The Average Human Body Temperature ISN’T 98.6°F Anymore

The average human body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius, or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit... right? Well, new studies have uncovered that the average human body temperature is actually lower than that...and it’s dropping.
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In 1851 a German doctor named Carl Wunderlich conducted a yearslong study. He went room to room in his hospital with a thermometer, taking the temperatures of some 25,000 different patients to try and pin down the average human body temperature. And he did, seventeen years later, when he published a paper with that well-known metric of 37 degrees! He also gave us the first quantitative measurement for determining if someone has a fever. 38 degrees and above. And then for the next 140 years, we just accepted this number as correct.
Despite the fact that Dr. Wunderlich collected this data using a comically large, foot-long thermometer that had to be held in a patient’s armpit for 20 minutes. Because believe it or not, portable thermometers small enough fit under your tongue weren’t invented until 1866.
So it wasn’t until the 1990s that another doctor decided to revisit this question using more modern equipment. And he found that yeah, the average human body temperature is ACTUALLY around 36.8 degrees Celsius.
#bodytemperature #temperature #science #seeker #elements
Read More:
The 98.6℉ Myth: Why Everything You Think You Know About Body Temperature Is a Lie
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"The average body temperature isn't actually 98.6℉-a fact that we've known for more than 25 years. The myth originated in the 19th century with a single doctor, and despite evidence to the contrary, it's persisted ever since."
Are Human Body Temperatures Cooling Down? www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
"...in the process of altering our surroundings, we have also altered ourselves, says senior author Julie Parsonnet of Stanford. 'We’ve changed in height, weight-and we’re colder,” she says. “I don’t really know what [the new measurements] mean in terms of health, but they’re telling us something.'"
7 Ways To Tell You Have A Fever If You Don't Have A Thermometer
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"Here are seven ways to tell if you have a fever, even if there's no thermometer in sight."
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[@johnnytarponds9292]

Yeah, here in Canada, it’s widely understood that the unfevered human is 36.6. I’ve never even heard of 37 actually.

[@coleomo]

@@osmosisjones4912 trickle down theez nuts

[@xterify1619]

Me too

[@Darkmattermonkey77]

Canada isn’t a real country, it’s just an extension of the upper United states that a lot of movies are filmed in.

[@Ashwanth]

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[@carlsvenson8126]

im swedish and i have been told its 37 degrees...

[@massimookissed1023]

Nobody questioned that Dr Wunderlich measured a huge sample of *PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL* ?

[@geoffpater]

That came to mind to me too, wonder if anyone has access to his results to see the graph of numbers of people against T

[@gameresearch9535]

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[@JigawattMusic]

This is the dumbest video I have ever seen in my life

[@massimookissed1023]

@@JigawattMusic , you haven't seen any flattards trying to make their case, then? :)

[@JigawattMusic]

@@massimookissed1023 21st century: most infections cured Seeker: WHY ARE WE SO COLD????

[@laurum22]

I've known my whole life that the average temperature is 36.6(C) and when I measured myself for fun I usually measured that or under.

[@Paulklampeeps]

When im having 37° i feel like i have a cold

[@xMorogothx]

Wtf... all my life I’ve had either 37.

[@raspas99]

Absolutely 36.6. I never heard in my life 37. My whole country knows if its 36.6..

[@314three]

@Darkphoton mine is actually 96.5

[@FunBotan]

Same here, although my own temp us usually lower

[@ironmorda]

I don't understand. We were always told its 36.6. It was never 37.

[@Hheretic14]

Americans 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@adamsrealm]

Very true. So this video is kinda pointless outside of the US.. Not really surprising tobe honest...

[@ruileite4579]

@@adamsrealm ye...

[@bryanfongo327]

I was told it was 36

[@JameBlack]

Actually 37 feels pretty bad

[@downtownjb100]

Cooling people on a warming globe

[@Lazerecho]

Nothing to see here.

[@horsepowermultimedia]

Probably a biological adaptation.

[@drumcondra1]

For a 40 years I’ve been told that the normal temperature is 36.6

[@saswotlamichhane5862]

Well, It's the rounded number, They rounded 36.6 to 37

[@xXDESTINYMBXx]

@@osmosisjones4912 they don't lol

[@rafaeterna1081]

@@osmosisjones4912 bro 🤣🤣

[@Ashwanth]

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[@macord2010]

BabeMinzgirlsszz.SpaCe

[@StainlessPot]

As a kid I've always been told that 36.5 (C) is normal. That was 20 years ago.

[@JustrazJD]

I think Americans are 40 years behind in this regard then :D

[@ruileite4579]

Same here in Portugal since way before I was born (18+ years ago)

[@tmyofficial1080]

The same here in The philippines 20 years ago

[@anandaditya479]

Same here, in India, almost 15 year ago, maybe the textbooks were even older, as at that time they hardly revised the books, so maybe even much more earlier.

[@Dantick09]

Yup

[@adampickard9880]

I was taught average temp was 36.5 plus or minus .5 degrees celsius

[@ruileite4579]

Same

[@robogamer2023]

This my sir is what you call accuracy

[@NikolaosSkordilis]

I was taught _36.6 °C_ +/- 0.5 °C. Never 37 °C though, that was the onset of fever.

[@k-isfor-kristina]

@@NikolaosSkordilis but 36.6 + 0.5 is 37.1.... which would mean that 37 falls within the normal range. Unless you mean 0.05 and not 0.5

[@211teitake]

I'm 40 and as long as I can remember, the conversation in Japan has been 36.5 C.

[@randomstuff-cu4of]

Here in latvia and surely in Soviet times too the accepted average is 36.6c (although 37 is kinda regarded as an upper limit and anything even slightly above 37 is illness)

[@necrisro]

Same in pretty much whole EU, mom's been a nurse for 40 years in eastern europe, 36.5 Might be just a US thing, possibly UK as well.

[@elmurcis1]

Yup here in Latvia it was always 36,6C and as many times I have been healthy, it showed exactly that. (well, we also knew that if it keeps at 37.1-37.2 for extended period of time, it is worse than having 38.0 for a moment)

[@yayayayya4731]

Well. After a bajillion comments. You finally switched to metric.

[@GERntleMAN]

I see "49,8729281*+&#@ times 100 - 3 squarebodies of average bluewater / 12 elbows"as a unit for the body temperature in the title.

[@avi5134]

@@GERntleMAN you forgot football fields

[@Dantick09]

Modernity has arrived

[@alihajiya2572]

The title is still in imperial though

[@Han-pd8rw]

@@manuskumar3379 32? You're lying. You would be dead with that body temp.

[@agustinalima]

“No matter how dorky you may feel like you are...humans ARE getting cooler over time” underrated phrase

[@keshavbansal5148]

Stfu

[@arlen7726]

@@keshavbansal5148 ditto.

[@pixeldesigns5333]

@@keshavbansal5148 reminds me of 4chan

[@parthasarathyvenkatadri]

Or they have become cold to everything

[@amalirfan]

something is off, is it spectacles?

[@aantony2001]

Always knew it was 36.6, and mine and the temperature of everyone I know is around that when healthy.

[@Ashwanth]

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[@liuton2005]

My average body temp is 35,6°C For me 37°C is already a fever.

[@Total_Body_Fitness_USA]

You're hypothyroid IF you are feeling fatigue. Otherwise great!

[@seandee2151]

I've been taught it's 36.5 since the elementary school days. 36.5 was easy to remember for obvious reasons.

[@laylauwu7098]

ikr I've always known it to be like that

[@lerbyn]

Me too, where are you from? Could be a geographical thing. Im from sweden

[@bhargavdesai7984]

We were taught 98.6 India

[@laylauwu7098]

@@lerbyn yeah I guess it's a european thing ,, I'm from the balkans btw

[@JustrazJD]

Europe has had this information for decades, seems only now the Americans are catching up to 36.5

[@CarpeDiem-rm2vm]

3:45 This won´t age well.

[@kugelblitz8086]

Actually normal temperature is 36.6°C, otherwise you go home.

[@Ashwanth]

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[@hannaharnold9071]

In the US we say 98.6 F is normal which is equal to 37 C. It must depend on where you are from

[@alexandraklam7781]

@@hannaharnold9071 Well it is normal.Its just that normally the body temperature is 36.6 but that doesn't mean its always like that.It can be colder or hotter but the normal or else the average is 36.6.

[@danhobson24]

Normal temperature is 36.5 Celsius. Anywhere from 35.3-36.8 Celsius is healthy.

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

My temp varies up to 2 degrees over the course of the day. But here's what gets me, if you tell a doctor your normal morning temp is 96F but today it was 99F they will insist that you do not have a fever. Why your body is 3 degrees hotter than normal is a question they don't seem to have any curiosity about.

[@A31415]

Average temperature is 36.6. That’s what I have been told for over 50 years.

[@Roll587]

I was always told 98.6, but have measured around 97.6 or so most of the time.

[@Supeer76e]

Literally everyone on the planet: 36.6° Seeker: 37° is not the human body temperature.

[@orchdork775]

If only doctors got the memo. None of them believe me when I tell them that new research disproved the 98.6° average. As someone who often runs low grade fevers (99.5-100.3), this lower average suggests that my fevers may not be so low grade after all. I experience them as regular fevers, but because they are below 100.5°, doctors take them less seriously.

[@isaBeast143]

So the song "sadder, badder, cooler" is literally correct

[@MarenHunsberger]

Precisely 🤣

[@roadwarrya]

This is why my feet are always cold..

[@human2u153]

Blood circulation is critical to those toes.

[@lolll3360]

@@human2u153 👏👏 exactly

[@Ashwanth]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJvQh5muq9OdZtk

[@anthropomorphizedrock]

Okayyyy isn’t our high body temperature what prevents fungal infection?

[@preetham8178]

@@osmosisjones4912 isnt Cardi B cute?

[@max2themax]

37° could actually already be a slight fever and I've known that for my entire life.

[@NikolaosSkordilis]

One of the weirdest subjects so far on this channel. I recall some 30-odd years ago that the "standard" or "normal" (feverless) body temperature was mentioned by doctors in my country as 36.6 °C (97.9 °F). The 37 °C / 98.6 °F value was also occasionally mentioned but as a _rounded up value,_ and _not_ as an exact value. 36.6 °C is just 0.2 °C higher than the latest reported average value of 36.4 °C, a difference that might be within the margin of error. I also recall when measuring my own temperature values in the 36.5 °C - 36.7 °C range whenever I had no fever. From 37 °C onward I was slightly warm, so 37 °C was never my "normal" temperature. I fully realize that I my sample of 1 has no value for an *average* body temperature, but like I said the 36.6 °C / 97.9 °F standard value was often mentioned by doctors 30+ years ago, pediatricians specifically in that era. Therefore I strongly doubt we are "cooling down" as this video appears to suggest.

[@brianjanssens8020]

The whole world: °C Americane: FAHRENHEIT

[@megamanx466]

Physics community: Kelvin 😁

[@Funaki90]

@@megamanx466 Cinema department is Kelvin too 😅

[@megamanx466]

@@Funaki90 Ah thank you. So that too then!😅

[@TechNextLetsGo]

Fahrenheit is more precise than Celsius. For example 100F and 101F, is 38C for both.

[@FiliusFidelis]

all i know is that my core temp has decreased as i've gotten older. Used to be about 37.3, now it is about 36.5.

[@revenevan11]

With the remote tribe also having a drop in body temp, I wonder if the changing composition (CO2 levels) of our atmosphere has anything to do with it.

[@shoulders-of-giants]

Can yall please get rid of Fahrenheit. Thank you ❤️

[@adampickard9880]

If yall giving alternatives give us Kelvin

[@youtubiuttoni]

I was taught in school, in the eighties, here in Brazil, that it's 36.5... Don't know what you're talking about... :)

[@davyjones2994]

They gotta get that click! They don’t care that they are wrong or that it’s already know information. They just want the add money. Plus if you comment, saying they were wrong, it just helps the video be seen more

[@ruileite4579]

Same here in Portugal, I really don't know what they're on about

[@onceuponananomaly4576]

I can’t speak for all American schools, but in the school I went to we learned 98.6°F/37°C

[@curtisdaniel9294]

As a retired science teacher, thanks for using the words hypothesis/hypothesizing properly.

[@thomasstvarnik]

Never heard 37. Always 36.5 or smth like that. 37and more i always considered to be a mild fever.

[@aantony2001]

That seems to be the consensus among every commentor who grew up with Celsius and not Fahrenheit.

[@Mr.Not_Sure]

Well, in exUSSR it's widely accepted that normal body temperature is 36.6, and "temperature 37" is sign of illness. There's actually a drugstores branded "36.6".

[@mike15.]

wtf in europe average temperature is 36,6.. i went to so many doctors during the years due to the fact my normal body temperature is 37,8. guess im just hot 😏

[@Rafael_Fuchs]

Same boat here. I hover in the range of 37,7 to 37,9 on any given day. Pandemic hits, and I have to keep telling people that my normal resting temp has always been notably higher. I got sent home from work for a week straight because of it, before they finally accepted it as normal for me.

[@Ashwanth]

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[@Rafael_Fuchs]

@Wake No. I'm very aware. Lol

[@suyashwaghmare3911]

Yeah i always hover around 38 or so

[@danielsado7268]

Same here ! Tho mine is at like ~37,6 It's so funny with the Pandemic that people only now realize that the average number of 36,6(-37C depending on who you ask) is just that .... an average

[@lekiscool]

Mine is 97 point something. I get fevers when I’m having migraines. I can usually feel it around 99+

[@Ishid9duu288u]

Same and it fvcks up my whole day

[@bradhamill7801]

Darn this just got to the point of hate crime status

[@cellogirl11rw55]

I've always wondered that. My body temperature usually hangs between 96°F and 97°F, unless I am exercising or am starting to pitch a fever.

[@beaches2mountains230]

My temperature has ways been between 97.6 and 97.8. No matter what thermometers I use its always a degree low. Thought I was a weirdo.

[@shoulders-of-giants]

1800s 37.0 °C 1900s 36.8 °C 2000s 36.4 °C

[@wiblet]

Was always taught it's roughly 36.5 during the day, lower at morning, fevers are highest in the evening, and body temperature tends to go up during hormonal fluctuations (like periods). America just continues to be odd lol.

[@lusciouslucius]

36.6 °C in 🇵🇱

[@WillN2Go1]

Might be increased consumption of carbohydrates. I'm in my 60s, for most of my life I ate the standard high carb American diet, was healthy, exercised a lot, had a sedentary overweight period, the entire time my body temp (under tongue) was 97.1 (the number I remember once digital thermometers were common). Over a year ago I switched to a ketogenic diet, and when I started breaking down my macronutrients into numbers, discovered that I wasn't yet keto, I kept records so that I could be 'keto'. My calories are consistently 70% fats 5-10% carbs. My body temp shifted up towards the the magic 98.6 number. I think it might be worth someone qualified to investigate. My shift seemed so obvious and consistent with diet it shouldn't be difficult to test. Two other related factors. First I no longer 'hit the wall,' I used to, during a three hour kayak paddle, 'hit the wall' consistently at 90 minutes. Since keto, I eat nothing before a paddle, I go out for 3-4 hours, I feel consistent the entire time, loading my kayak on my car at the end is the same as loading it in the morning. When I was carbs this was always a struggle. Second, I still feel the same level of chill, wear the same sweaters and jackets, still sleep with the same number of comforters, this hasn't changed at all.

[@necrisro]

I think it's just a US misinformation thing, in EU it has been 36.6 for half a century at least according to my mom who was a nurse, 37 was indeed used for children

[@zahariks6430]

it's not 37*C :/ it was never 37, it is 36,6*C

[@nickvangeel]

There goes my technique for remembering it. The Doctor from Osmosis Jones going 98.6 and then emidiatly getting something bad happening

[@megamanx466]

I remembered that from a gum commercial in the 90's. 😆

[@Sodiumfossil]

When I get my temperature at work it is usually around 97.4

[@aabbccddeeffgg1234]

my body temperature is normally around 36-36,5. if i get 37 then thats slight fever for me. and surprisingly im better suited for cold weather than warm, cant handle heat very well but got no problem being light clothed in -10c and below

[@zack7smithey]

If you think of body heat as a combustion reaction, an increase in carbon dioxide and decrease in oxygen could have an impact on this reaction reducing body temperature. Are there any studies on body temperature in a hyperbaric chamber contrasted with hypoxic conditions?

[@John14-6...]

Interesting! I have to test alot of residents at my place of work every day I work and the average was about 97.5 farenheit so I thought our thermometer was faulty

[@Ennocb]

I've never even heard of 37°C being the mean body temperature. It's generally agreed upon that it's 36.6°C. At least in Germany. My mom used to tell me it's 36.5°C every time she took my temperature.

[@pswinck]

In Brazil we learn that the normal temperature is around 36,5. If your temperature is more than 37,5 they tell us to pay attention because it can be the start of a fever.

[@raizo-ftw]

Damn, we literally evolving to be cooler.

[@arisaardi7576]

Yo maren.. You're back!!

[@tonyhart97]

in school (10 yrs ago) i was taught that it was 36.6 C and id always just assumed that people who said 37 were rounding up.

[@vladyslavkorenyak872]

It doesn't make sense to talk about the average without the variance of the data set.

[@zaldi19]

Why don't you just use metric measurement like celcius in your title instead of fahrenheit

[@John2751]

Cause they are AMERICANS Proud of being different from the rest of the world for better or worse

[@Faerieshimmer]

@@John2751 It’s not our fault we are taught metric instead of fahrenheit. It’s embarrassing but it’s confusing (well for me and probably most Americans) if we started using celsius. I think younger generations should be taught celsius. Why does it matter though?

[@John2751]

@@Faerieshimmer True, It's the same story for people who use Metrics. Imperial units are just confusing for them. The problem is that most American content creators don't even bother to write the metric equivalent.

[@--Crus--]

2020: Humen 2100: vempires

[@lainejaffe9716]

Then 2050 is when we decide who’s the “last of the real ones.” (Fall Out Boy anyone)?

[@lainejaffe9716]

If you’re not a vampire, you’re “the last of the real ones” (Fall Out Boy anyone)?

[@ExcessumGaming]

I was always told as a kid that normal is 36.6 And that was 35y ago

[@sorrowful5294]

I usually run around 96.7 °F if I run 99.0 °F or above then it’s a fever for me.

[@AdamHallacher]

1:24 she's really enjoying that thermometer isnt she

[@zaidahmed5464]

🤭🤭

[@nayan7398]

🤣😂

[@Pseudo___]

Mine is on average in the 99s

[@saumitrachakravarty]

In my country, we actually use 36.8 degree Celsius as standard body temperature in medical practice with an error of 0.5 degrees on either side. This has been practiced here for a very long time.

[@VGAstudent]

One obvious reason for the current drop in historical body temperature during medical procedures, is that there are intraveinous medicines that are actually delivered below the persons body temperature in a hospital setting, where the warmed products (or chilled - depending on if the medicine was kept in a refrigerator or not) would actually be introduced to the body, and actually cooling them down. This is a real problem for people getting saline injections to help raise blood-pressure with victims of extreme de-hydration. You can actually see patients shivering to warm themselves back up while they huddle beneath thin and almost clinically useless blankets in excessively air conditioned waiting rooms.

[@1988oleshka]

36.6

[@moritlh]

She is my favorite host! I'm glad she is back

[@IanGrams]

Same, I assumed since she went back to school in the UK she'd not be doing seeker anymore so this was a pleasant surprise :]

[@M.r..R.i.c.e.]

World: gets hotter Humans: gets colder

[@DeRien8]

My resting temperature tends to be on the lower side, but with the increased sampling because of the virus, I noticed I'm often between 96.8F and 97.5F. Even in the summer when I was outside getting measured before starting the day of teaching science camp, it was only 98 or above if I had been facing the sun for almost an hour.

[@hylacinerea970]

my thermometer has always been 97° when i’m healthy, always thought it was broken until now

[@1harperaj]

So many conspiracies “theory’s” on other channels makes my blood boil… lol

[@rafaeterna1081]

which one?

[@jakeedgell591]

My average temperature has been 96.4 as long as I can remember, and I feel feverish when I hit 98.6, which made it difficult to stay home from school with a low fever

[@amogussus7451]

Morning 98.8f->37.1c evening 37.2c-37.4c 99f-99.3f

[@bobfurguson1721]

That light speed series was fantastic

[@henrymach]

Can we all stop this Celsius vs Fahrenheit nonsense and finally convert to Kelvin?

[@jacoflez3160]

I was thinking about that and it might be the best solution

[@Project-BetterU]

When you are here first but don't know what to say

[@carsreallysuck]

When you have a urgent need to fulfill your ego instead of watching the video.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Hey if you can't take the heat

[@Project-BetterU]

@@carsreallysuck I did watch the video

[@CharlottaLatte]

I felt that

[@BEBAY]

😂😂😂

[@shoulders-of-giants]

37.0 °C 36.8 °C 36.4 °C

[@oui2611]

maybe its not that the body temperature is lowering but that the measuring equipment is just getting more accurate each decade

[@realfactsscience3925]

Random Fact: In 1518, there was a dancing pandemic occurred in Strasbourg, 400 people danced uncontrollably for one month and died because of heart attack!! -RealFacts

[@TheGassy92]

Lmao

[@kimwarburton8490]

Ergot in their bread Happened lots of times

[@CharlottaLatte]

How in the world did that happened ? Were they excited to the point of just dancing ? Pony Folk Music

[@kimwarburton8490]

@@CharlottaLatte ergot is a fungus that has hallucinogenic properties akin to LSD The one in france is the most famous one i think it was 1800s

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

Dancing to death

[@rbewoor]

Just a thought: could it be something to do with global warming? Say the external temp is rising, so the body drops its own temp to compensate, keeping the core at the required target.

[@jackblack1675]

No. That would change the body temp average not only between different climates, but different seasons, and, indeed, different days.

[@minialexandra]

Normally I’ve always had like 36.6/36.7. I’m 23. Now, 2 months ago, I started having a raise to 37.2 (about) almost every day. Today I measured again and it was 37.5 in the morning and in the evening. For 2 months?! And I don’t have an infection in my body. I sort of came here for clarification, I’m so confused….

[@akaachanz]

My hypothesis : Global Temperature Past : 200 years ago Global temperature not same like today...the body generates heat to keep warm 1970 : Global Temperature continue rising Today 2020 : body must generate less heat

[@MrEdd1397]

They issue here is the fact that people still use ⁰F degrees to measure temperature in 2020

[@CharlottaLatte]

What about eating an Apple ? It would help with Body Temperature!

[@JameBlack]

If you are 37° you already have a fever

[@mc_va]

My normal temp is 37° C, not everybody it's the same

[@ikedakazuto5061]

In Japan the average temperature is always said to be 36 degrees Celsius

[@bhargavdesai7984]

Whenever I watch her video, " that's fever baby🔥"

[@ranjaxwolf9725]

My healthy temp has been 36.7C my whole life as far as I can remember. I generally love this channel but it feels like the content just keeps getting worse this whole year so far. Why are you reporting on a paper from the 90s, this is an outdated, irrelevant, and boring topic for your channel to cover.

[@jacobellinger8027]

I found this out on my own. I have to take temperatures of over 100 people every day at work ever since cov19 and so I noticed pretty much everyone was coming through with a 96.6 temperature.

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

Lower inflammation in wealthy countries.. really? What about the fact that when you have surgery American doctors suggest to avoid white flour foods or rice to reduce inflammation to make surgery safe? Inflammation is rampant all over the world compared to older generations since refined foods are more widely available.

[@Shazistic]

Random fact: The risk of having a heart attack is greatly increased on monday than any other day of the week -Shazistic

[@ephoenix7]

Maybe it's an adaptation to a warmer climate

[@RoZyk007]

37°...? I always hear that it's 36,6°

[@zukacs]

In soviet countries 97.88F is the known normal temp

[@mattakudesu]

I've been having my temperature tested every day at work for the last 2 months, I'm usually around 95-96 f

[@richarda996]

95.9 for the last 60 years

[@A.Martin]

A problem also with the measure of the 37 degrees was it was in a hospital, there is a greater proportion of people with health issues. So higher body temperatures.

[@samsorensen9765]

Could it be related to climate change? As the temperatures rise, our bodies would need to adjust in order to maintain a healthy metabolic temperature.

[@alexanderrad3458]

It’s ironic you don’t notice the bias of measuring the body temperature of people in the hospital.

[@cameosix7077]

I was told that average body temperature is 36.6° But I was intelligent enough to know that it is the average and actual temperature keeps fluctuating because the human body is dynamic

[@MikeSynonymous]

My theory is that we are becoming cold blooded because global average temperatures are rising. It's also why we are getting bigger (taller, not wider!). This would explain why it is also being observed in remote tribes, which don't have other common factors.

[@Total_Body_Fitness_USA]

If you are fortunately enough to remember what your oral temperature was as a teenager and then know what it is now then great. Having a baseline for YOU is what's important. For example, my normal oral temperature when I was in my late 20s all through my 30s was 98.2 to 98.6. Now in my 50s it is 97 to 97.9. Why? Because after contracting pneumonia 7 years ago my metabolism took a beating and my cortisol increased and then drastically decreased. Long story short, I feel like crap most of the time. Why? Because not only is my cortisol low, but my reverse T3 is elevated which in turn blocks free T3 from accessing the cells. In other words, I am hypothyroid. So, while 98.6 may not be the normal for everyone, it would help to know a baseline when you are healthy in your younger years so you have something to compare as you get older. Older people in general do have lower body temperatures when compared to when they were younger. However, that doesn't mean it's normal. A lot to this, but as an exercise physiologist with over 27 years of experience in the health industry, I figured I'd cover the very basics!

[@a-bell]

My assumption would be that the climate is changing and we are slowly adapting to it thus decreasing our temperature genetically every generation.