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But newer studies suggest the average person today actually runs a little cooler than that — somewhere between So which is right? Everyone has their own ordinary — and even that is more of a sliding scale than one set number. Your body temperature can move up and down and all around, but it usually stays within a certain window.
It often rises from childhood into adulthood before dipping during the later years in life. By stages, it looks like this with all temperatures for an oral reading. These results are supported by other trials done under controlled conditions. So a temperature of 99 degrees at 4 in the morning may be a fever , whereas that same temperature at 4 in the afternoon is within normal limits.
In fact, some studies that have shown that if you give patients with the flu medications that reduce fevers, they have symptoms for longer.
Higher temperatures above F are concerning because they are more likely to indicate more serious infections. Photo: iStock Photo.
Why are our normal body temperatures going down?
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