Are fevers contagious?

Question

bc this guy i sit next to during class had a fever on tuesday and i had it 2 days later so yeah contagious?

Answer 1

You can't catch a fever, but you can catch a virus which gives you a fever.  

Answer 2

A fever is simply your body's way of trying to kill a bacterial infection or virus in your body.  It is raising your body temperature to trying to get you better.  A fever itself isn't contagious, but whatever is causing the fever may be.  Generally doctors tell you not to be around others for 24 hours after a fever truly goes away (not due to medicine).  

So basically you didn't catch the "fever" per say, you caught whatever ailment this guy had that was causing him to have a fever.

Answer 3

fever is a symptom of some disease process or infection. if the fever is related to some type of infection, the infection can be contagious

Answer 4

fever may not be contagious but the underlying disease which caused the fever may some times be a contagious.  

Answer 5

It would;d depend on what caused his fever. His fever is secondary to an infection.

Answer 6

yeah, I think you should sue the guy sitting next to you bc he is a loser and a f**t on a pancake

Answer 7

No, you can't catch a fever. But you can catch a cold, etc.

Answer 8

A fever is ust a manifestation of a disease or bacteria.  catching a fever is like catching a symptom.

Answer 9

not the fever itself