Smartwatch recommendations for monitoring temperature during teenage daughter’s lymphoma treatment

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My teenage daughter has recently been diagnosed with B cell NH Lymphoma. She’s being a trooper, always says she’s “‘fine” when Doctors ask how she is. They do ask pointed questions to drag her actual status out but it’s hard work. She can be her own worst enemy sometimes.
Our job going forward is to take action if her temp goes above 38degs. My fear is that she will mask and not tell us when she feels feverish.
She doesn’t currently wear a watch but my question is if anyone can recommend a brand or type of smart watch that measures temperature accurately and ideally also sends a notification or alarm if it happens?
Many Thanks

Oh. I’m very sorry to hear this. The watch is a good idea and it’s sensitive to think of it. I looked into something similar for other reasons and I’m not sure if you can find anything quite like this. Apple Watches only measure your temperature at night and frankly for me it’s been useless — never even predicts periods properly (and was always very successful at this using a cheap thermometer on waking up). I think you can buy wearable stick-on thermometers for children that might work if your concern is just a high temperature — but she might not want to wear one, of course. Agree that it can be hard to know if she will tell you if she feels feverish — or even if she will know when it happens.

Must have happened before — I would hope the hospital can advise?

I would simply make taking temperatures several times a day part of the routine. I take mine a couple times a day usually (I’m on treatment for melanoma). Honestly, if it’s over 38c, I feel pretty awful and I think you will know. But it’s good to understand the patterns so just make it a routine thing you do with a quality in ear thermometer.

One thing that is helpful though is monitoring heart rate. Heart rate often increases with temperature and when there is infection, so it’s a useful metric to keep tabs on. For me, it was heart rate rather than temp that was the first sign something was amiss. My temp rose later.