What is normal body temperature for an adult human?
Correct answer: 98.6 F (36.6 C)
Player #2281953
nobody asked the question why the human body temperature is 98 degrees? it is because most fungus cannot survive at this temperature! happy I could educate some of you!
VoraciousHat
I've been 97.4 for 20+ years and I am ALWAYS hot. My A/C is always @ =/< 72º. I hate being hot!
flowercat0523
Did you read the first paragraph where it says recent studies have found normal temp to be closer to 98.2?
Jenkittykat
it used to be 98.6. web MD confirmed that it is now 98.2. good to know.
leakfixer1
How do you tell the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
By the taste!
Athulya
Am I the only one here who uses Centigrade? ( °c )
BornVillain83
VoraciousHat, me too! i have hypothyroidism and take medication for it but my temp is always about 97.2. I will be sweating while others are wearing sweaters and coats. ( I live in Minnesota)
Player #1607735
I swear some of you people cant read.....
Player Raving Lu
CleanLemming56198, The newest medical research extremely strongly indicates the normal human body temperature is 98.2°f. Merely because an idea was considered correct for an extremely long time the idea is correct. for an extremely long time humans thought wood contained fire, the sun orbitted the Earth, blood did not circulate in the human body, the heart was in control of human emotions, decaying food became magots and diseases were caused b spirits or weather conditions.
busylady
Player #4259687, as an RN with 20 years I found body temperature to be lower than 98.6 in about 70 percent of my patients. the others ran per problem in the hospital or slightly higher. very few were ever 98.6 F.
Didly
Athulya, no, the entire world uses centigrade and the metric system except for one small country between Mexico and Canada.
Rick
I had a son who's normal temperature was 95.6. When he was 6, his hypothalamus malfunctioned and he passed from a temp of 109 degrees.
Player #122973311
What happened to 98.6?
laury
I believe it's actually 98.6
Tony
Player Raving Lu, And a clump of dirt became a frog. Leeches were used to remove some of that stuff called blood. Maybe they could get out some bile while at it.
josecusco44
98.6 is the right answer, but I guess 98.2 is close enough
Shay
if my temperature hits 98 that means i have a fever XD
kimberlily
VoraciousHat, I am just the same! It's so easy for me to over heat and when I do it's so hard for me to get cooled down!
Wrenleigh
it's 98.6
Player #117419572
it's actually 98.6
lunarve
I'm in my 20s and I never knew
Madi
Player #47965316, cool to know
Jackie
Mary J Brockenshire, your endocrinologist needs to do blood work and you put you on meds if it you have hypothyroidism
Bryguy
The average temperature for the human body is 98.6 F. (37C.)
NDK
Player #2281953, 36.6 is fever
Beth
Actuality, normal adult human temperature is 98.6.
Cyndee
I thought it was 98.6
Clo
Player #1949300, had to live with a woman once for 3 months who would turn the heat on in the morning, the a.c. on in the evening, always turned all the lights on, but left windows closed and the blinds down. Then was expected to pay half the utilities! A very long 3 months!!!! I
Clo
SamTBug, hope that’s a typo!
Clo
steelworker1957, how about the ear?
Clo
Halloween Queen, what syndrome is that please?
Clo
Uninitialized, but many older Canadians still use imperial measurements. I also learned metric in Toronto but my parents and their friends always used imperial (of course that was in the 70’s-early 90’s)
Clo
Mary J Brockenshire, I have hypothyroidism too, am also always cold and my normal body temp is 96.7F (35.94C).
Nicole
I'm glad for the info that follows the answer, I would have had no clue otherwise lol
Elizabeth
Athulya, I am too. Metric for ever! I am from Europe 😊
Organic Dude
Player #2281953, Thanks for being such an Educator!
lisa
Player #2281953, we didn't ask to educate us
sam
Player #2281953, 98.6 is the average human temperature. it's been that way since I was young, so that was 65 years ago
Ace
it is still 98.6.
Player #33995230
HYPOthiroidisim means LOW and HYPERthirpodisum means High. Everyone speaks Greek but few realize it.