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  2. Fever - Wikipedia

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    Causes: Virus, bacteria, increase in the body's temperature set point [5] [6] Diagnostic method: Temperature higher than the normal range of 37.2 and 38.3 °C (99.0 and 100.9 °F) [1] [7] [8] Differential diagnosis: Hyperthermia [1] Treatment: Based on underlying cause, not required for fever itself [2] [9] Medication: Ibuprofen, paracetamol ...

  3. Human body temperature - Wikipedia

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    The temperature reading depends on which part of the body is being measured. The typical daytime temperatures among healthy adults are as follows: Temperature in the rectum (rectal), vagina, or in the ear (tympanic) is about 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) [20] [medical citation needed] Temperature in the mouth (oral) is about 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) [12]

  4. Thermoregulation - Wikipedia

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    Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature ... cause the internal body temperature ... temperature for healthy adults had been ...

  5. Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich - Wikipedia

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    He is known for his measurement of mean normal human body temperature of 37 °C (98.6 °F), now known more accurately to be about 36.8 °C (98.2 °F). [1]

  6. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Wikipedia

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    Juvenile, in this context, refers to disease onset before 16 years of age, while idiopathic refers to a condition with no defined cause, and arthritis is inflammation within the joint. [4] JIA is an autoimmune, noninfective, inflammatory joint disease, the cause of which remains poorly understood. It is characterised by chronic joint inflammation.

  7. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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    Children less than four years of age, or children and adolescents exposed to adults in high-risk categories; 15 mm or more is positive in Persons with no known risk factors for TB [13] A tuberculin test conversion is defined as an increase of 10 mm or more within a two-year period, regardless of age.

  8. Urban heat island - Wikipedia

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    A definition of urban heat island is: "The relative warmth of a city compared with surrounding rural areas." [14]: 2926 This relative warmth is caused by "heat trapping due to land use, the configuration and design of the built environment, including street layout and building size, the heat-absorbing properties of urban building materials, reduced ventilation, reduced greenery and water ...

  9. Redding, California - Wikipedia

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    The coldest temperature recorded in Redding was 16 °F (−9 °C) on January 17, 2012, and December 9, 2009. [20] The average coldest daytime high of the year is 41 °F (5 °C) and the lowest on record is 29 °F (−2 °C) in 1990, which remains the latest year to record an ice day.