what's a normal body temp - Forum

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Limbs wrote:
n where does a fever start? what do you think
i think most finnish sources say a fever is from 37,5°C up but some say it's 38 n some people think it's 37? hmm

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Limbs wrote:
just thinking abt how i very often feel feverish/sick and my temp goes up to 37,3-37,4 or sometimes even like 37,7 lmao? for no apparent reason, except that i feel sick/fatigued/achey but don't have any other common cold symptoms. and that my CRP, sed rate and white blood cells have been elevated every time they were checked for the past 2 years. i just.... hmm

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That's difficult to say, because some people have an overall lower body temperature and thus having a fever for them starts way earlier than for other people.
You always should know your regular body temperature to really being able to spot a fever, because it's the difference that counts and not really the absolute number on the thermometer. Though there is the rules of when a fever starts according to medicinal literature, bug again, for people who always run hotter or colder than the average, this number doesn't help at all.

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MasileinDE wrote:
That's difficult to say, because some people have an overall lower body temperature and thus having a fever for them starts way earlier than for other people.
You always should know your regular body temperature to really being able to spot a fever, because it's the difference that counts and not really the absolute number on the thermometer. Though there is the rules of when a fever starts according to medicinal literature, bug again, for people who always run hotter or colder than the average, this number doesn't help at all.

yeah that's true ig! doesn't really apply in medical care though does it hahaha
i think my regular temp is like ~36,6

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MasileinDE wrote:

Limbs wrote:

MasileinDE wrote:
That's difficult to say, because some people have an overall lower body temperature and thus having a fever for them starts way earlier than for other people.
You always should know your regular body temperature to really being able to spot a fever, because it's the difference that counts and not really the absolute number on the thermometer. Though there is the rules of when a fever starts according to medicinal literature, bug again, for people who always run hotter or colder than the average, this number doesn't help at all.

yeah that's true ig! doesn't really apply in medical care though does it hahaha
i think my regular temp is like ~36,6

it actually does
a doctor/nurse/whoever with a bit of brain in their head knows in some cases to ask the patient what their usualy temperature is to know if they just have elevated temperature or a fullblown fever

in that case, a high temperature starts for you starts at 37,6° up to 38,1°. Everything above would be a fever

having a high temperature or even a fever usually means you have an infection of sorts going on, but good luck finding out which one, if your temperature is your only symptom. (the infection is also visible in the elevated white blood cell count)