Temperature
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| Temperature | The balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body
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| Homeostasis | Ideal health state in the human body
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| Oral temperatures | Taken in the mouth; most common method of taking a temperature
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| How long should you wait after eating or drinking to take oral temperature? | At least 15 minutes
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| Average oral temperature | 98.6*F
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| Normal range of oral temperature | 97.6-99.6*F
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| Average rectal temperature | 99.6*F
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| Normal range of rectal temperature | 98.6-100.6*F
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| Average axillary or groin temperature | 97.6*F
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| Normal range of axillary or groin temperature | 96.6-98.6*F
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| Rectal temperatures | Taken in the rectum; most accurate method of taking a temperature
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| Axillary temperatures | Taken in the armpit; less accurate
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| Groin temperatures | Taken between two folds of skin formed by inner part of the thigh and the lower abdomen; less accurate
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| Aural temperatures | Taken with special thermometer in the ear
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| Temporal temperatures | Taken with scanning thermometer across forehead
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| Causes of INCREASED body temperature | Illness, infection, exercise, excitement, & high temperatures in the environment
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| Causes of DECREASED body temperature | Starvation or fasting, sleep, decreased muscle activity, mouth breathing, exposure to cold temperatures in the environment, & certain diseases
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| Hypothermia | Low body temperature, under 95*F
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| Fever | An elevated body temperature, above 101*F
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| Pyrexia | Another term for fever
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| Febrile | Fever is present
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| Afebrile | No fever is present; temperature is in normal range
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| Hyperthermia | Condition that occurs when body temperature exceeds 104*F
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