Other names: subfebrile, subfebrile temperature

One can, unlike some animals maintained body temperature within a narrow range which is physiologically between 36 ° C and 37 ° C, but many people have a temperature somewhat higher and yet health and vice versa especially elderly people and small children may have a temperature lower .

At elevated temperature is considered to be the temperature from 37 ° C to 37 ° C 8. Among the doctors she says subfebrile or subfebrile temperature. Another rise in temperature is already fever(febrile states), which is heavier manifestation of the disease, but not always serious. The elevated temperature usually occurs in diseases running slowly, it may be a common cold, influenza, but also many serious infectious, chronic or tumor diseases.

Man is tired, sometimes it hurts muscles, joints do not feel well. The patient’s condition but not so seized, as if he had a fever.

Body temperature is regulated in a healthy body hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenaline,and thyroid hormones. In women, it affects the temperature progestreon whose level increases in the second phase of the ovulation cycle, because women have roughly half of the cycle to the start of menstruation body temperature increase of about 0.5 ° C.

The temperature can also be controlled contraction of skeletal muscles during a workout. Top sportsmen achieved when the cross-country races even at 40 ° C (ie no fever).

The elevated temperature may therefore not always be the manifestation of the disease, but if you have other symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, headache, rash …), then the fever certainly a manifestation of any disease. This time it is triggered by the immune system, which ensures a defensive reaction – inflammation. It has the task to rid the body of harmful agent increases the metabolism and thus the temperature rises. Sometimes it happens that the cells of the immune system fails to destroy the disease agent and the inflammation persists, then a long period, the patient is often elevated temperature and feels tired. Sometimes theimmune system, on the contrary excessive, and may be even more damaging than the original itself agent (bacteria, virus, …). The patient has in this case, but rather a fever.

A sharp increase or decrease in temperature

When the temperature rises too quickly, the patient may have fever – feeling cold with chills. It is usually the case with acute illness with fever. And vice versa if the man temperature drops quickly (such as for medicines decreasing temperature – aspirin, etc., After packs, medicinal baths, …), it is manifested by sweating.

Medicines to lower temperatures

It is not always good to take a medicine to lower the temperature. If you really just an elevated temperature between 37 ° C and 37.8 ° C, allow your body to fight disease and neoslabujte your immune system by taking your pill. Temperature is a natural reaction, as has been said, and your healing could thus delay. Paralen or Brufen can take just for the night, so you better dozing off. This is also true with common ailments such as colds. If you suffer from long-term temperatures, discuss this with your doctor.

Control of body temperature

Patients lying in hospital, the temperature is measured often (usually every 3 or 4 hours), to determine how the temperature taking place – that vary during the day, in the order of steps, or are about the same whether the last several days in a row, or alternately disappears and again they appear. For some diseases, the course of temperature or fever is specific and can be more easily determined.

Temperature is also an indicator of the patient’s condition, whether the inflammation has retreated a man no longer can, for example, get out of bed and engage in normal daily activities. Are playing sports and strenuous work you should but still a few more days to wait.

If the fever lasts more than six months and is associated only with fatigue and vague symptoms such as sore throat, headache, muscle and joint pain, depression, irritability and patient sleeps poorly, then this condition is called “chronic fatigue syndrome”. It’s nothing serious, but it bothers the patient rather mentally.