 [ Symptoms ] how is hypothyroidism treated [ Disease ] many people have lowernormal body temperatures you do not have to calculate a higher temperature concern based on this lower temperature extremely high temperatures capable of causing problems will usually have a discoverable cause most likely a biological event seasoned medical providers only use body temperature as just one of the evaluative guidelines but do not put a lot of emphasis on the measurement people tend to fear fevers but fever is the body is normal response to fighting infection so in most cases it should not even be pharmacologically lowered using drugs it should be welcomed not feared