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I have always been taught that 37C is the upper limit, actually bordering on fever. So 36.5C or even a bit lower was always considered healthy and fine.
by lynx23 4y ago
I have always been taught that 37C is the upper limit, actually bordering on fever. So 36.5C or even a bit lower was always considered healthy and fine.
- FullMetalBitch 4y agoSame here, 36-37 normal, over 37 fever.
- tasuki 4y agoSame here, but I've since readjusted :) Currently the top comment says "Basically, in our experience, anything below 38.4 °C could just as well be caused by any of a number of non-fever conditions at something like a 90 % confidence level" ... which is panicky territory for me. But anything under 38 is fine.
- lynx23 4y agoWell, if I have anything above 37.5C, I definitely feel ill. If you call that fever, or something else, feels hypocritical to me. Luckily, this stuff is a continuum. Still remember the 40.6C as a child, as my sense of equilibrium completely went bonkers and I start to hallucinate.
- gpvos 4y agoI was brought up with everything under 38 being subfebrile (Dutch "verhoging") which means to watch out, but no need to call the doctor yet.
- lynx23 4y agoI wouldn't call a doctor as long as I am below 40C, but thats maybe just me not wanting to uselessly overload the system... Other people seem to have different attitudes. Come to think of it, our local media just had an article saying doctors are asking patients to not come to the doctors office just because they have a little fever. A similar thing seems to happen in children ambulances. Doctors tell me that 90% of the cases there are just clogging the system and making it harder to find the 10% which really need immediate help.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoI never let it hit that high. I take something. By the time I hit 39.4, I'm at the point that I'm nearly hallucinating. I can't stay sitting upright in a doctor's office and simply cannot drive myself. I wouldn't trust myself not to get lost walking 2 blocks to the hospital. I've had this happen as an adult: The doctors office had me take 800mg of children's ibuprofen and had me wait until the fever started coming down: If it didn't, they were going to call an ambulance. Sidenote: Children's liquid medicine tastes horrible. 40C (104F) isn't just a little fever, and is definitely in the danger zone for both children and adults. You should probably get to the doctor before that, in general - especially if you react as I do at a lower temperature.
- elevaet 4y ago40C is risking seizures
- gpvos 4y agoYou don't have to call the doctor when you hit 38, but I would definitely do that before you hit 39.
- ginko 4y agoI've been taught [37,38) is raised temperature/light fever and >=38 is a serious fever.