A 50-year-old patient was operated for a perforated stomachulcer. Three days after the operation, he felt weakness, dizziness,nausea, intensive pain in the area of the postoperative suture. Onexamination: hyperemia and edema of the postoperative suture,sharp pain during its palpation. Body temperature - 38,9° C.Questions:1. What is the name of an increase in body temperature of thispatient?2. What caused this increase in body temperature?3. What other causes can lead to an increase in body temperature?

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