Body temperature 36 in an adult. Reasons, is it normal or not, what does it mean, what to do

Decrease in body temperature up to 36 ^{° C} people usually do not attach much importance. But in certain cases, the cause may be related to the presence of serious health problems, both in adults and in children.

The norm of body temperature in adults

The norm of human body temperature is considered to be an indicator of 36.6 ⁰ WITH. But research in the field of medicine shows that each person can have their own indicator of the norm. An individual indicator of body temperature in men is formed up to 20 years, and in women - up to 14.

It can depend on various factors:

• floor;
• age;
• race;
• human activity.

For example, the table below shows the indicators of the temperature norm of people at different ages.

Age	Indicator (in ° C)
Newborn	36,8
Half-year-old children	36,6 – 37
One year old children	36,6 – 37
Children aged 6 years	36,5 — 37
Adults (reproductive age)	36,4-36,9
Aged people	36,3

The temperature indicator can change during the day from a value of 35.5 to 37.2 ^{° C}. Thus, the highest temperature is recorded in the evening, and the lowest in the morning. An important role is played by the place of temperature measurement - when measured in the ear or rectally, the norm will be 37.5 ^{° C}, and in the mouth - 36.8 ^{° C}.

Body temperature 36 in an adult (the reason is established after the examination) in the presence of a disease, it is accompanied by certain symptoms:

• General weakness, lethargy.
• Decreased activity.
• The skin becomes pale.
• Feeling of trembling.
• Hands and feet become cold.
• Rarely, you may experience loss of consciousness, blurred eyes, slurred speech, and even hallucinations (these symptoms most often occur at temperatures below 34 ^{° C}).

Causes of body temperature 36.0 in adults

A low temperature can be caused by certain factors - from ordinary hypothermia to serious diseases of the endocrine system. Each case must be considered individually, taking into account the condition of the person.

 Pregnancy

During the period of bearing a child in a woman's body, changes in metabolic processes in the body, a weakening of immunity occur. This often causes a drop in temperature. Frequent toxicosis leads to malnutrition and, as a result, the body does not receive the required amount of calories and weakens.

Therefore, a decrease in body temperature to 36 ^{° C} is not a serious pathology, but doctors recommend adjusting the diet and increasing immunity by taking vitamin and mineral complexes, eating a sufficient amount of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Stress

Against the background of constant stress, a person has a decrease in immune defense and, accordingly, body temperature. As a result, people are accompanied by headaches, sleep disturbances, bad mood, and fatigue.

Sometimes there may be an increase in temperature that is not associated with inflammatory processes in the body. In case of an untimely response to the situation, this can lead to serious disruptions in the functioning of the nervous and endocrine systems.

Chronic illnesses

Chronic diseases are one of the reasons for the decrease in immunity. Also, a decrease in body temperature can be caused by drugs that a person with a chronic illness takes - they increase the body's sensitivity to cold.

Therefore, with a constant low body temperature, it is worth consulting with your doctor. He will help you choose other medicines or tell you how to deal with the problem that has arisen.

Menstrual cycle

During the period of the menstrual cycle, sharp jumps in body temperature are considered normal (but not lower than 35 ^{° C}). This is due to the fact that there is a lot of blood loss, and the body does not always have time to replenish the reserves of the necessary substances. For some women, menstruation is accompanied by pain that adds additional stress.

There may also be a decrease in appetite, which prevents the intake of nutrients into the body and the accumulation of calories. But after the end of menstruation, the temperature readings, as a rule, return to normal.

Decrease in the body's immune defenses

The decrease in the protective functions of the body causes 2 main reasons:

• suffered a serious illness;
• lack of intake of necessary substances (for example, diet, malnutrition, bad habits).

As a result, there may be a decrease in body temperature, a general breakdown, and a lack of activity. In case of untimely access to a doctor, the body will not be able to resist infections and other diseases.

Avitaminosis

With vitamin deficiency, when there is no vitamin in the body or there is not enough intake of a certain group of vitamins, there is a violation of metabolic processes in the body.

A person feels constant fatigue, lethargy, he has problems with sleep, fatigue with certain activities. Against this background, the body temperature decreases, because a person simply does not have enough energy for the normal course of the thermoregulation process.

Postponed surgical interventions

A body temperature of 36 in an adult (the cause is often associated with anesthesia) can be established due to drugs that are used as anesthetic drugs.

They deliberately disrupt the thermoregulation process. This allows doctors to control the temperature of the body, since it is possible to slow down the course of metabolic processes, and reduce the need for an organ in oxygen.

After recovering from anesthesia, many patients observe shivering throughout their body. It can occur in about 40% of people, but this is a normal physiological reaction that does not require (unless the temperature has dropped below 30 ^{° C}) carrying out certain measures.

In the case of the duration of this process, special drugs or manipulations are used to warm the patient and raise his temperature.

Anorexia

Diet means reducing your calorie intake. This leads to a slowdown or complete cessation of the replenishment of fat stores, which is responsible for thermoregulatory processes in the body. Therefore, malnutrition often leads to a decrease in body temperature, because the process of heat conduction and heat transfer is disrupted.

Prolonged fasting causes anorexia, which entails a significant deterioration in health:

• rapid weight loss;
• weakness;
• hormonal disorders;
• anemia;
• sleep problems and more.

Chronic intoxication of the body

Chronic intoxication is associated, most often, with the constant use of alcoholic and narcotic drugs. Under the influence of these substances, a person is not able to normally perceive and evaluate reality. For example, people stop feeling cold, which can lead to hypothermia.

Also, narcotic substances and ethanol dilate blood vessels and create a feeling of warmth, but in fact the body does not warm up and the body temperature can be lowered. This can lead to serious health problems and even death.

AIDS

A persistent low temperature combined with joint pain, swollen lymph nodes, or muscle soreness may indicate HIV infection in the body. Medications taken by HIV-infected people can also lower body temperature.

These medications reduce appetite, interfere with the full absorption of nutrients, and cause digestive problems. Against this background, there may also be a loss of strength, exhaustion, and a decrease in immunity.

Infectious diseases

Body temperature 36 in an adult (the reason is often caused by prolonged use of antipyretics) with infections is observed at the stage of recovery. So, when a pathogen enters, the body begins to fight it on its own, producing interferon. As a result, an increase in body temperature is observed.

When taking antipyretic drugs, it decreases accordingly. And if at this point the infection has already receded, the effect of the medication taken can cause a decrease in the temperature indicator below normal. To avoid such a situation, it is necessary to constantly monitor the body temperature in order to avoid the development of serious health problems.

Decreased thyroid function

The body temperature of a person depends on the characteristics of the functioning of the thyroid gland. If there is a decrease below 36.5 ^{° C}, it is worth seeking advice from an endocrinologist.

But before going to the doctor, you need to correctly measure the temperature:

• The measurement is taken immediately after waking up - without getting out of bed. Therefore, you should prepare a thermometer in advance. When using a mercury device, its initial indicator should not exceed 35 ^{° C}.
• When measuring the temperature in the armpit, the thermometer must be kept for at least 10 minutes.
• This procedure must be carried out for 3-5 days.

When is a low temperature considered normal?

A low temperature is considered normal in a number of cases:

• the person has no other symptoms (as described above);
• old age (but not less than 36 ^{° C} and in the absence of unpleasant symptoms);
• in women during the menstrual cycle;
• when using hormonal medications.

It is not uncommon for the temperature to change depending on the season, more precisely, the season. Also, the temperature indicator can fluctuate by 0.5-1^{° C} the same person in different climatic zones.

Therefore, it is important to monitor the accompanying symptoms - if nothing bothers you and the person is excellent feels, then there is no reason to worry (provided that the temperature indicator does not fall below 35,5 ^{° C}).

Differential diagnosis

A body temperature of 36 in an adult (the reason may be associated with the presence of serious diseases) often indicates possible pathologies in the body. Therefore, it is recommended to carry out differential diagnostics. This method allows you to establish an accurate diagnosis based on a set of other symptoms.

Diagnostics is carried out in 3 stages:

1. First, the patient's medical history is carefully studied, the reasons for the appearance of a low temperature (for example, hypothermia) are found out.
2. At the 2nd stage, a direct examination of the patient is carried out, and the accompanying symptoms are studied in detail.
3. The final step is to conduct laboratory and other studies to confirm this or that diagnosis.

How to improve performance

Body temperature 36 ^{° C} in an adult, regardless of the reason for the decrease, it can be increased in various ways: from folk methods to the use of medications. But if this decrease is accompanied by unpleasant symptoms, you should not self-medicate - you must immediately seek medical help.

Emergency temperature rise methods

One of the emergency methods for raising the temperature is to inhale alcohol. To do this, it is necessary to soak a cotton swab with liquid. Feelings during this process will be unpleasant, but it gives a quick result.

The main thing is not to bring alcohol too close to the nose, so as not to burn the mucous membranes. Another way is to rub the body with vinegar. After that, you need to immediately wrap yourself in a blanket. This will help raise the temperature by 1-2 ^{° C}but can lead to acetic acid poisoning.

Other ways that can also be harmful to health are:

• Ingestion of a few drops of iodine. It is recommended to first drip it on bread or sugar. When taken in pure form, it can cause burns of mucous membranes and severe poisoning.
• Eat 2-3 hours. l. instant coffee granules without drinking water.
• Eat graphite from a pencil without chewing. When using colored pencils, the likelihood of poisoning with toxic substances that make up the dye increases.

These methods are used mainly when it is necessary to artificially increase the temperature - for example, so as not to go to school, college, and so on. They can be harmful to health, so it is not recommended to use such options.

Medicines

Medications and methods for use at low temperatures are shown in the table below.

Preparations, manipulations	Application features
Saline and glucose (5%)	The solution is warmed up and injected intravenously
Inhalation with warm humidified oxygen	It is carried out through a special oxygen mask
Introduction of special warm solutions	The liquid heats up to 44 ° C and inserted through a catheter
Peritoneal lavage	The abdominal cavity is irrigated with a warm isotonic solution.
Endogenous pyrotin hormone	After the substance enters the brain, nerve cells begin to contract, which provokes the production of more heat.

Usually when the body temperature drops to 36 ^{° C} it is enough to carry out manipulations for external heating of a person.

These passive methods include:

• the location of a person in a warm, comfortable room;
• inhalation of warm air;
• wearing warm clothes.

During these actions, the head must be covered, because 30% of the heat transfer occurs through it. These simple measures help the body quickly restore thermoregulatory function.

If necessary, active heating methods are used:

• Using infrared radiation (reflectors).
• Warm baths.
• Electric blankets.

Traditional methods

You can also raise the temperature using folk methods.

The most popular methods are:

• Carrying out mustard baths. To do this, it is necessary to dilute dry mustard in water and support the legs in the resulting solution for half an hour.
• Ingestion of a decoction of echinacea, rose hips or St. John's wort. They must be drunk warm. To improve the taste, you can add honey to the drink.
• If a person has cold hands and feet, they can be rubbed and worn over warm clothes.
• Adding hot cayenne pepper to dishes. It is recommended to add it ¼ h at a time. l. everyday. The increase in body temperature occurs due to the content of capsaicin in the product during the digestion of pepper.
• Eating raw ginger for food. To raise the temperature, it is enough to eat a small piece (about the size of a finger) of the root. An alternative can be a ginger drink. To prepare it, a piece of ginger needs to be boiled for 5-10 mi in water. Prepared tea should be consumed warm. Its action is based on stimulating the work of the digestive system.
• Consuming foods that are rich in fats, carbohydrates and proteins. To digest them, the body has to expend more energy and, therefore, the body heats up, increasing the temperature.

other methods

The easiest ways to increase the temperature at home include:

• Exercise. For example, you can jump or squat. To enhance the effect, you can wear several layers of clothing. It is important to drink enough water during exercise to stay hydrated.
• Eating hot drinks or hot meals. You can also eat a delicious banana, chocolate and honey mixture to raise the temperature.
• Wrap your body in a warm material that retains heat well (for example, fleece).
• Put on warm clothes for a person with a low temperature - mittens, a scarf, a hat, and drink hot tea.
• Wear multiple layers of clothing.
• Apply a heating pad. You need to add warm, but not too hot water to it, wrap yourself in warm clothes, lie under the covers and take a heating pad with you.
• Take vitamin C, Corvalol or motherwort tincture. These funds increase vascular tone, but they are not recommended to be abused.

Body temperature at 36 ^{° C} may indicate a health problem in an adult. If at the same time there are other symptoms of deterioration of health, it is recommended to seek the advice of a doctor.

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