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A '''low-grade fever''' (LGF) is when a person's body temperature is slightly higher than normal range but not high enough to qualify as a fever. A low-grade fever is often classified as an oral temperature that is defined as a body temperature between 99.5°F (37.5°C) and 100.9°F (38.3°C).<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Affronti|first = M. | authorlink = | last2 = Mansueto | first2 = P. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Soresi | first3 = M. | authorlink3 = | last4 = Abbene | first4 = A.M. | authorlink4 = | last5 = Affronti | first5 = A. | authorlink5 = | last6 = Valenti | first6 = M. | authorlink6 = | last7 = Giannitrapani | first7 = L. | last8 = Montalto | first8 = G. | date = Feb 2010 | title = Low-grade fever: how to distinguish organic from non-organic forms|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02256.x|journal=International Journal of Clinical Practice|language=en|volume=64|issue=3 | pages = 316–321|doi=10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02256.x|quote=|via=}}</ref> ==Presentation== ==Prevalence== *In a 2001 Belgian study, 45.7% of patients meeting the [[Fukuda criteria]] and 56.5% of patients meeting the [[Holmes criteria]], in a cohort of 2073 [[chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]] patients, reported low-grade fever.<ref>{{Cite journal|last = De Becker | first = Pascale | authorlink = Pascale De Becker | last2 = McGregor | first2 = Neil | authorlink2 = Neil McGregor | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny | authorlink3 = Kenny De Meirleir | date = December 2001 | title = A definition‐based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00890.x?sid=nlm%3Apubmed|journal=Journal of Internal Medicine|volume=250|issue=3|pages=234–240|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00890.x|quote=|via=}}</ref> ==Symptom recognition== *In the [[Holmes criteria]], a '''mild fever''' (oral temperature between 37.5°C or 99.5°F and 38.6°C or 101.5°F, if measured by the patient) is an optional criteria for diagnosis, under the section ''Minor Symptom Criteria''. It also appears as an optional criteria for diagnosis under the section ''Minor Physical Criteria'' as a '''low-grade fever''' (oral temperature between 37.6°C or 99.7°F and 38.6°C or 101.5°F, or rectal temperature between 37.8°C or 100°F and 38.8°C or 102°F) that has been documented by a physician on at least two occasions, at least one month apart.<ref>[http://www.cfids-me.org/holmes1988.html The 1988 Holmes Definition for CFS]</ref> *Recurrent feelings of feverishness are regarded as a neuroendocrine symptom of ME/CFS in the [[Canadian Consensus Criteria]]. ==Notable studies== ==Possible causes== ==Potential treatments== ==See also== ==Learn more== ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Signs and symptoms]] [[Category:Endocrine signs and symptoms]] [[Category:Immune signs and symptoms]]
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