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\r\nVery much impressed by your query. Yes as you said, fever is an immune response of the body to act as defense mechanism against infection. Most of the time Paracetamol is not needed if body temperature is not crossing >102 degree F. But any temperature >102 degree F causes many biochemical and physiological damages to the body, such as:
\r\nBecause of all this Paracetamol is used. But definitely not required for a low grade fever.
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