Are you routinely checking your/family's temperature?

[Whathappenedtothelego]

Just wondering.

I've never checked my own temperature. I remember checking DC's once or twice when they were ill as babies, so I do have a thermometer somewhere. (Checking just confirmed that yes, they did have a temperature, so I haven't ever bothered since).

Since temperature is one of the three symptoms, are people checking routinely on otherwise well-seeming family members?

Or would you only check if your child seemed unwell and hot anyway? (In which case, it would be obvious they did have one anyway).

No would only do if one if us felt unwell
Think we would know if running a temp

What @NiceGerbil asked.

They really aren't a similar thing at all @JayDot500

@ScarMatty

My son felt very hot last night and this morning' versus, 'My son's temperature was is 40.2 last night and is the same this morning.' I know which one is more helpful to me when I'm trying to explain why I'm calling the GP/111... again.

Genuinely can't see the difference because a temp on its on really isn't a cause for concern, it's when it's linked to other things that it is.

Yeah, you're not my sons mum though, so perhaps your experiences differ from my own. Reading his temperature (and not relying on touch) means we save ourselves from a whole host of outcomes. He always looks fine and full of energy. It's tiring to even think about tbh. A thermometer is God send for our family.

Why's everyone so anti thermometers anyway? If you touch your DC's head to check their temperature, is it any different from taking a reading with a thermometer?

And if anyone has a machine to help me answer the 111 question, 'what does his breathing sound like', please help a person out.

@iVampire I really should buy one, do you use a standard mouth one? My haematologist says I'm the worst neutropenic he asked if I washed fruit and veg and I asked if sharing an apple with the horse counted. He nearly fell off his chair but he's used to me now and we compromise

@NiceGerbil

If you don't brush your teeth you get tooth and gum problems which results in a range of issues.

If you don't take your temperature every day/ 3 times a week then nothing happens.

Loads of people don't own a thermometer. You think that is the same as never brushing your teeth?

I mean you do you but trying to shame people for being completely normal is definitely, well, a bit odd!

What the hell?

Trying to shame people for blah blah... the comment I responded to said that people were making their kids paranoid because they were using thermometers... Was that not shaming people?

@QueenPaws - ordinary sublingual digital one (Boots own brand I think). I know now that my ‘normal’ temperature is at the low end of the range, but don’t expect anyone to take seriously what is ‘on the high side for me’ so am looking out for even slightly over classic normal

It looks exactly like the sort vets use rectally in small dogs

And I’m very glad that no doctor has ever asked me about my —lack of— hygiene habits at home. Then again, my meds mean normal blood counts, so shouldn’t be catching lurgies more readily (though no one knows for sure) just that it can swiftly get a bit complex if I do

@iVampire thank you I will have a look! My neutrophils sit around 0.3 without meds but I'm more prone to chest/throat stuff than stomach I don't wash fruit or veg and I cuddle the cat still
He's the loveliest consultant I've ever met

Nope, i think the one we have needs batteries, if it even still works. Havent used it since dd was a baby, she now 10

Er, no.

No, I find just touching their heads more reliable than a thermometer - I've always been able to tell if they have a fever or not since they were really tiny, now 12 and 10.

Every now and then. My temperature is usually 35.something.

Reading his temperature (and not relying on touch) means we save ourselves from a whole host of outcomes.

What outcomes has a thermometer saved you from?

No! Why would you do this? It sounds like hypochondria to me.

Is it even possible to have a fever and feel perfectly well?

Have those who take temperatures daily ever actually had a fever I wonder?

To the pp who said this sort of thing makes paranoid kids, biscuit. You must think all kids are fickle minded of using a thermometer to manage their own health triggers paranoia. Did brushing your teeth everyday make you paranoid?

A parent who takes the temperature of their otherwise perfectly well children every day, or before and after school, is neurotic in my view. A neurotic parent risks creating a neurotic child.

@Derbygerbil

To the pp who said this sort of thing makes paranoid kids, biscuit. You must think all kids are fickle minded of using a thermometer to manage their own health triggers paranoia. Did brushing your teeth everyday make you paranoid?

A parent who takes the temperature of their otherwise perfectly well children every day, or before and after school, is neurotic in my view. A neurotic parent risks creating a neurotic child.

Yeah my kid ain't neurotic thanks.

@ScarMatty

Reading his temperature (and not relying on touch) means we save ourselves from a whole host of outcomes.

What outcomes has a thermometer saved you from?

Ambulance + A&E (more than once) vs GP

I find it absolutely fascinating how much judgement is here. You people with your magic hands, clap for yourself. Well done. Amazing parenting, judging other parents.

May your non neurotic children make you proud as they climb on their high grounds and judge others. Clap for them too.

It's a flipping thermometer. You stick it in an ear of a well looking, bright eyed kid and it says 39.7. You work from home and send him into school (pre Covid).

It's a flipping thermometer. You stick it in an ear of a well looking, bright eyed kid and it reads 36.8. You send him to school.

Both take seconds.

No, not for myself. I have checked ds3 after his vaccination and Dh back in March when he had a fever.

@JayDot500

amen

@Derbygerbil

I felt perfectly well end of feb, but because of corona one morning I took my temp anyway to see, was 39... I then self isolated with my family for 2 weeks and guess what... we all got a raging temp, fatigue and cough! May have saved a few people!

No. I have one as my son has a thing for temperature spikes and always has done and it’s more to check it’s coming down again.

Taking my own daily and writing it down is a path I don’t want to go down. That just sounds unnecessary and a little obsessive. I know if I have one and I know if my son does as he’s red hot with cold hands.

Let me just also add something to you parents of non neurotic children. When you have a black child who nearly always looks well, 'looking for signs' is not as easy as staring at a white child and seeing flushed cheeks or feeling for clammy skin when for the life of me, I still don't even understand what that means. When your son always feels 'a little warm' to your own touch, how do you trust yourself and say 'no, this must be a fever.' My son doesn't think much about a few (3-4) readings in a normal week, and I don't judge others for sticking a palm on a forehead. He's an incredibly resilient and confident kid, I'm not worried.

Quit projecting your own ish onto people.

@JayDot500

Let me just also add something to you parents of non neurotic children. When you have a black child who nearly always looks well, 'looking for signs' is not as easy as staring at a white child and seeing flushed cheeks or feeling for clammy skin when for the life of me, I still don't even understand what that means. When your son always feels 'a little warm' to your own touch, how do you trust yourself and say 'no, this must be a fever.' My son doesn't think much about a few (3-4) readings in a normal week, and I don't judge others for sticking a palm on a forehead. He's an incredibly resilient and confident kid, I'm not worried.

Quit projecting your own ish onto people.

The more respond the more you do sound neurotic.

I was going for offended.

@JayDot500

I was going for offended.

Why offended? You think people who don’t take the temperature of a seemingly well person regularly are irresponsible and lax. Some people think that people who do take the temperature of a seemingly well person are neurotic. It’s a difference of opinion.