Is your body temperature 98.6 degrees Ferenheit ?
By akumei1269
@akumei1269 (1749)
India
January 5, 2007 11:00pm CST
Is is said that the normal body temperature for a person with normal health is 98.6 degrees Ferenheit. But I have seen mine is less than it . Also my child's is below it . In a recent scientific article on Scientific American , adjective "comfortable " and not "normal " has been used to qualify this "98.6 degrees Ferenheit " measure .
Do your body have this temperature ?
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@uselesspowers (240)
• United States
6 Jan 07
your body temperature is 98.6 on AVERAGE. if it is not exactly this then you shouldn't necessarily be concerned. your body temperature will fluxuate, although i would say variables more than 5 degrees (up or down) should cause some concern. I don't know what the range is for normal body temperature, but unless you are filling abnormal and your body temperature is close to 98.6 degrees, i wouldn't worry too much. for your child, i would ask to make sure that they are feeling okay as well.
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@akumei1269 (1749)
• India
6 Jan 07
When I pointed out to the paediastrian about my child's below 98.6 body temperature he told that until certain age it may not stabilise at the normal . Of course my child feel nothing abnormal or sick .
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
6 Jan 07
I tend to run on the high side. Normal for me is about 100.2. I have been through numerous medical tests and everything came out normal.
