The weather in spring is changeable, which affects the regulating function of the body. If you don’t pay attention to it, you will easily get cold and fever. Whenever people have a fever, they habitually touch their forehead to measure their temperature, so as to monitor the change of their temperature. However, this is not the right approach. In fact, the forehead is not the best place for hand to sense body temperature.
hand temperature measurement? Touch this part to be accurate.
Generally speaking, a person’s normal temperature can be divided into three ranges, namely, armpit temperature, oral temperature and Anal temperature. Generally, the normal temperature in the armpit is 36-37 ℃, the normal oral temperature is 36.2-37.2 ℃, and the anal temperature is 36.5-37.5 ℃, while the temperature in daily life refers to the temperature in the armpit.
As we all know, man is a thermostatic animal. Although a person’s temperature is constant, it will fluctuate slightly within 24 hours. When a person’s body temperature fluctuates abnormally, the body will change. The common change is that the body temperature rises, that is, fever. 37.5-38 ° C is low fever, 38-39 ° C is moderate fever, 39-40 ° C is high fever, and above 40 ° C is ultra-high fever. When people encounter fever, they will be used to touch their forehead to test the temperature.
But in fact, the abdomen is the best place to sense body temperature by hand, because the abdomen is closer to the viscera, and the temperature change in the body can be reflected in the abdomen faster. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the abdomen is “the palace city of the five zang organs and six Fu organs”. You can more accurately understand the change of body temperature by touching it with your hand.
Abnormal body temperature and fever always consume a lot of energy. What are the factors that affect body temperature?
4 factors affecting body temperature
1 age
Because the development of the central nervous system of newborns is not perfect and the development of skin sweat glands is not complete, the thermoregulation function is poor and easy to fluctuate. Therefore, the temperature of newborns is easy to change under the influence of external temperature. Because children have a high metabolic rate, their body temperature can be slightly higher than that of adults. However, due to the low metabolic rate of the elderly, their body temperature will be low.
2 gender
Generally, the temperature of women will be slightly higher than that of men, while the temperature of women will rise slightly in the pre menstrual period and early pregnancy, and the temperature will be lower in the ovulation period. This fluctuation is often related to the female progesterone secretion cycle.
3 days and nights
Generally, people’s body temperature is the lowest at 2-6 a.m. and the highest at 4-8 p.m., with a variation range of about 0.5-1 ℃. This regular fluctuation of day and night is formed by the corresponding periodic changes of people’s long-term lifestyle such as activities, metabolism, blood circulation and so on.
4. Emotions and sports
When a person is excited, it will lead to the excitation of the sympathetic nerve, and the contraction of skeletal muscle during primary exercise can slightly raise the body temperature. In addition, changes in external temperature and eating can cause fluctuations in body temperature.
Body temperature is not fixed. We should always be vigilant against abnormal high body temperature. We must pay attention to fever and seek medical treatment in time.
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