What is Considered a Fever?
Today we will be answering the question - What is considered a fever? Before
I start with answering the question, I will first of all try to define or
rather tell you the meaning of fever. In answering this question, I will
try to explain fever in a language that a lay man in the medical field will
understand.
What is Fever
Before
I proceed with answering the question – what is considered a fever in adult or
in children, I will to also let you know that fever is not an illness of its
own but rather a symptom of an underlying problem or illness going on in the
body.
Fever is defined as a temperature above the body’s
normal range.
Also
for you to understand what is considered a fever; it is important that you know
that the body temperature is not a constant.
Normal body temperature is a range that varies with respect to a patient’s
age, time of day, etc. The normal body
temperature ranges between 36.1C (97F) to 37.2C (99F).
Explanation of what is considered a fever
From
the above explanation, one can easily explain what is considered a fever. For you to consider a patient as having
fever, the temperature has to be above 37.2C (99F).