Since a common symptom of Covid-19 is fever, people can control their temperature more often these days. If you feel panicked when you see that the temperature is exceeding 37, you probably have a wrong idea.
Any temperature above 37 may seem disturbing, but it is not that simple.
There are many personal, environmental and medical factors that affect body temperature and determine if a person has a fever or in this case, Covid.
The concept of a standard body temperature is usually attributed to the German physician Carl Wunderlich, who, in the mid-1800s, analyzed over 1 million temperatures of about 25,000 patients.
Of these, he came out with an average of 37 and since then this standard has prevailed, at least in the minds of many people who are not doctors.
Dr. Donald Ford, a physician in Ohio, says many people are not aware that their normal temperature can be an interval, not a fixed number.
"Larger recent studies show that normal temperatures range from 36 to 37.3 degrees and many individuals may be out of this range, and still be fine."
What are fevers / temperatures and why do they occur?
The CDC considers a person with a fever when it is 38 degrees or higher. People with fever, in a good part of cases have a fever and / or are very warm.
When a pathogen "enters our body and our body recognizes it, it produces a reaction / reaction with antibodies and other responses."
These antibodies cause other cells in our body to release certain chemicals, which enter the brain and change a certain temperature point.
In cases of infection, the temperature goes up and more than 38. Body tremors cause our body to "metabolize" more, resulting in fever.
Source: CNN
