Questions & Answers about uisaga che-oni naeryeogamyeon naeilbuteo hakgyoe gado doendago haesseo.
Because the sentence contains a main clause and an embedded clause.
- 의사가 = the doctor is the subject of 했어 (said)
- 체온이 = body temperature is the subject of 내려가면 (if it goes down)
So the structure is roughly:
- [체온이 내려가면] = if the temperature goes down
- [의사가 ... 했어] = the doctor said ...
It can feel strange in English because English often avoids repeating subject marking so clearly, but in Korean this is very normal.
내려가면 comes from:
- 내려가다 = to go down / to decrease
- -면 = if / when
So:
- 체온이 내려가다 = the body temperature goes down
- 체온이 내려가면 = if the body temperature goes down
In this sentence, 내려가다 is being used in the sense of decrease, not literal physical downward movement.