Everyone knows that the temperature of the human body should be 36.6 degrees. Such an indicator is considered the norm. And what if the thermometer shows that the temperature is 37? The reasons why body temperature rises are quite diverse.
First of all, it is worth remembering that you do not need to panic if the body temperature is not normal. It has long been recognized that the thermometer readings are considered normal when the mercury column has not reached 38.
Often the recovered person has a temperature of 37 after the illness for some time and does not decrease. Most often this can be observed in children. Parents are concerned about the condition of the child, which is a borderline between absolute health and malaise, and the baby feels great, activity is not reduced, and there are no signs of the disease.
It was previously believed that a condition of this kind signals a residual infection, not completely cured. But to date, doctors have come to the conclusion that if the temperature is slightly elevated - 37, the causes may be hidden in a disease called subfebrile condition. During the course of this malaise, a slightly elevated body temperature may not decrease for weeks.
Thanks to studies in this area, scientists were able to find out that an increase in body temperature causes disturbances in the nervous system. The second name of this ailment is thermoneurosis.
A slightly elevated temperature (37) in a child, the reasons for the increase of which has not been fully studied, should not scare you, just as you should not bring it down with antipyretic drugs. Most often, subfebrile condition progresses after stress suffered by the body, overwork or mental trauma.
For example, going to kindergarten, a previously unhealthy child may begin to fever with a certain frequency, while signs of the disease are not observed.
If you find such features of the body of your child, try to make the baby feel calm and comfortable in the home environment. But, nevertheless, you should not isolate him from society, let him attend educational institutions, just make sure that the child does not overwork.
Be sure to observe the daily routine, try to spend more time outdoors.
In the event that you still want to do the treatment, since the subfertile temperature is 37, the reasons for which (individual characteristics of the body) bother you, try to take a course of acupuncture.
But the main method of getting rid of a decreasing body temperature for both an adult and a child is hardening. Moreover, tempering the body, you restore and strengthen the immune system.
In addition to the reasons listed above, why does a child suddenly have an elevated body temperature, there are also physiological characteristics of the child’s body. I want to tell all the mothers, do not check the temperature of your baby with an enviable consistency, if the child feels excellent. For a child’s body, it is considered normal when a thermometer shows that the temperature is 37. The reasons for which short-term fever is possible are commonplace. Here is some of them:
- too warm clothes and, as a result, overheating;
- active pastime over the past few minutes or hours;
- Unsteady thermoregulation of the body, which is inherent in many children, and as they grow older, all processes return to normal.
If the child’s body temperature rises, and the condition as a whole worsens, then a slightly elevated temperature can warn about the onset of SARS or another disease.
Do not be alarmed by the increase in body temperature , because it is not a disease, but an indicator of the state of the body, helping to recognize the disease and become involved in the body’s struggle against various infections.