What is your normal body temperature

[compiler]

The thread about hypothermia got me to thinking. My normal body temp was about 98.6...until 2010, shortly after completing my SRT. Suddenly, I felt completely normal at 97.3. Ever since, if I add 1.3 to my temp, it reflects how I'm feeling. So, to a doctor I'm doing great at say 99, but I would feel quite feverish (like 100.3).

Maybe a year or two ago, I read an article that said avge body temp is below 98. I asked some folks that were taking temps (Covid protocols) and they agreed. They saw a lot of 97.X temps.

So, how about a little survey. What is your "normal" (ie: when relatively healthy) body temp?

Mel

[noahware]

Yes, my normal temp seems to be in the 97s. For over a month after I tested positive for COVID (this past summer), it was in the 99s. And I felt it, like I had a low grade fever, for weeks on end... couldn't stand the summer heat and sun, and had to get relief in the in-laws pool (thank God for that).

[smroush]

97.x

[Kaliber]

low 97.X for me too …usually …but just recently I’ve seen some low and mid 94s , with a few days in a row at 95.2 . Back up to 97.X now, hope I stay there yayahahahaya.

I think this a great thread to do right behind my hypothermia post …. we haven’t talked about this much … we’d probably all like to have a better knowledge about this, just for ducks.

Good going brother.

❤️❤️❤️

[ARIES29]

37 is normal here, Celsius.

[Gl448]

97.5 for me normally ever since my late 30s. I used to think it was from low thyroid function, but after my thyroid was removed (cancer) and I’m on thyroid replacement it still never gets much over 98 unless I’m sick.

KFI news radio in LA just the other day mentioned a news story that average body temperature for adults was now under 98.

Mayo Clinic says anything from 97 to 99 is normal and that older people tend to have lower normal temps than younger.

mayoclinic.org/first-aid/fi...