
Emotional Fever: Can Anxiety Raise Body Temperature?
Anxiety is a natural response to a threat you perceive. It starts with a physiological reaction in your brain that affects the rest of your body. When you perceive a stressor, your body goes through changes, and you may experience mental and physical symptoms. These symptoms of anxiety can include:
Can stress and anxiety raise your body temperature? Yes. In some rare cases, anxiety symptoms may lead to a rise in body temperature. This is sometimes referred to as psychogenic fever, or a fever ca