Are you using an ear thermometer? Sometimes I get low readings on those if I don't aim just right.
You should be in bed, girl. There are studies that say moms are good at telling if their babies have fevers even without a thermometer, so if he seems unwell, I'd opt for some tylenol just because.
You are correct, but 37.2 is the upper limit of what is considered normal.
It is dependant on the individual too, but as a general rule 36.8 - 37.2C is the normal range quoted; in Australia anyway, though it may of course be different elsewhere.
Sorry to butt in, but if I had a $ for every temp I take every day - well I'd have packed my bags and be travelling already. ;)
Normal human body temperature is from 36.8 degrees C(98.24 degrees F) to 37.2 degrees C( 98.96 degrees F).
36.1 degrees C is a little cold, but not drastically so and it also depends on whether your thermometer is a tympanic (ear) or oral (digital or otherwise). Taking a temperature per axilla is also about as accurate as a tympanic reading, taking into account of course that the patient in question is not waving their arm all over the place.
The rule of thumb is that a tympanic thermometer (depending on when it was last calibrated) can be anywhere from .2 to .4 of a degree Celsius out, as against an oral thermometer.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2004-03-22 11:09 pm (UTC)Average temp in C is 36-37. Don't worry about a fever unless it's above 37.3
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Date: 2004-03-22 11:09 pm (UTC)Does that help?
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Date: 2004-03-22 11:25 pm (UTC)You should be in bed, girl. There are studies that say moms are good at telling if their babies have fevers even without a thermometer, so if he seems unwell, I'd opt for some tylenol just because.
Good luck and sleep tight.
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Date: 2004-03-22 11:26 pm (UTC)or ((f)-32)5/9 =(c)
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Date: 2004-03-23 07:27 am (UTC)You are correct, but 37.2 is the upper limit of what is considered normal.
It is dependant on the individual too, but as a general rule 36.8 - 37.2C is the normal range quoted; in Australia anyway, though it may of course be different elsewhere.
Sorry to butt in, but if I had a $ for every temp I take every day - well I'd have packed my bags and be travelling already. ;)
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Date: 2004-03-23 01:33 am (UTC)Normal human body temperature is from 36.8 degrees C(98.24 degrees F) to 37.2 degrees C( 98.96 degrees F).
36.1 degrees C is a little cold, but not drastically so and it also depends on whether your thermometer is a tympanic (ear) or oral (digital or otherwise). Taking a temperature per axilla is also about as accurate as a tympanic reading, taking into account of course that the patient in question is not waving their arm all over the place.
The rule of thumb is that a tympanic thermometer (depending on when it was last calibrated) can be anywhere from .2 to .4 of a degree Celsius out, as against an oral thermometer.
I hope this helps.
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