what is 39.3 degree translate too?

[LadyTophamHatt]

sorry am useless at working it out and my termometer gives it in centigrade not fahranheight

and it should have been "what DOES 39.3 translate too..."

102.7

is this someones temp? If so from where? ear or forehead?

ds3, in mouth.

over 99 in a child is a fever.

I've given him colpol but unless you touched him you'd never know he was feverish.

he's eating a bowl of dry cereal ATM and watching flash gordon.

not sure how well he did the under the tongue thing either so I doubt that was an acurate reading.

mouth isnt really recommended for children under 5. Best to do it rectally if you can (not with same thermometer though obv)

good god...theres noway he'd let me put it up his bum!

If he doesnt feel feverish then he should be ok. As long as he doesnt go over 104.

38.8 under his arm

he deos feel hot but isn't ill in any other way IYSWIM

not very accurate under arm- generally come up about 0.5 degrees lower than oral- which seems the case here.

Temperature is the bodies way of fighting an infection- so you may find that he may come down with something over the next few days.

would would 104 be in centigrade?

god no- if he had 104 centigrade he'd be hotter than the sun ( almost)

38.8 centigrade is 102 farenheight

durrr..I meant 104 translated back down to centigrade.

He was just saying his tongue is sore and I've looking in his mouth, his tonsils look abit swollen so I suspect its the start of tonsillitus.
No spots on them yet but they are big.

durr was at me BTW not you

most probably will end up that then, most temps come up just before an illness.

oh dear- tonsilitus, not very appealing.

hope he is ok.

I know!- I did look and think

but the I realised you wouldnt possibly be that rude!!!

it wasn't until I saw it posted that I realsied it looked like I was calling you thick!

that makes me even thicker!

easy mistake to make!