What do you consider to be a fever??

I would be interested in hearing the answers you get to this one. When ds was flaring last month his temp was 40.3  c (104.54 f), there was murmurings of admitting him to hospital but tbh nobody seemed particularly concerned.

I'm flaring right now and waiting to have surgery, my temp has been ranging between 99.6 and 101 the doc is putting it down to inflammation. Although these are fevers, they really are not much to worry about. Anything
over 102/3 I would be more concerned.

Medically, a raised temperature isn't considered a fever until it's reached 37.5C (99.5F). But I know from long experience I feel rubbish at anything above 37.0C. My temperature goes up in the evening sometimes after dinner, and I feel uncomfortable, too warm, and groggy. When the temperature goes even higher I start to get the chills, but tbh that rarely happens these days.

At any rate, doctors generally consider a fever medically significant at 38.5C (101.3F) or above - unless it's the NHS, in which case it's probably more like 45C.

They suck, but generally speaking low-grade fevers are nothing to worry about. You can try paracetamol (think it's tylenol in the US) as a fever-reducer. Ibuprofen is the better medication IMO, but not something that's a great idea for a Crohnie (or probably anybody) to regularly take.

You probably also have some inflammation going on, despite the Humira and normal blood tests.

My normal temp is always low at 97.4, so I know I have a fever when it reaches 99.0. But that just could be me. Hugs!

Aronk - You sound totally like me when I have inflammation. I always know when my elevated body temp is from inflammation and not illness or infection because it starts out normal and rises throughout the day.

If I am sick or have an infection my body temp or fever is constant until resolved unless I take Tylenol. When it is due to inflammation I start out as low as 98 - 98.6 each morning, then by late morning it is at 99 and by late afternoon evening anywhere from 99.4-99.8.

Make sure you are drinking plenty of water, an elevated body temp can be dehydrating even if it isn't a fever.

My GI always tells me that if I am in abd pain and if my temperature goes to 101.5 I should go to the ER.
This has been my guideline this past year and a half since my diagnosis and I haven't gone to the ER yet for my stricture but I have come close. I too run below 98.6 most of the time.

AH pet peeve.. I HATE these new digital thermometers and they are like the only thing available anymore in the drugstores. Does anyone else find them inaccurate?? I would be dead (as in cold dead) if their readings were right.
And no I didn't just drink a cold drink or have an ice pop..lol.
NY VEGGIE