Body temperature at 98.7 found not to be not the norm
 

98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite | WIRED

According to this link, body temperature is much more
flexible than doctors have been telling us.

I have a low-ish body temperature, so when I used to get a fever
my mdocs did not believe that I had a fever because I was in "normal range."

(This runs in my father's family I believe.)
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Body temperature varies according to

• age,
• time of day,
• being male or female,
• and other variables.

M

My pediatrician, told my parents that my body temperature was 96.8 or
something close to that. So when I was running close to 98.6 or 99 I was
running a really good fever, I also was some times really out of it.

So now as an adult, I will tell the doctors and clinics the same. My primaries
have always made a point of putting it in my charts that I run a low
normal. So that if I'm running over 99.00 that they will then treat me
as I'm running a good temperature, like its 101, which is what is considered
a fever.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Temperatures also vary depending on which method you use to take your temp. I can't remember what the variations are tho.
I use a tympanic (ear) thermometer.

My temp is usually in the high 97-98 degree range, but I've been getting a lot of readings in the mid 99's-low 100 range for a bout a year. Occasionally I will spike a fever around 102, but it usually lasts about a day and goes away on its own.

did you know why it was 102?
bizi

No, I have no idea. Just glad I didn't have any other sx and the fevers went away.

Mine is never 98.6 anymore. The nurse said if it is around that, it's okay. BF:hug::hug::hug: