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Factitious Fever

Definition: Factitious fever refers to an artificially induced increase in body temperature, usually brought about by intentional manipulation or fabrication of symptoms.

Examples:

• She was suspected of having factitious fever after displaying inconsistent symptoms and unusually high temperatures.
• The patient admitted to faking symptoms to feign factitious fever in order to receive attention from the medical staff.
• A person with factitious fever may intentionally induce symptoms such as high body temperature or chills in order to deceive others.

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