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- From: dlbarbo@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Dennis Barbour)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Body Temperature
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.023721.25920@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:37:21 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.094919.4995@visual.spk.wa.us>
- Organization: The Great Beyond
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- In article <1992Dec16.094919.4995@visual.spk.wa.us> pwageman@visual.spk.wa.us (Peggy Wageman) writes:
- >What is the normal body temperature? I had always thought it was 98.6, but
- >I heard recently that there is a range, and that 98.6 was merely in the range.
- >Could anybody explain this to me. Thanks, Peggy Wageman
-
- There was a very informative article in _The New England Journal of
- Medicine_ three or four months ago that dealt with normal human body
- temperature. Body temperature does indeed vary throughout the day,
- reaching a nadir at night and a shallower minimum around midday
- (accounting for our drowsiness after lunch). One interesting fact,
- if I remember correctly, is that no significant difference exists
- between male and female body temperature variations. I can dig up
- the article if anyone is interested.
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