Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160711184711/@comment-25936766-20160711195902

VedranTheII wrote: It isn't. Even 2 degree bellow can cause hypothermia, and 2 above to get a fever. Read the page:

1) Fevers are more commonly caused by infectious disease.

2) In hypothermia, body temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and bodily functions. In humans, this is usually due to excessive exposure to cold air or water, but it can be deliberately induced as a medical treatment.

3) Hyperthermia occurs when the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate. It is usually caused by prolonged exposure to high temperatures. The heat-regulating mechanisms of the body eventually become overwhelmed and unable to deal effectively with the heat, causing the body temperature to climb uncontrollably

I'm 100% sure you based yourself off the numbers at the top of the page. Small changes from the optimal body temperature won't cause any of these things.

It's bigger temperature changes, and more commonly other agents, what causes them. Fevers by disease, Hyperthermia by being exposed too much to cold air/water, and hyperthermia for the same only with high temperatures.

@Castle: From the same page: "Core temperature, also called core body temperature, is the operating temperature of an organism, specifically in deep structures of the body such as the liver, in comparison to temperatures of peripheral tissues..... Significant core temperature elevation (hyperthermia) or depression (hypothermia) that is prolonged for more than a brief period of time is incompatible with human life."

In other words, it's the optimal, recommended, effective body temperature level. The level at which body temperature should stay. But:

1) Changes only cause problems if they are too big or prolonged for too long, otherwise nothing bad will happen.

2) It has nothing to do with the Semblance itself.

3) It's still body temperature, regardless. So I don't need to specify anything. Body temp. is body temp. Core temperature here is just the level at which body temperature should stay for the body to work correctly and effectively.