Low grade temps are fine but anyone with sustained temps over 102 orally could use a little cooling as increased temps increase oxygen demand and for someone with Respiratory compromise, sustained temps over 102.5 would be potentially life threatening. I don’t care what they say about aspirin or other NSAIDs, they do help with sustained temps and can help break the immune overreaction cascades...they just have to be given at the recommended dosages, not taken like candy. One watches for bleeding. Tylenol is okay too.
Thanks for your response. I would hope that someone with respiratory compromise showing signs of Covid even if not running a fever would seek out early as possible medical help. Low grade fever should also let people know that perhaps they should stay home and not be out and about. If treated too early it is easy to assume that absent the fever they are no longer contagious. I’ve read that low dose aspirin (or even regular dose) is believed to be helpful in preventing possible clotting in COVID.
The immune overreaction cascades from my understanding are more likely to be a threat in those who have a very healthy immune system so I would think their innate immune system probably does not need the boost (For want of a better word) that a fever provides. Bad explanation I know. But I am trying to convey that sometimes there can be too much of a good thing and healthy people are probably better off keeping higher fever at bay because their immune systems may go into overdrive if some of it is not actually suppressed.
The little guns may be enough. But automatically suppressing a fever in the early stages has been found to have little if any benefit and does compromise important immune response.
You may probably find these interesting. I know you will understand it a whole lot better than me.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC478607
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2172402/