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If you've nursed a terminal Ebola patient 99.5 may indeed not technically be a fever, but it's something you should pay attention to. Heck, more to the point,
by hga 12y ago
If you've nursed a terminal Ebola patient 99.5 may indeed not technically be a fever, but it's something you should pay attention to. Heck, more to the point, she should know her normal temperature range at the various times in the day and if that's a fever for her. In the morning it would be a fever for me, I run a bit cool.
Also note even the professional WelchAllyn units are not 100% accurate, they're rated for 0.2 F plus or minus (I bought one not long ago after my old el-cheapo BD one died and Amazon reviews revealed today's el-cheapo ones are by and large worthless. Heck, 3M even created a new consumer brand, no doubt to avoid brand damage to BD).
- diltonm 12y agoIn bootcamp I once had a temperature around 97 something. The doctor took it with two different thermometers not believing it. I felt fine. Apparently that temperature's not considered abnormal: http://www.webmd.boots.com/a-to-z-guides/normal-body-temperature http://www.webmd.boots.com/a-to-z-guides/normal-body-tempera...
- beagle3 12y agoWhile now my temperature is a normal 36.2 celsius, for years I was oscillating 35.0-36.0, feeling fine. Every doctor or nurse the saw me said it was unusual, but none ever thought it was cause for alarm.