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Date Posted: 07:23:52 02/14/25 Fri
Author: Knut Holt
Subject: Re: Taking a younster's temperature with a glass (mercury-fill) thermometer
In reply to: Parket 's message, "Taking a younster's temperature with a glass (mercury-fill) thermometer" on 21:52:45 02/12/25 Wed

Glass thermometers are totally obsolete nowadays. But there exist digital thermometers suited for measurement in the rectal opening, both for houme use and use by doctors

One type has a soft tip. Another type has a long stiff tip ending in a smaall ball or bulb.These can be inserted further inside for more exact measurements.

I know that doctors in many places still takes the temp in the rectal opening.

This practice has actually increased in the recent years.

The reason seems partly to be accuracy, but also it looks like the doctors take the opportunity to check if there are symptoms of sexual abuse that heshe will report further to authorities surveiling the polulation secretly.

But they use digital thermometers nowadays, often the thermometers with a long tip ending in a small ball.

An althernative is use of thermometer with the tip cowered by a thick disposable hud.

Sick youngsters in hospitals will often have a catheter inserted through the urethra into the bladder. Sometimes one uses cathters with inbulilt theperature measurement.

Sick youngsters in hospitals will also sometimes have a sond for measurement of temperature and bowel activity permanently inserted into their rectum.

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