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Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. [1] Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), chills, lower abdominal pain, and possibly bad-smelling vaginal discharge . [ 1 ]
The temperature reading depends on which part of the body is being measured. The typical daytime temperatures among healthy adults are as follows: Temperature in the rectum (rectal), vagina, or in the ear (tympanic) is about 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) [20] [medical citation needed] Temperature in the mouth (oral) is about 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) [12]
The baby's father or other support person may also choose to hold the baby SSC until the mother recovers from the anaesthetic. [ 72 ] The WHO suggests that any initial observations of the infant can be done while the infant remains close to the mother, saying that even a brief separation before the baby has had its first feed can disturb the ...
Rheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory disease that can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. [1] The disease typically develops two to four weeks after a streptococcal throat infection . [ 2 ]
Satellite measurements of the surface temperature of Antarctica, taken between 1982 and 2013, found a coldest temperature of −93.2 °C (−135.8 °F) on 10 August 2010, at Although this is not comparable to an air temperature, it is believed that the air temperature at this location would have been lower than the official record lowest air ...
Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F), with changes ranging from 1.1 to 2.3 °C (2.0 to 4.1 °F) in various regions, since 1948. [4] The rate of warming has been higher across the North and in the Prairies. [ 4 ]
The flash point of a material is the "lowest liquid temperature at which, under certain standardized conditions, a liquid gives off vapours in a quantity such as to be capable of forming an ignitable vapour/air mixture". [1] The flash point is sometimes confused with the autoignition temperature, the temperature that causes spontaneous ignition.
Absolute temperature ranges for Northern Ireland; Month Maximum temperatures Minimum temperatures Temperature Location County Date (day/year) Temperature Location County Date (day/year) January 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) Knockarevan: Fermanagh: 26/2003 −17.5 °C (0.5 °F) Magherally: Down 1/1979 February 17.8 °C (64.0 °F) Bryansford: Down: 13/1998