Why is 37°C considered the threshold to say you have fever?
In: Biology
It’s not. Most sources refer to either 38 or 38.5 C as febrile. 37 is roughly average. 38 to 38.5 are just arbitrary cut offs. The vast majority of the population will not be walking around at this temperature unless something is wrong. It’s like any other “reference range” for determining if some value is normal or abnormal.
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