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Understanding fever patterns: a constant fever means the temperature stays elevated with only minimal fluctuation, often described as continuous fever with little day-to-day variation (typically small changes within a 24-hour period).

This is different from remittent fever, which has wide fluctuations while staying above baseline; intermittent fever, where fever spikes are interspersed with normal temperatures; and relapsing fever, where fever recurs after a period of afebrile days.

So the described pattern—fever that remains elevated with little fluctuation—fits a constant (continuous) fever.