#21 Fever the most misunderstood symptom | DA

Fever the most misunderstood symptom
 
Welcome to Cloverleaf Chiropractic Show. And today we're going to talk about a fever. What is a fever? I think fever is one of the most misunderstood symptom in the body that people don't really know how to handle. So, fever. That's what we're going to focus on today.
 
My name is Dr. Daniel Vectra. I'm a Doctor of Chiropractic. Stay tuned for Cloverleaf Chiropractic Show. And we're doing the show to educate the public about health and wellness. And especially today, we're going to focus on fever, what it is and how to handle it, and what to do about it and what does he mean?
 
So what is a fever? A fever is a temporary increase in the body temperature, oftentimes indicating that there's an illness. So it's a sign of something out of the ordinary, going on in your body. And not everybody's normal temperatures the same. So the baseline of a normal fever is 98.2. Now with this COVID, everywhere you go, everybody is checking your fever.
You know, do you have fever? So it's 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit. But not everybody is the same. Some people have it lower, some people have been higher. And the adult body temperature can be anywhere from 97 to 99. And children can have a temperature from 97 to 100. So it varies. So does your temperature stayed the same all the time? No, it does not.
It's not the same all the time. It changes throughout your lifetime and throughout the day. Sometimes some things that can cause your temperature change is how active you are, what time of the day, your age, your sex, what you've eaten, what you've drunk you know, what you're drinking. Some women that are having their menstrual cycle.
So your body temperature changes, basically depending on where you measure it. And the arm reading tends to be about a degree lower than the mouth reading. Rectal reading tends to be a degree higher than the mouth.
Oral and rectal thermometers generally provide the most accurate measure of the body temperature. So ear and forehead thermometer, which is basically what most people are using today is the most convenient and the less accurate temperature reading. So what can cause a fever?