For the past two days I've had a fever of 100.5. Today my temperature suddenly dropped to 98.0 but I still have cold symptoms. What does this temperature drop mean?

For the past two days I've had a fever of 100.5. Today my temperature suddenly dropped to 98.0 but I still have cold symptoms. What does this temperature drop mean?
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it means your fever broke (got the highest it was going to get) and your getting better…..you just have the rest of the cold to deal with….
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