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2020-07-24 13:29:47
Is oral temperature ranging between 98.3 to 98.9 considered as a fever?want to know exact normal temperature using oral.
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That's not fever. Ypu can use reference as oral plus 1.3° F as the core body temperature.  Normal cut off  is 98.9°F in morning and 99.9°F at night. Below that, it is not considered fever.

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No,  it's not considered as fever.

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No, normal.

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