Since one of the most common symptoms of Covid-19 is fever, you feel panicked when the thermometer reads 37 or 37.5 degrees. But this could be a misconception, according to experts.
"I would say there are a lot of people who may not be aware that normal temperatures are an interval and not a fixed number," said Dr. Donald Ford. "Larger recent studies show that normal temperatures "They range from 37 to 37.5 degrees and many individuals can go beyond this limit and be perfectly fine."
"You may know your normal blood pressure, heart rate or blood sugar level, but not many people in the world know what their normal body temperature is or how much it changes normally," said Dr. Waleed Javaid. director of infection prevention and control at Mount Sinai Downtown in New York State.
This is the time we need to start thinking about normal body temperature as the flu season coincides with the increase in Covid-19 cases.
Learning the initial temperature range is achievable by checking it three times a day, for a set 5 times, in the morning, at lunch and at dinner. Sort the results by the end of this experiment, and then you can calculate a meastare, which also shows you normal body temperature, for different periods of the day.
"When we know our body temperature, then when it changes, we can not panic, but say with certainty: 'It's okay, at this hour I have a constantly high temperature', as many people say 'I have pressure high blood pressure '.- said Javaid.
