A fever is defined as a body temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher.Normal body temperature is usually 37°C (98.6°F), although it can be about a half degree Celsius higher or lower for some people and that’s normal for them. A fever occurs when your brain sets your body temp...
SARS generally starts with a high fever (higher than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit [38 degrees Celsius]), and leads to headache and body aches. Other symptoms include diarrhea and mild respiratory issues. After about a week, most people develop a cough and eventually pneumonia. Like other coronavirus...
When we have the flu, allergic reactions, or COVID-19, we head to our cupboard and pull out our thermometer to take measurements. Temperature is normally calculated in Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (F). However, what is considered to be normal, low, or high temperature? What could they mean?
My temp rose over 39 degrees Celsius and I can barely remember the days before having another surgery on my stomach. Everything in my lower abs had to be removed. After two months from the day I entered the hospital, I am finally home, happy and a little sore, but thankful to my ...
aInstead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy,desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height,and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant's...
While the north of India faces floods, many regions in Europe are seeing temperatures above 50 degrees celsius Azliyana Azhari, Research Fellow, Malaysia School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia Raksha Pandya, Wood Research Fellow, Malaysia School of Arts and Social Sciences,...
Our American ER doc gone walkabout struggles with medications, millimoles and the metric system in the emergency medicine nirvana that is Tasmania...
In addition, PTFE has an incredibly high melting point. According toChemours, PTFE can resist temperatures of up to 600 degrees Kelvin, which is the equivalent of 327 degrees Celsius or 620 degrees Fahrenheit. Polytetrafluoroethylene also has one of thelowest friction coefficients of any polymer,...
Before 1942, books for kids were high quality but way too expensive. Little Golden Books changed that,selling for only a quarterat accessible locations. The first year, hundreds of thousands sold, and through the holiday season into February the next year, more than 1.5 million were in print...
Zealand and the last country before the international date line. Sitting just south of the equator, visitors to the Samoan Islands can expect hot temperatures throughout the year, with an average temperature of around 26 degrees Celsius and a monsoonal rainy season that runs from November to ...