Patient's question:
My baby was born prematurely, at 7 months and 3 weeks. He was in an incubator for a month, and now it's almost 60 days since his birth. Over the past two days, I've noticed that his body temperature during the day is around 36.8 to 37 degrees, but at night it rises to 37.5 degrees. He's also not eating well (the mother doesn't have milk, so the baby is drinking premature baby formula).Due to jaundice, he's been taking two doses of Yinzhi Huang oral liquid and probiotics daily.
Is his temperature normal?
What treatment has been administered and what were the results?
What kind of help have you received?
Is his temperature normal?
What caused the temperature fluctuation?
What should be done?
Doctor's answer:
The normal range of body temperature is the relatively stable and uniform temperature in the deep parts of the body, known as deep body temperature. In contrast, the surface temperature is affected by various factors, showing significant fluctuations and differences, referred to as surface temperature. In clinical diagnosis, the term "body temperature" refers to the average deep body temperature. It is generally represented by the temperatures of the oral cavity, rectum, and axilla, with rectal temperature being the closest to deep body temperature.Normal values: Sublingual oral temperature is 37°C (range 36.3–37.2°C), rectal temperature is 37.5°C (0.3–0.5°C higher than oral temperature), and axillary temperature is 36.0°C (range 35.8–36.3°C).