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The Medical Thermometer is a reusable diagnostic item used to measure body temperature. It is mainly helpful when you suspect fever, since an elevated reading can confirm that a survivor is dealing with a sickness-related issue.
In-game description
“Glass thermometer filled with mercury. Can be used to help with diagnosis if feeling under the weather.”
Main Uses
- Check your own body temperature
- Check another player's body temperature
- Help confirm whether a survivor has a fever
- Support sickness diagnosis and treatment decisions
- Give more direct information than guessing from animations alone
How to use this item
Check for fever
Use the Medical Thermometer on yourself or another survivor to measure body temperature and help confirm a fever.
- Put the Medical Thermometer in your hands.
- Use it on yourself or another player.
- Read the temperature result.
- If the reading is above 38.5 °C, the survivor is likely suffering from a fever.
Use it for sickness diagnosis
The thermometer is most useful when you suspect illness but want a clearer answer before using medicine.
- Check the survivor's symptoms.
- Use the thermometer to confirm whether fever is present.
- Use that result together with your other symptoms to guide treatment.
Compare with visual clues
Without a thermometer, fever can sometimes be guessed from sweating or forehead-wiping animations, but the thermometer gives a more direct reading.
View related guideHow to get Medical Thermometer
Medical notes
Risks
- • The thermometer does not cure sickness by itself
- • Relying only on symptoms without diagnosis can make treatment less clear
Related symptoms
- • Fever
- • Sickness
- • Sweating
- • Forehead wiping
Prevention tips
- • Use the thermometer when you suspect fever.
- • Combine temperature readings with other symptoms before deciding on treatment.
- • Use the DayZ Health Guide to match fever with likely sickness types.
Important notes
- A temperature reading above 38.5 °C indicates a fever.
- If a survivor has a fever, the thermometer can return a reading between 38.5 and 39.0 °C.
- If a survivor does not have a fever, it can return a reading between 36.0 and 36.5 °C.
- The Medical Thermometer is reusable.
- It helps diagnose sickness, but it does not cure it.
- It is most useful when combined with a general understanding of DayZ sickness and treatment.