Create a New Forum Admin Login Member Login Contribute to Voyager Search VoyForums Help Desk VoyForums Exchange VoyForums Directory/Categories VoyForums Homepage VoyForums News FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2 ]

Subject: Re: rectal temp 4 all Author: Kalib [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 01:41: am In reply to: Ted 's message, "rectal temp 4 all" on Sunday, December 06, 2020, 12:57: am No youngster's temperature should be taken in the mouth with a glass oral thermometer, if the youngster cannot be depended upon keeping the glass oral thermometer intact while placed in the mouth. By default, a five year old boy, as opposed to a five year old girl, does not have the maturity to responsibly manage a glass oral thermometer placed in his mouth and therefore be required to submit to having his temperature taken in his rear end with a glass rectal thermometer. However, there are some older boys even up to the age of ten years old that have not reached the maturity to responsibly manage a glass oral thermometer placed in the mouth and therefore such an older boy must have his temperature taken in his rear end with a glass rectal thermometer. Such an older boy that has never encountered a glass thermometer may, upon seeing his peers have a temperature taken in the mouth with a glass oral thermometer and finds out that he is about to his temperature taken in his rear end with a "glass thermometer" like a five year old boy, may express his aversion to it but will nevertheless find himself with the glass rectal thermometer being mounted in his rear end. It should be noted that taking a youngster's temperature rectally with a glass rectal thermometer is an exquisite means of capturing a temperature reading from him in that the opening of the rear end form a tight seal around the glass rectal thermometer and the lining of the rectal interior forms a tight bond to the surface of the three-sided glass structure from the silvery tip to the entry point (which he is sure to recognize its presence). The youngster also avoids the fatigue of keeping his mouth slightly open and lips sealed at the same time as well as having the silvery tip poking the tender underside of his tongue. Regardless, it cannot be expected that an older boy will never be receptive to and the embarrassment of having his "butt" with a "glass thermometer" like a five year old boy while at the same time (as might be the case) seeing his peers having a temperature taken in the mouth with a "glass thermometer". [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[> Subject: Re: rectal temp 4 all Author: Sue (UK) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, January 18, 2021, 03:50: am If I can intervene, I'm a Brit born in the '70s, and I don't believe I ever had a rectal temperature taken by a medical professional except as a baby (according to medical records). But when my mother wielded the rectal thermometer on me she was only using it to try and stimulate a bowel movement (dipped in either soap or glycerin). [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: rectal temp 4 all Author: Mike [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, February 01, 2021, 07:51: pm I’m from a small town in the USA (Kentucky) we had two pediatricians in the same office. They seen patients from newborn to 17. And then the 70s and early 80s I can remember they only use glass thermometers I remember The nurse will call you back. Get your weight your height then She will take you into a room tell you to remove your clothes and you could leave your shirt and underwear most of the time your socks on so basically just remove your pants. She would talk to mom And write in the chart and then when you were finished undressing she would take your blood pressure and then tell you to lay on your stomach so that she could take your temperature I remember she would walk to the counter take out the thermometer shake it down walk over lower your underwear Slide the thermometer into Bottom and hold it in place for what seemed like an eternity [ Post a Reply to This Message ]