Acute gastroenteritis fever may go down on its own. Acute gastroenteritis caused by overeating may reduce fever on its own, while if caused by infection with bacteria and viruses usually cannot reduce fever on its own.
1. Overeating: If the patient has overeating behavior before the onset of the disease, the food may accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, causing fever. If the situation is not serious, the fever may go down after defecation.
2. Infection with bacteria and viruses: If the food consumed is contaminated by bacteria, it may develop into acute gastroenteritis, and the number of white blood cells rises, especially neutrophils, releasing inflammatory mediators and causing the body to become feverish. At this time, the fever generally can not go down by itself, can follow the doctor’s instructions to take norfloxacin treatment, pay attention to pregnancy, lactating women, children are prohibited to take norfloxacin.
If the patient is infected with acute gastroenteritis with fever, it is recommended to seek professional medical treatment as soon as possible.