I was about to write a new post in my italian series. Fever. However documenting myself I found out that maybe I was about to write something wrong...
My office looks like an atomic bomb has exploded. Day after day they are less people. Some come at work in the morning but go back home after 30 mins, 2 hours, 1/2 day... It starts to be scary. All suffer from fever. And 37,2°c is considered as an abnormal body temperature. This was the point I was questioning, isn't it exaggerated to say that 37,2°c is a fever? I was always told that up to 37,5°c it's fine.
My office looks like an atomic bomb has exploded. Day after day they are less people. Some come at work in the morning but go back home after 30 mins, 2 hours, 1/2 day... It starts to be scary. All suffer from fever. And 37,2°c is considered as an abnormal body temperature. This was the point I was questioning, isn't it exaggerated to say that 37,2°c is a fever? I was always told that up to 37,5°c it's fine.
L.Girard and A. Le Strat from Université de Rennes give the following definition:
La température centrale normale du corps humain est de :- 37C° le matin- 37,5C° le soir La fièvre est définie par l'élévation de la température centrale au dessus de :- 37,5C° le matin- 38C° le soir En fait, cette définition est variable, car il existe des variations individuelles et des facteurs physiologiques influençant la température :- nycthémère : pic physiologique vers 18 heures, augmentant la température de 0,5C°- activité musculaire, digestion peuvent augmenter la température de 1C°- cycle menstruel : la température augmente au cours de la deuxième partie, de 0,5C° à 1C°
CARACTERISTIQUES DE LA FIEVRE
2 - Intensité - peu élevée 37,5 à 38C° (fébricule) - modérée 38 à 39C°- élevée > 39C°
and you also have a nice description of the underlying diseases as the fever is only a symptom... if you are interested check:
However wikipédia, is telling us:
When a patient has or is suspected of having a fever, that person's body temperature is measured using a thermometer. At a first glance, fever is present if:
Temperature in the anus (rectum/rectal) is at or over 37.8 °C (100.0 °F)
Temperature in the mouth (oral) is at or over 37.5 °C (99.5 °F)
Temperature under the arm (axillary) is at or over 37.2 °C (99.0 °F)
Temperature in the ear (otic) is at or over 37.2 ºC (99.0 ºF)
So it depends on the measurement method, and you see that 37,2°c can be considered as fever if the temperature was taken under the arm or in the ear.
Conclusion, is this a real epidemia or somatic signals of discontent?
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