At what temperature did you decide to completely self isolate?

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Just that.

My daughter has a 0.5 degree increase. She’s not going out anywhere but I was going to pop to sains as urgently need mik and toilet roll and paracetamol and all three in stock there atm

Not other symptoms. Just very mild increase

37.8 Chris Whitty said?

Anything above 37.8 is the advice

I had 38.8 out of bloody nowhere. Isolated since then. Although had other symptoms too

We did with a cough and temp of 37.8. Hasn’t been that high since then and the persistent cough is only once an hour now. Only 2 days in🙈

That’s very helpful
Thank you

Is it normal for people to have thermometers? I’ve never had a thermometer and my DC are in their late teens and early 20s. When did owning a thermometer become normal?

My thermometer is about ten years old and I remember my parents having one when I was a child.

I have never had a thermometer either and also have late teen D.C. as well as younger. I was a bit surprised to learn from Mumsnet that not only do people own them but they are often obsessive about using them regularly.

Is it normal for people to have thermometers? I’ve never had a thermometer and my DC are in their late teens and early 20s. When did owning a thermometer become normal?

We got one when dd was born via the Scottish baby box. Didn't have one previously.

I know my Gran had them in the 40s/50s though because she used to let my mum and her brothers play with the mercury when they broke. My mum had one too but then I had a load of convulsions and was on epilem for a few years so she probably bought it after the first one.

37.6 and I’m glad I did as it did go on to develop into the cough, worse temperature, etc.

I’m always 36.5 or less so even as it hit 37.1 I knew something was up.

My parents never had a thermometer either, or their parents. The idea of owning one is just so alien to me. It’s never occurred to me.

Well, given I am unable to purchase a thermometer, I can tell you most people didn't have one until recently....

Ithink a sudden increase in temperature if recordedmore than one hour aprat does indicate your body is fighting something, and I would stay put for 24 hours to see if it develops any further.

I had to have a digital one to have a home birth weirdly. It was on the list of essentials from the midwives

When my baby was born I recall saying that a person’s temperature was like a “window in to their soul” in terms of their health.

A baby toddler and often child often can’t articulate what’s actually wrong with them or even if something is.

A temperature is a measurable and definitive info source that something is up!

Hence I have a kick ass thermometer!

37.8

I have often asked this on similar threads, it wasn't really relevant bc of the virus as no one is taking any chances, it what caused to take her temperature in the first place? Those symptoms are normally (COVID-19 excluded) a good guide in what to do.

I got 38 degrees out of nowhere on Tuesday night, been self isolating since then. I'm taking paracetamol but it doesn't seem to bring it down by much, it fluctuates between 37.5 and 38.3 throughout the day.

I'm also pregnant and due any day now, so getting really worried. Not sure what to do if the temperature doesn't go away after 7 days.

A temperature is the body's was to kill the virus....so why do we take medication to reduce our temperature? Doesn't this stop it bodies doing what they need to do?

My temp is usually about 35.6 (took some baseline measures when I bought the thermometer a few weeks back)
I suspected I had CV when it hit 37.1 as that felt really high for me, although not officially a 'fever'
I also had a cough and fatigue by that point. The temp would come and go.

That’s true to a point but the enzymes in our cells operate within a narrow optimal temperature range and denature outside of that, which is why hypo and hyperthermia are a problem.

Enzymes in human cells denature at around 40 degrees Celsius (37 is their optimum). Prolonged exposure to cold also denatures cellular proteins, wreaking havoc on the body.

That was to @damnthatanxiety, btw

Thanks TwinTrolls!

We've had an ear thermometer since DH was on chemo 3 years ago. Have always had access to under tongue digital ones. We've all had a cough for months (finally got ABs) so monitoring temperatures is our only way of telling if we need to cancel our house move.