A temperature higher than normal is called fever, 37.5-38 degrees is low fever, 38-39 degrees is moderate fever, 39-40 degrees is high fever, and above 40 degrees is ultra-high fever.
The axillary temperature of normal people is 30-i37 degrees, the oral temperature is 0.2 -0.4 degrees higher than the axillary temperature, and the rectal temperature is 0.3-0.5 degrees higher than the oral temperature.
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Precautions:
Relatively constant human body temperature is one of the important conditions for maintaining normal human life activities. For example, when the body temperature is higher than 4 1 degree or lower than 25 degrees, it will seriously affect the functional activities of various systems, especially the nervous system, and even endanger life.
The heat production and heat dissipation of human body are regulated by nerve center, and many diseases will cause problems in the normal regulation of body temperature and make it change. It is of great significance to check the patient's temperature and observe its changes in clinic for diagnosing diseases or judging the prognosis of some diseases.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-normal body temperature