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Does Body Temperature Vary In The Same Day?

Normal body temperature, also known as normothermia or euthermia, is a concept that depends upon the place in the body at which the measurement is made, and the time of day and level of activity of the person. There is no single number that represents a normal or healthy temperature for all people under all circumstances using any place of measurement. -- This is the information from Wikipedia. However, i find my body temperature varies alongside the day. I find another source on normal body temperature. It tells me that it actually varies. My question is how body temperature varies alongside one day?

Asked by scacc on Jan 27, 2012

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Rena Sherwood   L2: Knoji Contributor   151 answers   +50 votes
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An individual's body temperature does vary throughout the day.  As you've probably discovered, people's temperature rises during exercise and can lower during sleep.  A 1997 study stated that most people's body temperature drops before they can fall asleep.

A quote from the study:

Body temperature, contrary to the common belief, is not uniformly 98.6°F. That is merely an average. Temperature cycles from about 1 degree below to 1 degree above this average over the course of the day. For healthy young adults who sleep at night, body temperature usually is lowest around 4 to 5 a.m. Most sleep episodes occur in a window from about 6 hours before the daily low to about 2 hours after it.

Edited by Rena Sherwood 2 months ago
Posted on Mar 31, 2012

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