Can anxiety cause a high temp?

[megsi99]

I've been quite anxious the last couple of days - last night i felt warm and got the chills, then had some stomach issues. My bladder started bothering me and I had a UTI in March, so that made me even more anxious. I did an at-home test and it was negative.

But both last night and this morning when I would take my temp, sometimes it would be 97.9 and other times 99.1 or 89. Can my anxiety cause that to go up? Sometimes I would literally take them back to back and it would go from 99.2 to 97.9.

[nomorepanic]

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[Fishmanpa]

Those are all actually "normal" temperatures.

Positive thoughts

[ThroatGoat]

Yes it can!

I've been worrying about chills and low body temp, apparently anxiety can cause both low or high body temp.

Even the 2 major sources of info I've been looking at - Calm Clinic and Anxiety Centre - which have been life savers for me recently, say that anxiety shouldn't cause fever, but there was a very interesting article I stumbled on yesterday that also mention "psychosomatic fever", which as you can probably guess by the name is a fever caused entirely by your mind. Apparently it is a lot more common than you might think too.

This anxiety thing is truly remarkable.

[megsi99]

Thanks for the responses! It's crazy what your mind can cook up and how your body reacts to it. It's always nice to hear from others who have similar experiences.

[Carys]

The average normal body temperature is generally accepted as 98.6°F (37°C). Some studies have shown that the "normal" body temperature can have a wide range, from 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C). A temperature over 100.4°F (38°C) most often means you have a fever caused by an infection or illness.


Ta da :D