Temperatures

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I was wrong. It looks like Dr. does temps like Dr. Rind, and not

under the arm. I swear when I ordered his books 6 years ago he did it under

the arm but will have to check my old books. Maybe he has revised his

thinking. I know Broda did it that way.

http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/HowAreTempsMeasured.htm

How are Body Temperatures Measured?

Since Dr. believes that low body temperatures cause the symptoms and

since most patients complain of symptoms they are having during the day, Dr.

recommends that the temperatures be measured during the day.

Body temperatures are normally lower in the morning, higher in the

afternoon, and lower again in the evening. So if the temperatures are low

during the day when they're supposed to be at their highest, that's better

evidence that there's a problem.

Temperature patterns are also important and illuminating. How patients feel

can be affected not only by how high or low their temperatures are but also

on how steady their temps are. This is especially important during T3

therapy. One temperature reading a day is not enough to see how widely the

temperature is fluctuating, but more than three a day can be too time

consuming.

For these reasons Dr. recommends measuring the temperatures

a.. By mouth with a thermometer

b.. Every 3 hours

c.. 3 times a day, starting 3 hours after waking

d.. For several days (not the 3 days prior to the period in women since

its higher then) for diagnosis.

e.. Every day during treatment.

Here is a convenient temperature log you can print out and use to record

your temperatures.

For each day, add the 3 temperatures together and divide by 3 to get the

average.

If your temperature consistently averages below 98.6 then you may be

suffering from 's Temperature Syndrome.

Note: Some people believe that moving the thermometer around in the mouth

very much can increase blood flow to the area and affect the temperature

reading. It seems prudent to be mindful not to move the thermometer

unnecessarily much.

http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/HowAreTempsMeasured.htm

What kind of thermometers should be used?

Digital thermometers are very fast and convenient but can easily become

inaccurate from:

a.. dropping them from 4 inches or more

b.. low batteries

c.. exposure to water or humidity

When they become inaccurate they can still give a reading, it just won't be

right. There's no way of knowing whether the reading is correct or not.

Sometimes, a digital thermometer will show one reading one minute and

another the next.

Mercury Thermometers are very consistent and they hold their readings. If

patients are too busy to read their thermometers (while driving, for

example) when it's time, they can take the thermometers out and read them

later.

Mercury thermometers can take longer (it's good to leave them in for around

7 minutes). They are also being phased out of the market because of

environmental legislation and are becoming harder and harder to find. The

concern is that when the thermometers are broken the liquid spills out and

some mercury vapor gets into the atmosphere, finding its way into the food

chain. When broken thermometers are thrown in the trash and then

incinerated, that apparently puts even more mercury into the air. One doctor

believes that some mercury can make it through the glass of intact

thermometers. She believes that some of her patients are especially

sensitive to mercury and have noticed episodes of acute depression,

headaches and malaise just from measuring their temperatures with a mercury

thermometer.

We recommend some great new Liquid metal thermometers (not mercury). We

think they're better than mercury thermometers ever were. For one thing,

they provide accurate readings in only 3 minutes!

Glass Alcohol thermometers are very consistent but frequently don't hold

their readings. They usually contain a red liquid. These thermometers are

fine as long as you read them right away.

The Big Picture

No matter what thermometer you choose, no matter how new, it may still not

be perfectly accurate. There is always some variation among thermometers,

some small, some large. The important thing is for patients to be able to

see the changes in their temperatures with proper T3 therapy. Therefore it

would make sense for patients to try to take their temperatures in the same

way each time with the same thermometer for comparison's sake. The Mercury,

Galistan, and Alcohol thermometers are especially good for this since they

are so consistent. The liquids they contain are going to expand with warming

the same way every time (make sure to shake down the Mercury and Galistan

before each use to reset them). So even if a patient has a Mercury or

Galistan or Alcohol thermometer that is a little inaccurate, at least it

will be consistently inaccurate and in that way still useful (in showing the

improvement in temperature with treatment).

By the same token, if your story is consistent with 's Temperature

Syndrome and you find your temperature is normal, by all means check it with

another two or three thermometers! Many patients have found that their

thermometers were wrong and their temperatures were low and they have

responded well to treatment. In fact, if your history is classic for WTS

your chances of having a normal temperature are only about 1 in 200. There's

a lot better chance that your thermometer is wrong than there is that your

temperature's normal.

These issues of thermometer accuracy don't come up very often but they come

up often enough that doctors and patients would be well served to know about

them. For the most part, patients are easily able to see that their

temperatures are low before treatment, that they come up with treatment, and

that their complaints begin to disappear as their temperatures improve.