Theory 41/Fever cycle/Progression phase
Plateau Is Production Against Loss
The claim
The height of a fever plateau is set by the ratio of heat production to heat loss at the new set point, so the same pyrogen gives different heights in different conditions.
01Mechanism
Temperature settles where production matches loss at the target.
02Prediction
Plateau should track the ratio.
03Refutation
Plateau tracking pyrogen level would remove heat loss.