Are you cool ... your temperature that is?

[CDRE]

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Originally Posted by braumeister Well, I'm corrected (and surprised). That has been the first part of every visit to every GP doc I've had for the last 30 years.

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[teejayevans]

Last 4 years I’ve been 97.9-96.4.

[Lsbcal]

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Originally Posted by Lsbcal I took my temp this morning at 7am and it was 96.5 . So almost 2 degrees lower then in the later part of the day when it was 98.4 .

Have to correct this one. I take my temperature with a forehead instrument and it isn't very much different between the early morning and late evening readings. Maybe about 96.5 in the AM and a few tenths higher in the PM.

Lots of factors affecting ones body temperature including where you take the reading and this is a pretty good writeup on some considerations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_temperature

[Lsbcal]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lsbcal I took my temp this morning at 7am and it was 96.5 . So almost 2 degrees lower then in the later part of the day when it was 98.4 .

Have to correct this one. I take my temperature with a forehead instrument and it isn't very much different between the early morning and late evening readings. Maybe about 96.5 in the AM and a few tenths higher in the PM.

Lots of factors affecting ones body temperature including where you take the reading and this is a pretty good writeup on some considerations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_temperature