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Started by Betty Rage, August 08, 2008, 09:43:24 PM

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Betty Rage

What does it mean when your body temp (read from a digi thermometer) is below 98.6?
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Quote from: Dangerous Person on August 08, 2008, 09:43:24 PM
What does it mean when your body temp (read from a digi thermometer) is below 98.6?

it means you are hypothermic

Betty Rage

What if it's no less than like, 95.8
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Quote from: Dangerous Person on August 08, 2008, 09:46:17 PM
What if it's no less than like, 95.8

that isn't too bad

below 95 is when it starts getting dangerous

and can be caused by a few different things

excessive opiates and alcohol will do it

diabetes

thyroid issues

sepsis

renal failure

and some brain stuff will all cause hypothermia

besides the obvious cold exposure

how long has it been going on?

















Betty Rage

That was the lowest that Mo registered last night on our thermometer. But he wasn't cold, he was just really ill and he had cold sweats.
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Mother

Quote from: Dangerous Person on August 08, 2008, 10:01:41 PM
That was the lowest that Mo registered last night on our thermometer. But he wasn't cold, he was just really ill and he had cold sweats.

huh

how is he now?

Mother


Betty Rage

He's fine now. A trip to the bathroom and he erm, "expelled" a lot of stuff but I think he was still feeling kinda crappy last night. Er, no pun intended.
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Betty Rage

Funny thing is, both of us registered low last night.
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Mother

Quote from: Dangerous Person on August 08, 2008, 10:13:26 PM
He's fine now. A trip to the bathroom and he erm, "expelled" a lot of stuff but I think he was still feeling kinda crappy last night. Er, no pun intended.

I wouldn't worry about it unless it becomes chronic

it could have been a mild flu bug


Quote from: Dangerous Person on August 08, 2008, 10:15:31 PM
Funny thing is, both of us registered low last night.

might be a faulty meter

usually medical diagnotic devices have a wide tolerance even when functioning correctly

so its best to go by symptoms rather than what the device says

sometimes they lie








Betty Rage

We figured that, that's why we bought a new thermometer and it said the same thing.

Eh, I was just curious
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SaltLick

we have one of those electronic thermometers the ones where you stick it in your ear and push a button. Piece of crap, you can take someones temp and one try its 101 next try its 95. The only true way to take a reading is to stick a mercury thermometer right up his pooper.

Mother

Quote from: SaltLick on August 09, 2008, 12:27:59 AM
we have one of those electronic thermometers the ones where you stick it in your ear and push a button. Piece of crap, you can take someones temp and one try its 101 next try its 95. The only true way to take a reading is to stick a mercury thermometer right up his pooper.


yep

core temp is the only really accurate way... no I'm not coming over

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