Macbook Pro constantly overheating.

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Hello everyone,
I have a problem that has been going on only for a few weeks, a month probably. As soon as I turn on my Macbook Pro, and launch any kind of application, internet, a movie, and not multitasking so much, my computer start overheating so much and the fan starts going crazy. It's like an airplane is about to take off.
I downloaded an application that allows me to check on the temperature, fan speed, CPU usage, battery levels, and memory, and my computer sometimes heats up to 90 celsius degrees and the fan goes up to 6000 rounds per minute. It's literally burning my thighs when it's on my lap, and I can feel the hot air coming from the bottom of the screen.
Also, I noted that my battery health is progressively diminishing and I believe those two problems may be related (90 degrees can't do any good to the computer).
The worst case is probably when playing a video.

It concerns me because this has never happened before, I could play as many videos as I wanted, multitasking applications and programs without any problem.

If anyone has a solution it would be greatly appreciated, even though I doubt a clear explanation of the reason to the problem exists.
Thank you in advance.
 

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It concerns me because this has never happened before, I could play as many videos as I wanted, multitasking applications and programs without any problem.

If anyone has a solution it would be greatly appreciated, even though I doubt a clear explanation of the reason to the problem exists.
Thank you in advance.

If you can't do things now...that you could do before...it's possible that the computer is dirty inside, and needs to be cleaned.

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Not sure how this belongs in 'Community Suggestions & Feedback'.

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