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  1. Basal body temperature for natural family planning - Mayo Clinic

    Basal body temperature can be used as a way to predict fertility or as a part of a method of contraception, by helping you gauge the best days to have or avoid ...

  2. Thermometers: Understand the options - Mayo Clinic

    Direct sunlight, cold temperatures or a sweaty forehead can affect temperature readings. Variations on user technique, such as holding the scanner too far ...

  3. Thermometer basics: Taking your child's temperature - Mayo Clinic

    If you're in doubt about an armpit temperature reading, use another method to confirm the results. In general, contact your child's doctor if: Your child is ...

  4. How to take your temperature - Mayo Clinic

    Armpit temperature. A digital thermometer can be used in your armpit, if necessary. But armpit temperatures are typically less accurate than oral temperatures.

  5. Heatstroke - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    A rectal temperature is the most accurate way of determining core body ... temperature using an evaporation method. Cool water is misted on the body ...

  6. Hypothermia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Treatment for hypothermia includes methods to warm the body back to a regular temperature. ... Ian Roth: As winter drags on and temperatures drop way down ...

  7. Heat exhaustion - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Use evaporation cooling techniques. If cold water immersion is not an option, health care professionals may try to lower your body temperature using an ...

  8. Has a rectal, ear or temporal artery temperature of 100.4 F (38 C) or higher ... If you're in doubt about an armpit temperature reading, use another method to ...

  9. Heatstroke - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Exertional heatstroke is caused by an increase in core body temperature brought on by intense physical activity in hot weather. Anyone exercising or working in ...

  10. Fever: First aid - Mayo Clinic

    Fever itself most often is harmless and it may play a role in fighting infection. Most fevers don't need treatment. The average body temperature is 98.6 ...