Not sure if it's all the countries, but I have always heard the normal body temperature in Celsius stated as 36.5, which is 97.7 F.
Is 98.6 an american-only thing?
Is 98.6 an american-only thing?
eg:
> You probably have a fever if your temperature is 38°C or higher.
> A normal temperature is around 36-37°C, although it depends on your age, what you’ve been doing, the time of day and how you take the measurement.
( further notes on taking temp., children, etc. )
I personally think it really isn't that important though, because how people measure it is way more imprecise/fluctuant than the standard itself.
As a side note, I hate digital contact thermometers with passion. Mercury is dangerous as hell but if it wasn't for gallium alloy ones I'd smuggle them in the country.
It's elemental mercury encapsulated in glass not one of the organic compounds that cause all the acute and longterm health issues. Chlorine bleach is scarier stuff used in the household.
Mercury is mostly banned for being persistent pollutant, next after lead. There is no real safe level of mercury intake due to cumulative damage and hard for body to get rid of.
There is a safe, heck, required level of chlorine intake. (What is table salt?)
Mercury is not any superior at measuring temperature over a resistive electronic or a bimetallic thermometer, or alcohol capillary one. (Except the latter boils and freezes too easily, not a problem for body temperature.)
There was a spate of TikTok's recommending mixing them for cleaning purposes. To the horror of many.
Drink bleach and it'll probably kill you or at least give you terrible injuries.
I have noticed over the last decade, nurses checking my temp are more likely to say something like “You are 97.6°F. That’s normal.”