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In italy "normal" is considered 36.5 C[1], but anything up to 36.9 C is OK, over 37 C it starts to be called "small fever" (febbriciattola), when over 37.5 then
by jaclaz 8y ago
In italy "normal" is considered 36.5 C[1], but anything up to 36.9 C is OK, over 37 C it starts to be called "small fever" (febbriciattola), when over 37.5 then it becomes properly a "fever", nothing to really worry however unless it is 38 or over.
Personally I am always on the 36.8/36.9, whilst my wife is always on the 36.3/36.4 (we do a good average together).
The real issue is that (thanks to the ban of good ol' mercury based thermometers) I doubt the reliability of both the new "mercury free" glass thermometers (that in my experience tend to get "stuck") and the new electronic ones (possibly it is just that the common ones are cheap devices).
[1] normally "armpit" temperature measuring is used
- TeMPOraL 8y ago> The real issue is that (thanks to the ban of good ol' mercury based thermometers) I doubt the reliability of both the new "mercury free" glass thermometers (that in my experience tend to get "stuck") and the new electronic ones (possibly it is just that the common ones are cheap devices). Same here. Everyone I know hoards the old mercury thermometers. I don't particularly trust the electronic ones, because in my experience, cheap electronic sensors are mostly crap, and I have no reason to believe that whatever I buy at my local pharmacy will be more accurate than +/- 1 degree. And I trust the "contactless" ones even less.
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- jgtrosh 8y agoMaybe this is why I have such a different experience : I've always heard of 37.5C as standard and fever starts around 38.5/39C, but rectal thermometers are very common here.
- astura 8y agoThat explains it, temperature is going to be slightly higher if measured rectally than orally.