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(By low, I mean a temperature in the 96's, or 97's)
Is this really something to worry about? I did a quick google search, and found some pages relating symptoms, but I have also heard in the past that a low body temperature isn't really something problematic.
In particular, one of the symptoms they list is that of feeling warm -- and for the past four or five years, I can be uncomfortably hot in a room while sitting right next to others that find the room uncomfortably cold.
(and when I say "others", I mean almost everyone)
I had never even thought this could be a problem until I realized my digital thermometer is consistently giving low temperatures. (I had first assumed it was just miscalibrated) I don't think I've ever seen it give a reading in the 98's or higher, except for one night when I had a fever of over 100. (It read something like 100.3, I think) I typically get readings in the upper 96's or low 97's... and if I immediately take my temperature a few more times, it might rise to the upper 97's.
At the moment, I don't have another reason to see the doctor, and I'm sort of wondering if asking him about this is reason enough to schedule an appointment.
Is this really something to worry about? I did a quick google search, and found some pages relating symptoms, but I have also heard in the past that a low body temperature isn't really something problematic.
In particular, one of the symptoms they list is that of feeling warm -- and for the past four or five years, I can be uncomfortably hot in a room while sitting right next to others that find the room uncomfortably cold.
(and when I say "others", I mean almost everyone)
I had never even thought this could be a problem until I realized my digital thermometer is consistently giving low temperatures. (I had first assumed it was just miscalibrated) I don't think I've ever seen it give a reading in the 98's or higher, except for one night when I had a fever of over 100. (It read something like 100.3, I think) I typically get readings in the upper 96's or low 97's... and if I immediately take my temperature a few more times, it might rise to the upper 97's.
At the moment, I don't have another reason to see the doctor, and I'm sort of wondering if asking him about this is reason enough to schedule an appointment.