My body temperature has always been low. I occasionally think it would be interesting to take it regularly to find out what my actual average is. I'd guess it's in the 95-96F range.
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Mid 97 and over 99 I consider a fever. My kid is a little warmer more like low 98 and she often will reach 99 even with colds. I consider her ill with 99 but not seriously ill.
97.4-97.6 is average for me, and yeah I also feel feverish anywhere above 99. When I had the swine flu all those years ago I had a fever of 102 something and it was awful.
97.4-97.6 is average for me, and yeah I also feel feverish anywhere above 99. When I had the swine flu all those years ago I had a fever of 102 something and it was awful.
H1N1 took me out for about 3 months, with 6 months of coughing. I went in to the doc with 101 fever and felt like death.
Yup - mine is around 97.8 usually. I couldn't tell you the last time I had a high fever - probably in childhood - but I've definitely felt feverish when I'm in the upper 99 or low 100 range.
I remember reading about this a few years ago and feeling very justified in constantly explaining that my normal body temperature is 97 point something. Full disclosure, I did not read the article linked so maybe it’s mentioned, but what I have read in the past suggests that this is happening over generations. Like Boomers have a higher average temp than Gen X, Gen X higher than Millenials, etc.