Knowledge of body temperature
The temperature of human body belongs in a range and the range may vary among people.
Temperature if individuals may also vary from time to time. The following table 1 indicates
the temperature range of the majority people for your reference.
Human body temperature varies with time within a day, and is also affected by other
external conditions, such as age, gender, skin color, skin thickness, etc. Refer to table 2
below for changes in body temperature with age.
Place
Armpit
Anus
0-2 years
3- 10 years
11-65 years
>65 years
Women's body temperature is different from men's, generally about 0.3℃/32.54℉ higher
than men's, body temperature during ovulation will rise by 0.3℃~ 0.5℃/32.54℉~ 32.9℉
than usual, so use this to know whether women are in ovulation period, which is conducive
to fertility or contraception.
The usual method is to use a thermometer to measure the basal body temperature of a
female individual every day, and then draw a graph of the basal body temperature change.
The ovulation period can be clearly seen from the figure.
Normal Temp Range Reference
Ear
35.8~38.0℃/96.44~100.4℉
Oral
35.5~37.5℃/95.9~99.5℉
34.7~37.3℃/94.46~99.14℉
36.6~38.0℃/97.88~100.4℉
Age
Normal Temp Range Reference
36.4~38.0℃/97.52~100.4℉
36.1~37.8℃/96.98~100.04℉
35.9~37.6℃/96.62~99.68℉
35.8~37.5℃/96.44~99.5℉
Table 1
Table 2
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