<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I wonder if other CD-niks share with me having lower than "normal" body temperatures and/or blunted fever response and low (although in the acceptable range, in my case) blood pressure and pulse. Because I had the same internist for 30 years who became well-acquainted with this idiosyncrasy, it caused problems only when he was not available. I once had EMS people trying to throw tubes into me because they thought I was going into shock and it was simply that I had time to get real relaxed on the gurney while waiting for them to get to me (regarding what turned out to be a false alarm) and the vital signs that alarmed them were well within my normal range. I put "normal" body temperature in quotes above because there really are no statistical data on body temperature from large general population samples adequate for establishing what the variation is for individuals (and instrument) by measurement site, activity, diurnally, seasonally and over the age span or as between subgroups of the population. What has been established is that, as with CD, when it comes to knowledge of body temperature and fever most physicians have limited knowledge and believe some things that aren't so. Also as with CD, a bright light on this topic comes from a University of Maryland expert (P. A. Mackowiak). (I will send some references if requested or I'll put them in my Summary.)