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FunnymanDOWN t1_iuj0n2e wrote

Reply to comment by CharlesOSmith in What is the actual mechanism by which the body generates a fever? by Pheophyting

Offshoot question: how high of a temp. Can a human body get to on it’s own?

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CharlesOSmith t1_iuj1wyg wrote

according to NPR the record is:

115 degrees: On July 10, 1980, 52-year-old Willie Jones of Atlanta was admitted to the hospital with heatstroke and a temperature of 115 degrees Fahrenheit. He spent 24 days in the hospital and survived. Jones holds the Guinness Book of World Records honor for highest recorded body temperature.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/11/14/364060441/you-might-be-surprised-when-you-take-your-temperature#:~:text=115%20degrees%3A%20On%20July%2010,for%20highest%20recorded%20body%20temperature.

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LakierskiMaterialski t1_iuja1z9 wrote

for the 95% of the earth's population that don't use cheeseburger units - that's 46 celsius

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bmacnz t1_iuj8e08 wrote

While good and interesting info, I feel like that doesn't qualify as on its own. With a heatstroke aren't their external factors raising the body temperature?

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123rune20 t1_iujj3cj wrote

I mean fevers are always in response to some external factor, no? Heat stroke, infection, medications, etc.

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bmacnz t1_iujl73x wrote

What I mean as external heat source, not just a cause of a fever. An infection is not actually hot itself, your body temp is rising in response to it. In the case of a heatstroke, there's literally heat being added to your system, not just your body responding to stimuli.

It's like with hypothermia, your body isn't cooling down on its own, the freezing air/water is doing it.

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FunnymanDOWN t1_iujg2qf wrote

The rest of the world Profiting off American innovations while complaining. Typical lol

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