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Afebrille

No fever; normal adult 98.6

Febrile

Fever; 100.4+

Lysis

Fever slowly returns to normal after a period of time

Crisis

Temperature suddenly returns to normal

Intermittent

Fever varies and then returns to normal, followed by increase temperature phase

Remittent

Temperature keeps varying, but doesn't return to normal range

Continuous

Fever stays constant above the Baseline, doesn't fluctuate