Wrist temperature for blokes

[BlackBun]

I’ve trawled the internet but cannot find any literature on the wrist temperature for men. What exactly is the point of it? Even Apple says temperature varies from one person to the next, day to day, and due to other factors such as diet etc so with all these factors and variables what exactly is it for?

 

[CyberDavis]

You can see your baseline temp after initial period, then you’ll see any changes.
I saw an increase when injured a few weeks ago and the wound was taking a while to heal, so the increase related to an infection in the wound. This increase was much greater than the regular variations I see.
That’s just one example.

But to be fair I guess the data is not as easy to immediately interpret as a standard temperature reading.

 

[Simacca]

I’ve trawled the internet but cannot find any literature on the wrist temperature for men. What exactly is the point of it? Even Apple says temperature varies from one person to the next, day to day, and due to other factors such as diet etc so with all these factors and variables what exactly is it for?

I think it’s just for females to track periods etc etc. shame they can’t find a use for us men too.

 

[Jackbequickly]

It was the only new sensor that Apple could add, so . . . .

 

[ksj1]

I got a covid booster yesterday. My wrist temp was 3.7 degrees over baseline last night when I had the chills, and I could see my temp was rising before I started feeling the side effects.

 

[Graham Caracas]

I got a covid booster yesterday. My wrist temp was 3.7 degrees over baseline last night when I had the chills, and I could see my temp was rising before I started feeling the side effects.

So it doesn't tell you anything you're not already aware of and you still need a thermometer. Now that's cutting edge tech, worth the price of the watch right there.

 

[ksj1]

The temperature rise began about 90 minutes before I felt anything

 

[BenGoren]

The temperature rise began about 90 minutes before I felt anything

Wait — did you measure your temperature in real time, or is this the next day that you compared the readings with wen you felt the effects?

And … if you measured your temperature in real time … how … ?

b&

 

[ksj1]

I checked my wrist temp because of this thread. I had sent a message to a friend that I had a temp, and had suddenly started feeling lousy just before.

When I check the time between when my temp started elevating according to the watch, and when I sent the text, it was ~90 minutes between them. IOW, my temp seems to have started to rise before I felt it, which makes sense to me...

 

[addamas]

If during a day you take a nap with Sleep Mode turned on, will it register temperature?

 

[CyberDavis]

I think it’s just for females to track periods etc etc. shame they can’t find a use for us men too.

As I say it will still give you an indication of any potential health issues.
If you are fighting an infection or have for example a cold it would show an increase from your baseline.
Obviously it cannot diagnose what is causing the increase, but it can show it advising yu there may be a health issue.

 

[oric1sg]

If during a day you take a nap with Sleep Mode turned on, will it register temperature?

I took nap regularly and it doesn't register even though I set the watch in sleep mode. It only register during sleep schedule.

 

[tkauftheil]

It acts as a guide or insight to your overall health. I suffer from insomnia so I’ve been using the watch to track my sleep patterns. I have wrist temp data back to Oct. Shows me the eb and flow of my body temp. I use those metrics to compare to the nights sleep to see if there is anything worth noting. If you want to see the actual temp recorded, pull up wrist temp in health and scroll to the bottom and show all data.

 

[spiderman0616]

My temperature consistently hovers around 96 degrees. (Yes, I'm also usually cold.) That's whether I take it at the doctor's office or with my $10 Walgreens thermometer at home. I'm told it's normal to run colder as you get older, so I'm not worried about it, but I have temp tracking turned on because it's helpful for for sleep tracking data in AutoSleep and Health and overall wellbeing as others have mentioned. My temperature stays pretty steady whether I'm sleeping or awake, so if there was a prolonged period of higher temperature, the watch would definitely notice and alert me.

I don't know, I think it's a useful function even if you don't need cycle tracking.

 

[BlackBun]

Thank you for all the responses. Much appreciated. These two days I’ve had flu and felt like crap. My wrist temperature just fluctuated between +0.3 and -0.2 which it’s tended to do since I bought the watch. My body will tell me I feel crappy and so unwell.

 

[jaymc]

I think it’s just for females to track periods etc etc. shame they can’t find a use for us men too.

Men can have periods also; get with the program! 🤷‍♂️

 

[BlackBun]

OK, now it tells me I might not be 100% well.

 

[addamas]

OK, now it tells me I might not be 100% well.

Interesting. Stay strong, hope you are well and not sick (as it can be due to infection, alcohol, inflammation due to allergy etc)

If you want to track health I recommend this app

‎Heart Reports

‎This application lets you generate detailed reports about your health data stored in Apple Health. You can export the report as a PDF file, which you can share with your doctor. You can generate six different reports: • Heart Rate Report: minimum, maximum, and average heart rate data, heart...

apps.apple.com

Plus shortcut I did year ago:

Symptoms

Can generate week reports for yourself or doctor.

Helped me after Covid to remember all symptoms I had.