6.7.
BODY TEMPERATURE
Ideal for Infants and Children
Body temperature is the temperature inside a personOs
The Philips SensorTouch method is quick, simple, accurate
body.Traditionally, this temperature is measured orally or
and comfortable and therefore very suitable for measuring
rectally.These methods, however, take several minutes.
the temperature of children.You do not need to undress
Moreover, the accuracy of oral measurements can be
your child; a single stroke across the temple will produce
effected by the breathing (causing a decrease in an accurate result in only a few seconds. Small children
temperature) or beverages that have just been consumedeven experience the Ocaress� with which you carry out
(causing either an increase or decrease in temperature).the measurement as pleasant and comforting.
The best place to measure body temperature would beNormal Temperature
inside the heart.The infrared sensor of the PhilipsONormal temperature� is the body temperature of a
SensorTouch measures body temperature on the skin healthy person. Not everybody has the same normal
surface over the arteries in the temple.These arteries body temperature. Moreover, this temperature depends
are in close connection with the heart and therefore on the area on which it is measured, the time of day,
quickly reflect changes in the bodyOs temperature. In the ambient temperature and the amount of
physical exercise a person has had just before the
addition, they lie close to the surface of the skin and are
measurement.
therefore very suitable for non-invasive measurement.
Rectal measurement is generally considered the most
A temperature measured with the Philips
accurate type of temperature measurement. Clinical tests
SensorTouch thermometer can be considered
have shown measurements carried out with the Philips
normal if it lies between 97.5F and 99.5F (36.4C -
SensorTouch Temple Thermometer to be just as
37.5C). It is recommended that you determine your
accurate as rectal measurements.
normal temperature range (and that of your family
members).You can do this by measuring your
temperature at various times of the day. |
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