |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159115004079 |journal=Brain, Behavior, and Immunity |volume=50 |pages=322β333 |doi=10.1016/j.bbi.2015.07.012 |pmid=26187566 |s2cid=19396134 |issn=0889-1591}}</ref> and the inability to concentrate. Sleeping with a fever can often cause intense or confusing [[nightmare]]s, commonly called "fever dreams".<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kelley KW, BluthΓ© RM, Dantzer R, Zhou JH, Shen WH, Johnson RW, Broussard SR | s2cid = 25400611 | title = Cytokine-induced sickness behavior | journal = Brain, Behavior, and Immunity | volume = 17 Suppl 1 | issue = 1 | pages = S112βS118 | date = February 2003 | pmid = 12615196 | doi = 10.1016/S0889-1591(02)00077-6 }}</ref><!--<ref name="Hart">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hart BL | title = Biological basis of the behavior of sick animals | journal = Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | pages = 123β137 | year = 1988 | pmid = 3050629 | doi = 10.1016/S0149-7634(88)80004-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Johnson RW | title = The concept of sickness behavior: a brief chronological account of four key discoveries | journal = Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology | volume = 87 | issue = 3β4 | pages = 443β450 | date = September 2002 | pmid = 12072271 | doi = 10.1016/S0165-2427(02)00069-7 }}</ref> SHOULD VERTERINARY SOURCES APPEAR IN THIS ARTICLE? ONLY THE VERY LAST SECTION OF THE ARTICLE IS VETERNIARY IN FOCUS.--> Mild to severe [[delirium]] (which can also cause [[hallucinations]]) may also present itself during high fevers.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Adamis D, Treloar A, Martin FC, Macdonald AJ | title = A brief review of the history of delirium as a mental disorder | journal = History of Psychiatry | volume = 18 | issue = 72 Pt 4 | pages = 459β469 | date = December 2007 | pmid = 18590023 | doi = 10.1177/0957154X07076467 | s2cid = 24424207 | url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00570887/document}}</ref>
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