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Knowing that my resting body temp was permanently 36.8-36.9 while everyone elses (on the same thermometer) was 36.6 was one of the things that led me realise so
by mateo1 4y ago
Knowing that my resting body temp was permanently 36.8-36.9 while everyone elses (on the same thermometer) was 36.6 was one of the things that led me realise something was wrong and in fact it turned out I had an autoimmune.
Of course the temperature fluctuates with activity and with the time of the day but an auxiliary reading of 36.6 has been what I've always observed for myself and others. After all we all run the same biochemical processes that are optimal at this temp.
As a side note, I hate digital contact thermometers with passion. Mercury is dangerous as hell but if it wasn't for gallium alloy ones I'd smuggle them in the country.
- joecool1029 4y ago>Mercury is dangerous as hell but if it wasn't for gallium alloy ones I'd smuggle them in the country. It's elemental mercury encapsulated in glass not one of the organic compounds that cause all the acute and longterm health issues. Chlorine bleach is scarier stuff used in the household.
- AstralStorm 4y agoThe thing about mercury is that it accumulates, but chlorine does not. Mercury is mostly banned for being persistent pollutant, next after lead. There is no real safe level of mercury intake due to cumulative damage and hard for body to get rid of. There is a safe, heck, required level of chlorine intake. (What is table salt?) Mercury is not any superior at measuring temperature over a resistive electronic or a bimetallic thermometer, or alcohol capillary one. (Except the latter boils and freezes too easily, not a problem for body temperature.)
- mateo1 4y agoAlthough in theory electronic thermometers can be just as accurate in practice I've found that across brands the measurements fluctuate to an unacceptable degree.
- sideshowb 4y agoWhat should we know about bleach?
- chanc3e 4y agoFor one, not to mix it with vinegar. Chlorine gas. There was a spate of TikTok's recommending mixing them for cleaning purposes. To the horror of many.
- joecool1029 4y agoDrink elemental mercury and you'll be fine, it'll just pass through and you'll shit it out. Drink bleach and it'll probably kill you or at least give you terrible injuries.
- sideshowb 4y agoOk, guess I should have asked, what should we know about bleach besides the warnings prominently printed on the bottle. Tbf I really don't expect everything in my house to be edible.
- denton-scratch 4y agoMy thermometer is a cook's infrared no-contact instant-read thermometer (I also own a digital under-tongue thermometer, but I no longer use it). The cook's thermometer is more accurate.