Re: low temp? Is this a problem for immune suppressed low temp PSCers?

[Guest guest]

This is very interesting to me also, though I am a little late in

getting in on this, as I was dealing with the flu the past two weeks

(in spite of having a flu shot this year).

I typically run about 97.4 F when I am feeling well. I notice that

many times I don't feel well with a temp reading of just over 99F,

though they never have me come to ER unless my temp is over 101.5F.

However, whenever I get a fever over 100F, it almost always continues

to rise til it gets around 103F.

I have been told that people who are immune suppressed (usually post

transplant) often don't show fevers the same way as others would,

even given an infection. So sometimes I wonder if I am getting more

seriously infected in order to get to 103F than other people at that

temp.

Can anyone explain whether a fever is relative to what your 'normal'

temp is, relative to an absolute temp number, or is it some mix of

those two???

If a fever is relative to your personal normal, why don't they do

more to take this into consideration in ER or the hospital? Is it

because when people get badly infected their temps all go up to 102.5

or higher regardless of their normal temp? Or is that not true for

others of you with lower normal temps?

Darryl

PSC/UC 96, Tx 02, rePSC 04

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> I find this very interesting. My own temp runs 96.7 and it is

frustrating when you are sick as a dog and you are told that " well

your temp is only 99 " . A temp of 99 for me high and it is sometimes

hard to get medical personnel to listen to that.

[Guest guest]

Good question - I've wondered the same thing.