Information About Body Temperature - Riester ri-former RPT-100 Mode D'emploi

c.) Connecting cable, sliding cover
This device is an extension module, it must work with ri-former® diagnostic
station and get power from ri-former® with the help of the connecting cable.
Please refer to ri-former® manual (Art. No. 99203)
In order to plug in the connecting cable remove the sliding cover of the diag-
nostic station. Close the casing of the thermometer, which is not needed, with
the sliding cover.
Attention!
Take care that the connecting cable does not get caught behind the extension
module. Push the connecting cable into the groove provided on the reverse side
of the extension module.
a.) Important! Never make a body temperature measurement without new
probe covers.
Body temperature measurement without probe covers can give incorrect
readings.
To avoid infection always use a new probe cover.
b.) Probe
To avoid infection use only the blue probe for taking oral and axillary temper-
atures. The red probe must only be used for taking rectal temperatures.

5. Information about body temperature

It is a common misconception that 37 °C is the 'normal' body temperature. It
is actually the case that 37 °C is the average body temperature. Normal body
temperatures are in a range that varies with age, gender and measuring point.
Furthermore, body temperature fluctuates over the course of the day. It is
usually lower in the morning, higher in the afternoon and goes down a little
again in the evening. Other factors that affect body temperature include the
patient's particular activity, metabolic rate or medications taken. The normal
body temperature also tends to drop with increasing age.
Normal temperatures are listed in the following table according to the age of the
patient and measuring point. Temperatures measured at different parts of the
body, even if they are measured at the same time, must not be directly compa-
red with one another as body temperature differs between measuring points.
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