Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 Hiya! interesting topic. i always carry glass mercury thermometers with me as many of the digital and ear thermometers do not seem accurate. More expensuiive ones seem fairly accurate but I still have my back up if I question the reading. On the vessel I am on now they have a Diatek 9000 ear thermometer. I do not find it accurate most of the time so i use my glass mercury thermometer. sometimes they are hard to come by but i find them more accurate. have a good one. Jude McGarvey West navion Drill ship off Sable, Canada > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 Steve, I guess there are two angles. One is having a piece of kit that is reasonably sturdy and accurate in a wide variety of external conditions. As Jel pointed out, the core electronics of many devices will not work in the cold. Glass may be fragile. One possibility is the use of catering thermometers with appropriate probes. The probes have awide variety of temperatures they cna operate in and the electrics are at the other end of the lead, so could be kept warm. Ross Re: thermometers Hiya! interesting topic. i always carry glass mercury thermometers with me as many of the digital and ear thermometers do not seem accurate. More expensuiive ones seem fairly accurate but I still have my back up if I question the reading. On the vessel I am on now they have a Diatek 9000 ear thermometer. I do not find it accurate most of the time so i use my glass mercury thermometer. sometimes they are hard to come by but i find them more accurate. have a good one. Jude McGarvey West navion Drill ship off Sable, Canada > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I just sent a thing on it to the neutropenia list today-several of the gals on the list were talking about it. I bought one today b/c both of ours are broken. ph hates to take his temp and bites the end of the thermometer. I will send the info I found in a minute. Walmart.com was out of stock and they sell them for $29 Walgreens.com has them for $39 Peace Be With You, Pattie Don't let your past dictate who you are now, but let it be a part of who you will become. _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of nogirlsallboys Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:52 PM Subject: Thermometers I wondered if any of you have one of the newer thermometers at home that measures the temperature of the temperal artery. It looks kind of like a wand that passes over the forhead, down the side of the face and then under and around the ear. I saw the nurses use one in the hospital last week and they were telling me that is takes something like 1000 readings per second and is supposed to be the most accurate thermometer on the market. I would love to find one, even though it looks like something that would cost my husband's annual salary. Does anyone have any connections or resources on something like this? _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 >I wondered if any of you have one of the newer thermometers at home >that measures the temperature of the temperal artery. We have one and I hate it! It's not very easy to use, if you don't hold it perfectly against the skin it will not read correctly. Our children's hospital has them too and they say if the kids have any kind of temp they go back to the oral thermometers as they seem more accurate. I wish I had just bought an ear thermometer instead. Mom to Conner (11, possible combined immune deficiency, Asperger's, mild CP, partial seizures, asthma, GERD, Hashimoto's disease and resolved adrenal insufficiency), Hayden (11, unknown PID, PDD-NOS, IBS and moderate hearing loss/aided), Evan (11, unknown PID, asthma and mild hearing loss/unaided), and Kelsey - (10, unknown PID, asthma) Please visit us at www.caringbridge.org/in/connersmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 In a message dated 3/28/2006 10:51:56 PM Central Standard Time, blessd8@... writes: > I wondered if any of you have one of the newer thermometers at home > that measures the temperature of the temperal artery Don't get me started on thermometers. I almost posted yesterday about how FRUSTRATED I am with every thermometer EVER. So I guess I'm doing that today! However, we DO have the new type, the temporal artery one, my mom got it at Wal-Mart for something like $35 I think??? So not bad at all, price-wise!!! I think I like it. I've had multiple, multiple digital ones (oral/underarm/rectal), the one with the " quick read " feature was so far off the first time it beeped, I had to leave it in place and keep turning it back one. Had 2 mercury which were so accurate but I broke them both (fun cleanup, not), 1 new type " replacement " for mercury, don't know what the material is inside and I don't yet trust the reading, two ear thermometer ones which seem to act wacky when there's any goofiness in the ear, so I can't rely on that... now the temporal one. I have practiced seriously probably 500 readings on the thing because when I first got it, I got a different # every single time I used it. Arrrrrgh. At the doc's office, the one they use, they go across the forehead, down slightly, then around and behind the ear. Mine says just to go across, down slightly and then just into the hairline and stop. Well, after wearing a path across all of our foreheads, I think I've got it down. I do it lower than the ped office one, but seems to be accurate. But then since the girls keep having these low grade fevers, I thought maybe the thermometer was wrong. Our one surviving ear thermometer was off so much I figured it needed batteries (those rotten button cell kind that are so expensive and hard to find). Mind you, I was getting a 97.9 reading on MY head with the temporal one, but I was just surprised they'd have temps and feel so GOOOD. Plus only their foreheads are warm, the rest of them is cold. So got the new batteries for the ear thermometer, stuck it in 's ear and it read " 95.1 " . SIGH> You bright, wonderful ladies are all by now wondering if there's an ear issue (wacky reading on ear thermometer), but we also have an " Ear Check " device which determines whether there is fluid behind the ear drum ($50 and well worth it), and both girls come up normal. SO I bought YET ANOTHER digital underarm/oral, I figure if I have three thermometers I ought to be able to decide on a reading? Yeah, right!!! So then in the afternoon Kate was passssssed out (she doesn't nap anymore), and I took her temp with temporal and it said 98.4. Finally! But was still over 100 last night. Still felt great. But they are both sleeping extra in the morning. Not that I mind. This morning they are both normal with at least one thermometer, so I'm going to take a day off thermometers!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! These poor children! I'll say this though. Kate will see me coming at her with *something* and tense up, probably thinking it's a comb (she has very long hair), then she'll see it's the forehead thermometer and go " Whew! " and relax, because the thing is so easy on them. (mom to , age 7, dairy intolerant-related GERD -- currently has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had transient IgG, IgA, t-cell & other defs... and also to Kate, age 3!, more dairy intolerant but very healthy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 > > I wondered if any of you have one of the newer thermometers at home > that measures the temperature of the temperal artery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ ---- I bought one a few weeks back at Wal-Mart and I love it. I would scan Jakes head and then take his temp with a traditional thermomter to see if it was accurate and it was accurate. The best part is you can take it while they are asleep! which worked out great over the weekend when he came down with a virus. I paid $34.95 and it runs off of a 9volt battery. Misty mom to Jake IGA , IGG Def IVIG 18 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks for all the feedback! Looks like the majority of you like the TAT. I will think I'll pick one up today to have on hand. The ear thermometers just don't work on my kids with all the ear issues they seem to have and the digital ones seem to take FOREVER under the arm -- my kids are too young to figure out the under-the-tongue thing. THANKS again! -Rogena (Mom to 4 boys, including Cole -IgA & IgG Subclass Def, GERD, possible Celiac) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 got a little change of events were on our secsecondtnight temp with the prednisone. and this never happened before he is getting mouth sores tonight instead o at onset. usuUsuallye pred. stops everything from happening don't know whawhat's. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Sorry about the spelling using a different comp and the spell check is weird. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I have been trying very hard to find a glass thermometer but have been told by a couple of chemists that they are no longer making them. I find this hard to believe as they are on Amazon. I was hoping not to have to order them online so would like to know...does it need to be the glass or will the digital oral one do just as well. I was assuming the glass ones would be more reliable but that may just be my own prejudice :-) I am eager to chart my temps to see how I'm doing... Cheers J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 My reading, and talking to one seller of both digital and glass, fairhavenhealth.com, has led me to conclude that glass and digital are equivalent in accuracy, as long as the digital batteries are not run down. (Glass thermometers containing mercury don't seem to be available anymore, but that is of no consequence for accuracy.) The digital ones don't need to be shaken down. Many digital models are more convenient because they will save the last reading. A basal thermometer, as opposed to a fever thermometer, will read to 2 decimal point precision, which is desirable for basal temp measurements. There's lots of info on the web about tracking basal temps; most of it is aimed at fertility management, but all the info holds for thyroid patients as well. -- In thyroid treatment , " jtweed15 " <jtweed15@...> wrote: > > I have been trying very hard to find a glass thermometer but have been told by a couple of chemists that they are no longer making them. I find this hard to believe as they are on Amazon. I was hoping not to have to order them online so would like to know...does it need to be the glass or will the digital oral one do just as well. > I was assuming the glass ones would be more reliable but that may just be my own prejudice :-) > > I am eager to chart my temps to see how I'm doing... > > Cheers > J > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 You may want to look for something at this science site...they do make glass ones still, but I don't think any of them are filled with mercury anymore. I only use a basal thermometer and I use a digital one because they are much easier and if I am carrying it around with me all day, I don't want it to break. I also change the batteries in it every 6 months. It's really your choice. It's more about using the same one everyday so the readings will be by the same thermometer. http://www.amazon.com/General-laboratory-Thermometer-Liquid---Glass/dp/B001BLMDX\ O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8 & qid=1299252760 & sr=8-2 I also suggest a blood pressure monitor. Everyone should have their own and it must be a *cuff* monitor because the wrist monitors are inaccurate. Cheers, JOT > > I have been trying very hard to find a glass thermometer but have been told by a couple of chemists that they are no longer making them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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