Why is my body temp 97.4?

Seriously? Get off this site. You’re useless.

my body temperature on average is 96.4 actually which is extremely off. But dont worry it’s probably just your body recovering from being sick. Go take a hot shower or a nice long bath :)

at least i’m not dying

it’s really nothing to worry about..my average body temperature is 97 something..the average is 98.6 so it’s not too off..everyone’s body temperature differs..it’s perfectly ok to be in that range..now below like 94 or something wouldn’t be too healthy i dont think…but yeah dont sweat it..it should be perfectly fine..just if it keeps dropping u might want to be concerned then..hope this helps? =D

BECAUSE YOU’RE DYING

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Very funny….

How did you take your temperature? You are only slightly under the normal range (although normal varies from person to person!) so it may just be a slightly inaccurate reading. Methods such as a thermometre under the tongue or armpit to tend to be slighly off anyway. The most accurate methods check in your ear, or rectally

98.6 is just an average, most of us are within a degree of that temperature. I have lupus and I get a lot of low grade fevers, so my doc wanted to find out my average. So, she had me take my temp at the same time everyday for a month. We found that mine was 97.7. You don’t have to do anything as extreme as that, but if you want to know, maybe you could check for a week, so long as you aren’t sick. We checked over a month, because many things can cause a temp to fluctuate.