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In children very high fevers can cause them to have seizures. Other than that you are correct.
Fever is the body's defense mechanism. In general viruses and bacteria replicate slower in a hotter environment and more importantly your white blood cells work better in a warmer environment. Thus you are able to fight the infection a bit better with a fever than without.
We generally treat fevers for comfort. It's similar to diarrhea or vomiting or a host of other defense mechanisms that we try and get rid of because they make us unhappy. Diarrhea is a way for the body to flush bugs out of the system, as is vomiting. But they aren't very much fun to have so we take medications to get rid of them.
Long story short, as long as the fever isn't high, you don't HAVE to give medications to lower it.
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Rick
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