Cotton fever is linked with IV drug use. It is considered to result from injecting small particles from anything are used as a filter including things like cotton balls, Q-Tips, and cigarette filters. Intravenously, this small quantity of bacteria can be sufficient to cause cotton fever. Although injecting particles from these filters is a valid concern for active addicts, they are not the cause of cotton fever. In current years, there’s been latest fact that proposes cotton fever is actually a type of sepsis.