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There are different types of clinical thermometers for measuring body temperature. Which clinical thermometer is the best for home use?\n<\/p>\n
There are different types of clinical thermometers for measuring body temperature. Which clinical thermometer is the best for home use?
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Glass thermometer<\/strong><\/p>\n similar to the old mercury thermometers, which are no longer sold today. The glass thermometer contains gallium, indium and tin instead of mercury.<\/p>\n The glass thermometer is used to measure under the tongue, under the armpits and rectally.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n + Very precise measurement of the temperature<\/p>\n + reasonably priced<\/p>\n - Measuring time lasts several minutes<\/p>\n - the glass can break easily<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Forehead thermometer<\/strong><\/p>\n The forehead thermometer measures the skin temperature by means of an infrared sensor.<\/p>\n The Strin thermometer is best used to measure body temperature on the forehead and temples.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n + easy handling<\/p>\n + fast measurement of the temperature, about 3 seconds<\/p>\n - frequent false readings<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ear thermometer<\/strong><\/p>\n The ear thermometer measures the body temperature inside the ear with an infrared beam.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n + very fast measurement of the temperature<\/p>\n - unsuitable for babies<\/p>\n - Less easy handling<\/p>\n - Unsuitable for otitis media<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Electronic contact thermometer<\/strong><\/p>\n Electronic contact thermometers are the digital version of glass thermometers.<\/p>\n The measuring points are under the tongue, under the armpits and rectally<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n + Much shorter measuring time than glass thermometers (approx. 1 minute)<\/p>\n + reasonably priced<\/p>\n + Relatively reliable measurement results<\/p>\n - longer measuring time than infrared thermometer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are different types of clinical thermometers for measuring body temperature. Which clinical thermometer is the best for home use?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["1132"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["538"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["das richtige fieberthermometer f\u00fcr die hausapotheke"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["2950"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["the-right-thermometer-for-your-home-pharmacy"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gesundheit","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}