WHY TEST FOR FEVER ON THE FOREHEAD?

WHY TEST FOR FEVER ON THE FOREHEAD?

                When the body is infected by bacteria or a virus, its temperature rises; and a temperature check is therefore helpful in determining if someone is sick. People most likely check for fever on the forehead because it’s an area of the body not covered by clothes, since temperature can’t be accurately estimated by touch only, new forehead fever temperatures have been introduced; studies indicate, however, that forehead temperature can vary by 1.5 degrees from actual body temperature. The best way to check someone’s temperature is with a rectal thermometer, but since that method is understandably unpopular, ear or mouth measurements are far more common. Just add 0.5 degrees to compensate for inaccuracy.