An armpit temperature is generally 1 degree lower than an oral temperature. It can be nearly 2 degrees lower than a rectal temperature, which is the most accurate. Do you add 1 degree to a digital thermometer?
A digital multi-use thermometer can be used to take a rectal, oral (mouth) or axillary (armpit) temperature in adults and children. In general, oral and armpit temperatures have not shown to be as accurate as rectal. Oral use is not recommended for children under age 4, according to the...
A thermometer is the only way to know that you have a fever. Touch tests and skin pinching aren’t reliable. Rectal thermometers, which go into your rear end, are the most accurate, but they can be uncomfortable. Armpit, ear, and forehead thermometers aren’t as accurate. Most doctors th...
A thermometer is the only way to know that you have a fever. Touch tests and skin pinching aren’t reliable. Rectal thermometers, which go into your rear end, are the most accurate, but they can be uncomfortable. Armpit, ear, and forehead thermometers aren’t as accurate. Most doctors th...
It happened just after midnight on Aug. 20, with the temperature hovering at around 80 degrees. The bullets hit 20-year-old Gregory Taylor while he sat in a brown Pontiac at the curb in the 5700 block of Cates Avenue. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Barnes Hospital. The other vict...