Psychological stress contributed to the development of low-grade fever in a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome: a case report

Conclusions: A stress interview induced a 1.0[degree sign]C increase in axillary temperature in a CFS patient. Negative emotion-associated sympathetic activation, rather than pyretic cytokine production, contributed to the increase in temperature induced by the stress interview. This suggests that psychological stress may contribute to the development or the exacerbation of low-grade fever in some CFS patients.
Source: BioPsychiSocial Medicine - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research