What You Should Know About Using This Thermometer - Beurer medical FT 60 Mode D'emploi

2. What you should know about using this thermometer

Before using a forehead thermometer, an ear thermometer or a conventional rod thermometer, the following should be
noted:
The different thermometers listed above are suitable for measuring body temperature in different parts of the body: fore-
head thermometer: measurement only on the forehead, ear thermometer: measurement only in the ear, rod thermometer:
rectal (in the back passage), axillary (under the arm) or oral measurement (in the mouth).
The temperature varies depending on the part of the body where the measurement is taken. The difference in healthy
persons between different parts of the body can be between 0.2 – 1°C. The approximate normal temperature ranges are
as follows:
• forehead temperature – measured with a forehead thermometer: 35.8 °C to 37.6 °C.
• Ear temperature, measured with an ear thermometer: 36.0 °C to 37.8 °C.
• Rectal temperature, measured with a conventional thermometer: 36.3 °C to 37.8 °C.
• orally measured temperature – measured with a conventional thermometer: 36.0 °C to 37.4 °C.
Beurer-Tip:
Temperatures measured with different thermometers cannot be compared with one another.
You should therefore tell your doctor or bear in mind if you are diagnosing yourself what thermometer you used to take
your temperature and in what part of the body.
The temperature of a healthy person is also influenced by the following factors:
• The person's individual metabolism.
• Age (body temperature is higher in babies and small children and falls with increasing age. Greater temperature fluctua-
tions occur faster and more often in children).
• Clothing.
• The outside temperature.
• The time of day (body temperature is lower in the morning and increases during the day towards evening).
• Preceding physical and, to a lesser extent, mental activity.
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