How To Take Your Temperature In Your Armpit
If you have been exercising or eating and or drinking in the case of oral thermometers wait at least 15 minutes before taking your temperature.
How to take your temperature in your armpit. But armpit temperatures are typically less accurate than oral temperatures. Keep the thermometer in your armpit until it beeps. To take an underarm temperature put the tip in your or your child s armpit. Do not use a mercury thermometer.
A temperature reading of 99 f 37 c or above indicates that the person has a fever. Wash your hands with soap and warm water. Turn on the digital thermometer. Lightly press the tip of the thermometer into the center of the armpit.
Use a clean thermometer one that has been washed in cold water cleaned with rubbing alcohol and then rinsed to remove the alcohol. Wash it in slightly warm soapy water before and after each use. Make sure the thermometer is touching skin and not clothes. Hold the thermometer tightly in place until you hear the thermometer beep indicating it s done.
Remove the person s shirt and make sure their skin is dry. Place the thermometer under your armpit making sure it touches skin not clothing. Hold your arm or your child s arm close against the body so the thermometer stays in place. Swipe the thermometer from one temple to the other and behind the ear until it beeps.
Mercury is toxic and the thermometer could break. Read it as soon as it beeps indicating that the measurement is complete. Fever strips and pacifier thermometers do not give an accurate temperature. Make sure your thermometer is clean.
An axillary ak sih lar e temperature tem per ah chur is when your armpit axilla is used to check your temperature. An axillary temperature is lower than one taken in your mouth rectum or your ear. A digital thermometer is best for taking temperatures by the armpit and mouth. A thermometer ther mom uh ter is used to take the temperature in your armpit.
To take a temporal temperature push down on the button to turn it on. Wait for the thermometer to. A temperature measures body heat. When taking axillary temperature use an electronic thermometer for the most accurate results 1.
Use a normal digital thermometer to take an armpit temperature.