Low body temp?

Typo in last thread.

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Either your thermometer is not actually "well working," or you are using it incorrectly.

differential diagnosis: wrote:

Either your thermometer is not actually "well working," or you are using it incorrectly.

That’s a typical arrogant MD answer. Thank you Doc.

I do what normal people do:

1. put it under the tongue to get a reading

2. Also others in the family use the same thermometer and get a normal reading.

not in a cold weather state wrote:

differential diagnosis: wrote:

Either your thermometer is not actually "well working," or you are using it incorrectly.

That’s a typical arrogant MD answer. Thank you Doc.

I do what normal people do:

1. put it under the tongue to get a reading

2. Also others in the family use the same thermometer and get a normal reading.

I don't know what else you want me to tell you, dude. Your body temperature just isn't 90 degrees.

89.5 degrees seems really low...but do you feel cold? Do people comment that your hands are freezing? Could be hypothyroidism or not eating enough salt or too much high water content foods will make you chilly. I recall reading somewhere that most people tend to be below the 98.6 benchmark and so I wouldn't fret if you are.

If you had an actual internal body temp under 90, most likely you’d die. Seriously. Mild hypothermia starts at 95. You would need immediate medical help. So as stated earlier, either you are using it wrong or it isn’t a good one.

Pretty sure user error. There’s more to keep in mind than just sticking it under your tongue. Suppose you just drank a ton of ice water (or other cold drink), guess what, your mouth temp has dropped and it’ll affect the results! Doing so is using it wrong. I’m guessing you don’t know what you’re doing.

This reminds me of a cartoon I saw in Mad Magazine years ago where a character removed a thermometer from his mouth, looked at it quizzically, and then asked "What does 'rectal' mean?"

I have had the same experience of measuring very low oral temperatures after running in conditions that aren't terribly cold. I sometimes get readings of 92.5 or below (the lower limit of my old mercury thermometer). But most of the time I get somewhere around 97, which I understand is actually closer to "normal" for most people than the usually quoted 98.6.

I suspect what's happening is that your mouth gets thoroughly cooled way below body temperature after running for half an hour or so in reasonable weather (i.e. way below body temp) and it takes a long time to recover. It's also well known that body temp is considerably lower while sleeping or immediately after waking, and perhaps you breathe through your mouth at night and cool your mouth that way.

As others have said, you would likely be nonfunctional at best if your actual body temperature were close to 90 degrees F.

You are a vampire! ;)

Wow, you're arrogant. Mine has been near that, confirmed by hospital. And people didn't believe me either, until I passed out.