The origin of 37 degrees
185 1 year 1 month, German doctors determined that the normal body temperature was 37 degrees for the first time through the body temperatures of 225,000 patients. And those of us who often take our body temperature know that our body temperature should be around 36 degrees five, to 37 degrees, which can be regarded as a low fever.
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According to a new study by scientific magazine elife, the normal temperature of our modern people is no longer 37 degrees. Stanford researchers compared data from three time periods, and the total sample size reached 670,000 Americans. The results show that it seems that the normal body temperature of Americans drops a little every ten days. According to the previous regulation of 37 degrees, the temperature of Americans became 36 degrees.
As far as the recent domestic pneumonia epidemic is concerned, every work unit will take its temperature now, because it is in an epidemic period. The standard for judging whether you need to go home and rest by measuring your body temperature is about 37 degrees. Workers who return to the factory during this period will be sent home for isolation as long as their body temperature reaches 37 degrees. It can be seen that 37 degrees is no longer the normal body temperature of human beings. The fever has started. Let me say another digression. I hope the epidemic will pass quickly. Come on, China.
Why has it changed?
This may be related to the environment in which we live. We don't have to keep our body temperature constant because there are heavy clothes outside to keep out the cold. So it will cause the body temperature to drop a little. There is also a saying that our body temperature is used to fight the virus. Up to now, human medical means to fight viruses have been gradually enhanced, and such a high temperature is not needed to fight various diseases, so it has declined.
In short, the current standard temperature is not 37 degrees.