Why Do Fevers Get Worse at Night?
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- If you’ve ever noticed that being sick often sucks more at night, that wasn’t your imagination. Fevers do often rise at night! Why do our bodies do that? Is there a reason we have to suffer more?
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Solid video, very informative!
You knew what was coming the illuminati it’s true
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You think I wanna study while I’m sick!?!?!
Who else is here at night and they have a fever? 🙋♀️
ALDC Gals stomach bug :(
ALDC Gals me I feel really bad
me right now can't sleep it's already 5 in the morning this fever is killing me
Mee
Mee🙋🙋🙋
Who ever is reading this may your fever becomes normal as soon as possible, get well soon !!..
thank you!
Thank you
Thanks
Tnx
Thank you!! School started 3 days ago and I'm already missing 😔
3:02
Oh yeah, i LOVE solving math problems with 39°C fever
I like to sit in hot dry areas like infront of a heater when I have a fever.
Sudoko is also a great low-energy-low-commitment distraction
I felt fine even at 44°.
But my temperature only spiked to that briefly which is apparently totally survivable. No doctor has verifed the cause of my fevers yet they come and go but this year I had prolonged fevers of 38.5 approaching 40° and spiking to 41 for up to 30 minutes which persisted for just over 3 months.
They said it wasn't serious............
And I got several opinions about it but because I was asymptomatic most of the time all the doctors wrote it off.
@@VariantAECdoctors aren't angels who fall from the sky you know. They are just people like you and me. That's my opinion anyways...
@@drmg735
Obviously not. The problem isn't that doctors aren't always right... It's that most of the ones I've seen demonstrate that they don't even know what they're doing at all.
I have other medical problems some of which may increase my chances of getting serious fevers but the unreliable presence of some biological problems doesn't make my condition easy to diagnose. What should be fairly straightforward is when diagnostic imaging proved neurological damage that may impair thermoregulatory processes and this clear evidence is ignored completely.
VariantAEC you sound like the kind of patient who gets on the doctors nerves to the point they will say anything to get you out of their office and not have you come back... I feel like I would hate a know-it-all too if I went to school for a decade and some kid came in and started telling me how to do my job. You want exceptional health care, then be prepared to pay exceptional health care prices. If you live in a place with free health care then you had better be prepared to wait a long ass time to see any specialists, especially if the doctors you’ve seen don’t find anything wrong with you, and put you down as a difficult patient.
But why does my cold/flu worsten at night?
I swear, my nose becomes an endless mucus factory.
It never occurred to me to ask this question.
It might be because you’re stationary and breathing less, and thus your nose doesn’t get cleared as easily
The Flu senses your moment of weakness and increases it's attack.
Or the combination of higher temperature, and laying down which is bad for congestion pooling in your sinuses leads to feeling horrible.
And my nose decides not to take air in or out at least in one nostril
Probably increased immune response causes higher amounts of (snot material? How is it called???)
For me, a bad nighttime fever just straight up stops me from fully sleeping. It feels as though I'm drifting in and out of consciousness, but never fully sleeping, the entire night.
I absolutely hate that!! To me that is the worst part, feels like I’m dying.
@@Ninnjette- One time it happened the night before an AP exam... somehow I passed, even with the essay question I had to write by hand.
@@lptotheskull I swear you are my spiritual sick buddy lol I’ve had to do that to, the very beginning of November of last month I had a fever of 102. I still got up at 6 AM, stayed away from everyone of course in another room finished my test. That was rough.
I get completely disoriented and paranoid when I’m waking up or falling asleep it’s literally bordering on delirium
I'm going through is exact problem currently. Been 3 nights in a row absolutely miserable. I know I'm exhausted and tired and need sleep. But i close my eyes and my brain just does not completely shut off.
I actually feel my worst in the morning when I have a fever. It feels terrible waking up with a clogged nose, dry throat, and a major sinus headache. While I'm awake, I can alleviate any nasty symptoms the moment they start to get annoying.
Same here bro
yeah when my symptoms are allowed to ravage untempered it gets wild
Yep mine is linked to a vaccine I had
@@kathleenreed8245 you stup
id
If you have these kinds of symptoms, avoid drinking too much cold water as it can lead to migraines( Severe Headaches ) &3 more.Use Vicks before sleeping (for your clogged nose).Reduce your watching screen time as it can Lead to massive headaches.(mostly teens):/
Also remember to consult your doctor every month if u have fever ( It’s not necessary).
Thanks for reading .
God Bless :D
[ima 16 teen yo old] lol\>
Edit: I know this was 3 years ago but a reminder for everyone:)
Edit2: I am not 100% Accurate _
nothing worse than that fever delirium dream where you dream about the same god damn 3 second loop on constant repeat
I had that too. I was watching some guy cut the same piece of wood over and over. I was like what the hell is this guy building? Nothing! He was cutting the same piece of wood with the hand saw. I think it was Jesus the Christ. He told me something but I cannot remember.
i’m four years late but oh my god this is so relatable. i have a 5 second clip of a movie i was watching that night and the beat of a song i like just on repeat, no matter what i do. i want to get better already 😭
You put into words what I am feeling right now.
Waking up in the middle of the night with a fever is the worst possible human experience.
ong
Yeah
Not really.
Then you cannot sleep and have to be awake with shivers
*So basically if we get rid of our brain we can solve the problem.* 😳
Yes, your fever will cool rapidly if your brain is removed.
@@alysonshorthouse8858 🎭
You’re not wrong
I guess!?
It’s a no brainer
Hypothalamus, ok so our brain has balls too..
I'm just allergic to many things and noticed that my symptoms were worse at night/early morning - this explains a lot
Can we hear more about literally have more white blood cells at night?
Are we not talking about the misused word "literally" here?
@@KittyBoom360 If they are actually talking about having more white blood cells at night, then they have literally not misused "literally".
@@briansammond7801 I'm old and remember when "literally" was only used when the speaker meant a figure of speech literally. Example, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. This is meant figuratively by any human speaker. But if a dragon said, "I could literally eat a horse right now," that would be correct usage. Having more white blood cells at night is not a figure of speech that is taken literally. But I do get that kids today just use the word to sound cool and that now it means anything you want it to.
@@KittyBoom360 the use of "literally" does not just apply to figures of speech. If I eat an apple, I can say "I literally ate an apple", because that is what I actually did. Using "literally" simply means that you are NOT using figurative speech.
You wrote "Having more white blood cells at night is not a figure of speech that is taken literally. "
It's not a figure of speech at all; it is simply a declarative statement that is either true or false. It is true, and you are making such an assertion, then it is *literally* true. That is what "literally" means. It means that you are making a factual, non-figurative statement, and that you are explicitly making note of that fact.
@@briansammond7801 "I ate an apple" is already a literal statement. You should only say that if others are figuratively eating apples and you want to be clear that you didn't just figuratively eat an apple like everyone else.
And here I thought it was because the doctor's office is closed. Kinda like how I get sick/hurt only on Friday evenings.
My wife and my mother were both nurses who worked hospital med/surg, and they both remarked that the majority of times that sick patients died, they did so at night.
I don't know how that compares to official health statistics, but that was their experience.
William Blaker imagine the stats in Wuhan this month in this regard
You’re scaring me now
Interesting
Fun fact: At the former Cranium Command attraction at Epcot (which inspired Inside Out), the Hypothalamus was represented as a robot animatronic to keep it family friendly
True!
My body temp is already abnormally high, around 100F. It got messed up when I was a baby and never went back to where its supposed to be even as an adult. Worse yet, it goes up while I'm sleeping. In the winter time, I don't even turn on the heat, and in the summer, I run an a.c. that's powerful enough to cool an entire house while I live in a tiny studio. Most of the time I don't even use blankets because I get too hot.
A living and breathing heater?
@@timzimmyzap2877 ooh yay we can use him in the winter to heat our houses and not have to pay our heating bills!
Huh, I'm so curious how it goes permanently messed up! Don't feel pressured to share your medical history if you don't want to though.
Demons are stronger at night.
I am.
Ow i cant argue your point good sir
@Once again are too
@Bigfoot says the "doctors" of medieval timers.
Ah, a case of the humors. Gotta love the Victorian era and all those other useless quacks....
Do nostrils really take turns being stuffed up or is that my imagination?
Yes. The receptors for smell in your nose aren't uniformly distributed. Some smells are easier to detect deeper in than others.
Your body's primary means of making sure that some particles get deep into your nose and others are closer to the entrance is by changing the speed at which air passes through your nostril. It does this by narrowing or widening the opening by having more or less blood pass through that side of your nose.
Your body alternates which side gets which instead of just having one side be faster all the time (I think that has something to do with alternating between wide and narrow making it easier to remove blockages but I'm not positive).
So, when you are sick and there's more gunk in your nose, it becomes more noticeable.
@@o76923 that's very cool! Thanks for sharing - that's oddly useful! For instance, my niece is ill! This she will satisfied to hear for an answer - and because there's an aspect of snot, she'll also be very amused! Very uplifting 😄👍
So true. i have a cold rn and every time i turn around to another side when i'm sleeping my mucus changes sides
They have to share..one takes a break..resupply.
What’s going on with fever dreams?
They actually did a video on that!
abc abc So they did. Thanks for the heads up. czcams.com/video/hYOa56nwx5Y/video.html
OML YEA I HAD A FEVER AND WHEN I SLEPT I HAD A SCARY DREAM
i may be crazy but i enjoy going to sleep when sick. its a nice break.
Me too when i sleep, but i hate GOONG to sleep
hahahahh 🤣 me 2!
I know what you mean. This might be crazier but I’m afraid if a cold let alone a fever
Yeah, I enjoy too! But the problem comes when you woke up.... Headache
Lucky you!!! I can't sleep at night but when day comes I can sleep with comfort
I moved to Florida about 5 years ago, and because it's so hot I've noticed I'll get really really warm about 10 to 11pm (just before I go to bed). I get really sleepy and it feels like my body temperature goes up, what's that about!?
Jesse C do you eat around that time? Have you eaten a few hours before that time?
@@moguldamongrel3054 Nah, usually eat around 6 or 7, so it's 4 to 6 hours later that this happens. Unless that falls under the few hours you mention...
Olivia is a great host! All the hosts are great, cheers SciShow!
Me :I am sick
CZcams : take a brilliant.org course with one month free(also you have fever)
My wife and I have had high temp fevers all week with walking pneumonia (she also has/had mono). Our fevered brains were only able to do half of a 1K peice puzzle.... nice plug for Brilliant tho!
Yeah, if my body temperature wouldn’t ramp up at night, especially when I have a fever, that’d be grrrreat
My normal temp runs about a degree lower than average therefore, when I do get sick, I have no measurable fever, but I get the same symptoms - chills, achiness, too hot, headache, etc. - just no measurable rise in temperature. Try convincing a doctor you are really sick when they can't "read" a fever. 🤒😣😞
Now I understand why they call it a fever dream.
When I have a fever at night I have the worst repetitive dreams that feel like eternity. I feel like I’m being tortured by sasukes eyeball
I feel like checking my body temperature after watching this.
Today, i got fever.
I had a dreadful night last night getting over Flu.
I hate it when I have a cold and im going to bed because in the early stages I know im going to wake up feeling worse.
Not going to say aliens is the reason.
But it's probably aliens.
Yea. Aliens.
You must be from the history channel
No wonder last time i got fever it so much hot and sickening when it comes at midnight.. Tq for the info
Just douse that fever with NyQuil or DayQuil (or generic equivalent). It makes you feel human.
I feel so dizzy 😵 and I’m breathing so hard and I’m hot but I’m shivering and this took 10 minutes to right ong
Who else is suffering from fever n sleeping right now.?! 🤒
Lmao i was fine until this morning then i woke up with an 80+ years old smoker's cough, my head exploding and everything hurts bad, plus my IQ dropped by at least 20 points because i can barely focus on anything i'm doing
Also my body can't seem to understand if i'm feeling too cold or too warm because i'm shaking even though i got my electric bed warmer turned all the way up
Me: here at 4 am with 101.7 degree fever
I hate the dreams when you have when your sick!
When your sick... _does what?_
My body feels so heavy
0:33 Today i learned humans have testicles in their brains.
bruhhh my headache is killing me it's currently middle of the night😭
the amount of ads in this will cause you fever.
6 o'clock at night is quite hard to understand (at least for me) without context where it is clear. it would be helpful to refer to it as either am/pm or morning/evening.
is this something that changes with lifestyle? as in: do people living closer to the poles, for example, have the same 4am-6pm (ish) cycle? Even during times when its just as bright outside at 4am as it is at 6pm? thank you, great video!
Why does that Pituitary gland look like a certain other organ?
Please do a video on the "Alice in wonderland Syndrome" I've had this since I was a kid, and a high fever started it, and now it randomly starts whenever. Very scary when it starts when driving
Watching this while sick with a fever.
Great video! On another note, I have been wondering about mosquitos; how many eggs do they lay? How many of those eggs mature to adulthood? How many of those adults find a meal in the wilderness? I know it's hard to calculate, but I'm hungry for percentages, proportions, etc. Also, what is the most common food for mosquitos? I figure that may vary by area, I'm thinking the Northeast mountains (Adirondacks, Appalachians, etc.). Best!
I always felt better at nights. It is the morning that reboots the hell
0:32 *The Hypothalamus is located an inch above the balls*
When I had covid, I saw 105.5. I thought I was gonna die. My bed was soaking wet constantly and I went between burning up to shaking really hard. If you have a hydrocodone prescription, it’s a godsend when your that sick.
I believe I'm a natural-born night owl, and this just further adds to that belief. My temp was around 37C last night and elevated to 37.3C before trying to sleep around midnight, finally fell asleep around 4am-ish and woke up with a bad fever around 7am. I think my circadian rhythm has a flipped am and pm cycle XD
What causes it?
@9doyouknow09 Genetics, probably? My mom said she was also a night owl when she was young and she used to work night shifts just fine.
Thanks for uploading this as I'm sick, very interesting!
Everytime I have a fever, I can't sleep! I end up getting a headache
My stomach is in excruciating pain
Most times that my temperature is taken, I'm at 96.8. Not sure why, but that seems to be my average. I also usually have a blood/ox level in the low 90's, even on pure oxygen. My doctors say I'm weird.
Sweating my back out woke up three times already
When should I admit my self to the hospital
Wow really you put this video up when I have a fever 😭🤣
When I have a fever I ain’t got no time to be doing a course! I’ll be too busy sleeping 😂
The only thing I plan to learn when I'm sick is how many Netflix shows I can binge before passing out.
How the hell do I do a couple with 39 degree C fever? I can't even get out of bed
So if the fever activates the immune system and weakens the virus preventing it from mutating and multiplying, then why do we lower fevers??
Because sometimes the fever gets too hot and will burn your brain out. 🧠
I’ve been having a fever of around 39.8-41.3 for 5 days. Gets a little better when I take a pill, but then it goes back up. Should I be worried?
0:42 Today I learned my brain has a ballsack. Thanks Sci-Show! 🤣
I have to avoid math and programming when having a fever, because my delirium IS about math and programming at work 🤭
Its 2:30 am and I have a fever 102.
2:14 cant sleep, how did you do it?
I have slept 2 hours for the last 36 hours. I Get sooo hot when i go to the bed
Something tells me sun's magnetic fields kind of give you a boost and at night it is less
I'm a night owl and always feel better at night.
Yeah but if youre a night owl then night is youre waking/day. I think this means more fever is worse at night if youre diurnal, as in youre waking hours are better and sleeping hours worse. Since youre more nocturnal naturally then youre fevers will be worse when you naturally want to sleep or usually are asleep. I'm more crepuscular like cats so ive got a foot in both worlds and feel different than both nocturnal & diurnal.
I sleep at around 3AM.I'm a light sleeper. But, when i'm sick, my body shuts down at 11pm and I wake up at 10AM feeling fresh af! With no sickness lol. When i get super sick i keep drooling a lot all night i just shove a rag in my mouth and go to sleep. I feel fine the next day. >.< the last time i fell sick was 7 years ago
@@t-.-t. You must have a great immune system. When I get ill I'm ill for at least a week and I get ill literally every 1-2 months
I had a sore throat then went to sleep but when I woke up I had a 103 degree fever
How are you now?
Fever + hot flashes = one miserable sleeping experience.
I felt a sudden hot/cold flash in my feet as i read this.
Oooh check out those pituitary lobes on that hypothalamus, and wow that’s a big chiasma
I feel feverish at night and have been experiencing this for the past 2 days
Day 3 now in bed. Dreading nigh fevers again. Chills, fever, shakes etc and sore throat. Like electric shock spasms down my neck (fever)? Hope it goes soon ffs
i feel best just before going to sleep, and the worst when i wake up.
Moving makes me shake, I can't sleep. I'm shivering but I'm not cold. Help
i am lowkey scared to sleep
im so sick i cant see straight and i'm being elevator-pitched on Brilliant. lmao
Ok but like when I get a very bad headache and have like 8 fever dreams when I wake up at 4:00 AM it’s like the most calming feeling that’s the only thing I look forward too 😂
0:38 damn temperature regulators always looks like two balls
My body heat is usually high 98-100 normally idk why tho I’m not sick
I rarely get fevers, but I've noticed this with my kids when we got covid about a year abd a half ago. It definitely scared us, but our pediatrician assured us thst it was okay.
My fever feels weird as hell, my fingers feel so large and idk why but i feel angry but im not angry, its sooo hard to explain
I have a fever right now
0:31 I was not ready for brain balls.
I moved around over 50 times trying to find comfort 🤦🏽♂️
Coughs get worse at night too.
Bruh I hope this NyQuil helps tonight
Thanks for the information.... I still feel like complete death though 🤒
Me too.
TBH, I love the way I feel when I wake up drenched in sweat.
I don't get sick very often, maybe once every three years, but those rare times I catch a good virus that really puts on a good show, I love it.
It's such a pleasure to see my body working well. Most of the time, I can't directly observe the actions of my body. But the heavy night sweats during certain illnesses are a comforting reminder that everything is working
Most people freak out when they are sick. I like your way of looking at it. I’m dealing with a fever right now and know that my immune system is fighting for me. I’m wondering if I should sweat it out on a treadmill
Are… you ok….?
@@stever507 not sure if this is sarcasm or not asi have a fever myself and I can’t think very clearly. So excuse me if this is a joke. But the answer is no
@@timzimmyzap2877 it wasn’t sarcasm. I thought it would be a good idea. Didn’t have the energy at the time to get on a treadmill anyway
@@stever507 oh thank goodness. Well, when you’re sick with a fever your body mainly needs rest. Exercising isn’t the best idea, it will hurt you more than it will help
My fever is getting worse minute by minute..
Is it just me? every time I had my eyes tear because of dirt my nose gets easily clogged? And I always have clogged nose every morning and every night?
Who else woke up wet?
Oh sorry is this the wrong video? I was looking for an eurobeat song called Night Fever.Woops wrong video
So, how does this factor with shift workers? I work overnight and this has me curious.
It messes with your immune system studies show. I worked nights for a long time
@@katiekane5247 In What way? Just curious because I'm a) a lifelong night owl, and b) I've an overactive immune system that's put me into kidney failure. (Fun Fact: I have two spleens). No one has ever asked me about my sleeping habits.
@@davidhanson4909 cuz industry tries to hide the study results & modern medicine ignores such important impacts on circadian rhythms. Our bodies are naturally tuned to sleep during dark periods & repair systems then. Brain, specifically the hypothalamus, depends on regular cycles for optimum health.
My body is soar
i have fever rn, and its really scary and annoying i have severe back pain and keeping waking up every hour or so with cold sweat
Hello, how are you now?
Weekend noon! 😢