temperature range for adults
Normal body temperature can range from 97.8 degrees F (or Fahrenheit, equivalent to 36.5 degrees C, or Celsius) to 99 degrees F (37.2 degrees C) for a healthy adult.A person's body temperature can be taken in any of the following ways: Orally.he normal pulse for healthy adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. The pulse rate may fluctuate and increase with exercise, illness, injury, and emotions. Females ages 12 and older, in general, tend to have faster heart rates than do males.
A study published years ago in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the average normal temperature for adults to be 98.2Â°, not 98.6Â°, and replaced the 100.4Â° fever mark with fever thresholds based on the time of day.