Is 38.5℃ considered high fever?

38.5℃ is not considered a high fever, but a fever of a more pronounced degree. 38.5℃ is only a moderate fever in clinical terms, and it is only a high fever if the body temperature rises even higher, to 39℃ or more, or even to 40℃. 38.5℃ is accompanied by obvious clinical symptoms, such as fear of cold, headache, pain in the eyes, muscle pain all over the body, or joint pain. pain, and some people will feel more pain when they move slightly because of more pronounced joint pain. When the body temperature reaches this level, there is still an increase in body temperature, and the patient will probably continue to be afraid of cold, or even chills, if the body temperature does not continue to rise, then these cold symptoms are likely to be less pronounced or absent, and if the body temperature is in the declining phase, the patient will even sweat at this time.