Better Diagnosis Series: Knowing Your Body

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Better Diagnosis Series: Knowing Your Body

A normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 37 degrees

Celsius; more than 2 degrees higher is a "high" fever.

A normal adult pulse rate is 60 to 80 per minute (children 80 to 100,

babies 100 to 140).

You should know how to take a temperature and a pulse rate. As a

general rule the pulse increases about 20 beats per minute for each

Celsius degree rise in fever.

Respiration (breathing) rate is also an indicator of illness. Count

the number of breaths per minute: between 12 and 20 is normal for

adults and older children (up to 30 for younger children, 40 for

babies). People with a high fever or serious respiratory illness

(like pneumonia) breathe more quickly than normal. More than 40

shallow breaths a minute usually means pneumonia.

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