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If my normal temperature is 97.5 is 98.9 a low grade fever?

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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No: Your body has a diurnal rhythm. Body temperature varies during the day being lowest n the morning and highest in the late afternoon and evening when a normal temperature can be as high as 99.6 degrees. A woman's body temperature increases by 0.9 degrees fahrenheit at the time of ovulation.

Answered 6/13/2019

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