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body temperature is usually indirectly by measuring the temperature of the blood. The accuracy depends on the equipment used and the area of the body responsible for the measurement. Several factors can increase the accuracy, among them the last exercise, such as packaged (or "bundled") was a small child and also the ambient temperature.

Rectal temperature is the most accurate of the common methods, but it is not to recommend inexperienced people using this method with children. It may also be inaccurate, since rectal temperature responds slowly to rapid changes in core body temperature. For these reasons I will not dwell on this method. Children often against them.

The best way for children under three months old is probably an axillary reading. If you have a thermometer, all jobs, I would for a normal digital thermometer and the measurements to armpit and oral.

An armpit (axillary) measurement is the simplest and most familiar, but is it wrong. The measurement of the thermometer must be directly over the axillary artery, and this is not easy to reach children with the wind. If the child is older, oral measurement is simple and accurate than the armpits.

The most accurate method is through the use of a modern-tympanic thermometer measures the temperature in the ear canal. This is very close to core temperature and modern way are not affected by earwax. They are more accurate than rectal measurement, but not recommended for children under three months. But please bear in mind that a parent is not expected that an accurate measurement: just enough to decide whether to call a doctor. As I state in all temperatures of 38C (100.4F) or above these warrants.

Types of Thermometers

Glass thermometers have been largely replaced by digital and are much safer, with children and just as accurately. They are designed for specific uses, such as the tympanic, rectal and oral / axillary. If I just start a family again, I would have the cost of a drum-type, but my children are now grown, and there is no need, so I use a standard digital thermometer for oral and axillary use.

There are plastic strip or dot thermometers are available which can be addressed to the skin and change color to indicate temperature. These are very inaccurate and only useful to indicate when a child's temperature is higher than normal or not. You can specify a fever, but not what the temperature actually is. They have the same work as the "hand on the forehead."

You can also take the form of baby pacifier thermometer, or "dummies". They are also inaccurate, because they need to stay in the mouth for a certain period, as most mothers know, is just about impossible!

Of all types of thermometers on the market, the ear, or eardrum, is the most accurate. Most parents find a digital thermometer to be financially viable and capable of most parents' standards. Once a doctor was called, he will be capable of a much more accurate measurement. Their task is also to conduct the first measurement, which shows you whether you should see a doctor.

If your child is the temperature reached 38C (100.4F), you should consult a doctor. Personally, I would consult a doctor, instead of the child to the surgery because it may be people who are at special risk of illness, what your child may have. Remember that an illness is often linked to their infectious before the onset of symptoms.

How do you use a thermometer

Always read the manufacturer's instructions. It can Calibration instructions which are necessary before the first (sometimes all) use, and instruction manual. Many send a signal when the measurement is complete, and some you can store readings. Some require the prior measurement be deleted before another. In addition, there are usually special cleaning and sterilization instructions.

The instructions usually tell you if it is not to measure the temperature of a child, such as immediately after exercise, after a bath or hot or cold food or drink.

Oral readings: They measure the temperature of the blood in the lower surface of the tongue. Wait at least 15 minutes after eating and drinking, then the end of the thermometer under the tongue and ask the child to be firmly attached to the tongue and lips, but not to bite. The measurement is completed, after 3-4 minutes.

Axillary readings: Here are the measurement of blood temperature in the axillary artery. You can change the position of the artery with your fingertips. It is best to dress, then the tip of the thermometer into the artery. Fold the child's arm into the chest to the thermometer stable. Also 3 - 4 minutes should be sufficient if a digital thermometer usually beep when measurement is finished.

Rectal readings (if required): Lubricate the tip of the thermometer with a suitable lubricant. If the instructions are not to be recommended to help your pharmacist. Lie the baby face down on a suitable surface (changing table, bed or your lap with a small child), place your hand near the base of the spine so that it will still easily insert the probe about an inch in the anus (There should be no resistance - if it then quit. Try not to make the thermometer). Cup Round of the hand of the child with the thermometer down between your fingers to keep still until the reading.

Copyright 2006 Peter Nisbet

Peter Nisbet is an Honors Degree chemists who are interested in children's health issues, when his son contracted encephalitis and bacterial meningitis shortly after receiving a measles vaccination. He decided everything he can learn about childhood diseases, so that he could be more help should their children become ill again.

Http://www.childhood-diseases-online.com Its website provides information on the parents what to do in case of their child becoming ill, as well as details about the most common children's health issues.