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Most doctors ask for an anal probe temp for newborns before they ask you to bring them in. The armpit method gets significantly harder when they get older, more
by syntaxing 3y ago
Most doctors ask for an anal probe temp for newborns before they ask you to bring them in. The armpit method gets significantly harder when they get older, more clothes, fussy, etc. I got a Braun Thermoscan 7 and it’s worth every penny. Makes it super straight forward to get an accurate temp when they’re sleeping. Also since it has a disposable sleeve, you don’t have to wash the thermometer after every use like under the tongue. You can keep using the same one the whole length of the sickness.
- Waterluvian 3y agoI asked my doctor about this when our first was born. He said it’s a baby not a soufflé. An approximate temperature is all we need to get a sense of the general trend of a fever. Our cheap Braun ear thermometer has been wonderful even if it’s not super precise. Sometimes I think there’s a ton of theatre in modern medicine.
- 111111IIIIIII 3y ago> Sometimes I think there’s a ton of theatre in modern medicine. It's a free market, baby!
- paxys 3y agoIf you have to take temperature several times over a week of moderate illness, an approximate measure is enough. When your baby has 104F temperature in the middle of the night and you are deciding whether to take them to the ER or not, that's when you wish you had forked over for a more expensive and accurate model.
- Waterluvian 3y agoIf you’re on that precipice, you should just be going.
- ceejayoz 3y agoERs have their own risks, particularly catching something new. We tried our best to keep our 26 weekers out of it as much as possible, as even a cold was pretty disastrous in the first couple of years.
- Waterluvian 3y agoI doubt the data supports this mindset (unless there’s some specific pre-existing issue that puts someone at elevated risk). Everyone makes their own choices in trying to be the best parents they can be, and I respect that. I just don’t think “expensive anal thermometer to protect kids from dangerous hospitals” passes the sniff test for me. I’ll stick with my Ivermectin and Q-ring bracelet.
- sunnybeetroot 3y agoAssuming you were talking about a Q Ray bracelet, there doesn’t appear to be evidence of it working: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/200911/does-the-q-ray-bracelet-really-work https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/20...
- ceejayoz 3y ago> I doubt the data supports this mindset Doubt all you like, it's a thing. "In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that roughly 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections, from all types of microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi combined, cause or contribute to 99,000 deaths each year." ERs are dirty, busy places filled with pathogens. It's not uncommon to share the waiting room or a semi-private room with other patients with unknown conditions throwing up or coughing, with the resulting droplets/areosols in the shared air. Even before COVID, going to one when it's a borderline situation requires a bit of calculus, especially if you're medically complex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital-acquired_infection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital-acquired_infection > unless there’s some specific pre-existing issue That'd be the 26 weeker thing I mentioned, yes.
- justusthane 3y agoYour comment reads like you’re talking about an anal thermometer, and I was wondering how in the world that doesn’t wake up a sleeping baby. It looks like the Thermoscan 7 is an ear thermometer though, which makes a lot more sense!
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoIt’s got disposable tips and you are only assuming he is indeed using it in ear! I have the same one. I do now wonder if it would work, but I’m not going to try it. I am pretty skeptical how often it comes back at 98.6 vs 98.5 or 98.7, they have a deadband in there I think.
- bigmattystyles 3y agoIs it anal or rectal? I’d always heard the latter.