Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the industrial revolution

Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by graeme on Thursday January 09, 2020 @12:51PM (#22003552)

Interesting. I live in canada, and I never measure 37 or above unless I have at the least a cold or other sickness.

But when at the doctor nurses will always mention something like 37.2 as not indicating sickness.

My normal temp is 36.4-36.6ish.

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Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by OJFord on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:34PM (#22100466)

> But when at the doctor nurses will always mention something like 37.2 as not indicating sickness.

Note though that they may not be wrong, even if you're sick and you know it from that temperature alone: 'indicating' is a term of art.

More than just 'based on this it does/doesn't seem to be the case that' it means that a specific (guideline-given, perhaps regulated) set of criteria have or haven't been met that tell them whether a certain procedure or whatever should be ordered.

It doesn't mean they can't also listen to what you're saying, and proceed as though it was indicated , making a judgement on that basis.

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Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by jacobolus on Thursday January 09, 2020 @05:09PM (#22006433)

Nurses are often surprised when they come across someone with an unusual baseline.

Several times after measuring my father’s resting heart rate at <40/minute, a nurse has gone to fetch a doctor out of fear he might have some serious health problem

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