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Health Tip: Taking Your Child’s Temperature (HealthDay)

March 31, 2007 By Deborah

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I often see parents come into the clinic with their sick child who has a fever. When I ask them what their child’s temperature is and how they took it I get many different answers. Some parents say they don’t have a thermometer or it broke and their child feels warm.
Other parents will use a digital thermometer under the arm of an infant, or an ear thermometer that is not accurate because it’s too old and is registering a fever for healthy family members.
It is important to take a temperature properly. It helps the practitioner with a diagnosis, especially if a fever has changed.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — If your child appears sick and might be
running a fever, it’s important to take his temperature properly….

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Debbie is a board certified family nurse practitioner with an emphasis on women's health. During the past 22 years she has worked in women's health and family practice with a focus on the integration of conventional and alternative therapies.

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