Highest temp?
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this all really depends on the person.
i work in trauma icu and i had a patient once that came in with a temp of 110.4
he had gotten into a car accident and was under the influence of meth. we covered him with blankets soaked in rubbing alcohol and gave him tylenol along with several other medications to help lower his temperature.
in the end-he survived with no long term effects from the high fever-but did suffer brain damage from the meth use.
it is highly unlikely that someone would live through their temperature going that high-but in rare cases, i'm sure it can be done but it would take weeks or even months in the icu for it to happen. my patient was in the icu for a month
that is impossible..at 105 a person will start having seizures..if her daughter was 116 she would be dead.
37°C (98.6°F) - Normal body temperature (which varies between about 36.123-37.5°C (96.8-99.5°F)
38°C (100.4°F) - Sweating, feeling very uncomfortable, slightly hungry.
39°C (102.2°F) (Pyrexia) - Severe sweating, flushed and very red. Fast heart rate and breathlessness. There may be exhaustion accompanying this. Children and epileptics may be very likely to get convulsions at this point.
40°C (104°F) - Fainting, dehydration, weakness, vomiting, headache and dizziness may occur as well as profuse sweating.
41°C (105.8°F) - (Medical emergency) - Fainting, vomiting, severe headache, dizziness, confusion, hallucinations, delirium and drowsiness can occur. There may also be palpitations and breathlessness.
42°C (107.6°F) - Subject may turn pale or remain flushed and red. They may become comatose, be in severe delirium, vomiting, and convulsions can occur. Blood pressure may be high or low and heart rate will be very fast.
43°C (109.4°F) - Normally death, or there may be serious brain damage, continuous convulsions and shock. Cardio-respiratory collapse will occur.
44°C (111.2°F) or more - Almost certainly death will occur; however, patients have been know to survive up to 46°C (114.8°F).
I found one of patients with a temp of 106 degrees and we immediately drew blood cultures and got his temp down with cold towels. He was not "with it".
A temp of 116 is impossible to live with.
NO WAY! She obviously doesn't know how to read a thermometer or her daughter put heat on it! I don't think they even go that high?
NO that is impossible
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