something i've been thinking of (especially since i had the plague* a while back) is the depiction of fevers in fic in general, like i see a lot of people writing... all the symptoms at once? especially when the fever is at its peak. the sickie is freezing and burning up and sweating like a pig, simultaneously. and okay i'm basing my views here on the extremely scientifically legit sample size of one (myself) but i've never had it work that way, personally?
in my experience it goes like
fever rising: chills, the severity depending on how high/fast the fever is rising, feeling like you can't get warm enough, especially extremities (hands/feet) freezing even if you get your core to realize it's actually warm
the plateau: now you're feeling too warm (how much so depends on how high the fever is) but anything cooling feels too cold, still not sweating more than the normal amount tho. also again depending on the severity of the fever, you get muscle aches, headaches, vertigo, what have you
the plateau, addendum: for me personally once the fever is above something like 38 degrees celsius, i absolutely cannot get anything solid down even if i'm not feeling explicitly nauseous, and even fluids only a little bit at a time no matter how thirsty i feel (meanwhile my roommate almost never loses appetite completely so i gather that's very ymmv)
fever coming down: okay, now you're sweating. my bed was legit drenched just coming down from ~39C to ~38C so still very much running a fever, just one degree less of one. and also the feeling of being less sick can be deceptive; i was feeling relatively fine after the worst fever peak broke, a sickie could easily overextend themself at this point and end up making it worse/slowing down the recovery
and of course it may not be one-and-done, depending on what exactly you've caught the fever may seesaw multiple times~
idk really what my point is posting this, i just feel like there's much fun to be had with the whole range of the stages of fever (TM)
*not literal plague
