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ELI5: How does fever work as a self-regulatory mechanism of the body?

currently in bed with 38.6°C fever and debating whether to sweat it out, or go to a doctor and get meds that make it go down.
gpt
At high temperatures the DNA and proteins of many Bacteria and Viruses that are affecting your body and making you sick will denature, preventing them from being able to reproduce. Now a fever becomes dangerously high at 39°C so you should probably contact a Doctor.