Or both could share a common underlying cause you haven thought of

And we all know that not true,right?Actually, don answer that.A couple of different things could be going on here.First, it possible that fever and inflammation are correlated purely by coincidence.Or, there could be a causal relationship that the opposite of what you think?the fever causes the inflammation,rather than the inflammation causing the fever.Or both could share a common underlying cause you haven thought of.