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defacto7

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7. I wasn't aware that a person's average temp runs parallel to illness temps.

Reply to Lancero (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:18 AM

Mar 2020

As a matter of fact, I'm still not. I don’t think it's a fact. If a person's average temp is 96 and a fever temp is 102 it does not mean that a person whose average is 98.6 has the same illness level at 104.6. Normal temps aren't directly proportional to the temp at illness. A body still shows illness at the same temperatures no matter what their average is. It just means a person with a lower average has more leeway.

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One medical oddity that a lot of people might be overlooking in regards to running a fever... [View all] Lancero Mar 2020 OP

My norm is around 96.5 KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #1

Was reading about this recently canetoad Mar 2020 #2

and I'm testing mine now Demonaut Mar 2020 #4

Hence 100.4 vs 102, though some places advise 100.0 uppityperson Mar 2020 #3

mines been consistently dweller Mar 2020 #5

I've been aware for decades that PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #6

I wasn't aware that a person's average temp runs parallel to illness temps. defacto7 Mar 2020 #7

96.3 or .4 lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #8