Ear Thermometer Baby

Types of ear thermometer baby

Ear thermometer baby are found in many varieties ranging from the old additions to the latest technology driven ones. In old days people were not well aware of the ear thermometer baby and they use old fashioned thermometers which require your baby to remain still for few minutes and in situations when your baby is ill, it can become a daunting task to keep your baby in one position especially when he/she is crying with high fever.

An ear thermometer baby is used to measure the temperature of the baby or even an adult by putting the thermometer in its ear.
How does an ear thermometer baby works?

Well if you are not aware to how to use an ear thermometer baby, you need to learn about it before making use of it so that it might not harm your baby. The ear thermometer baby is inserted in the ear of the baby and the button is pressed on. After few seconds a sound of beep comes from the ear thermometer baby to ensure you that now you can remove the ear thermometer baby from the ear of the baby. You need to repeat this act for twice or thrice in order to verify that the readings are correct. There are few ear thermometer babies which can store up to eight readings in their memory so that you can recheck the readings again after sometime if you forget.

Well telling you one thing more the ear thermometer baby can give varied readings if taken from both ears as a reading of one ear can vary from the other. And you need to use it accurate as prescribed in order to get the exact readings of the temperature of your baby.
Drawbacks of ear thermometer baby

Well there are some drawbacks related to ear thermometer baby. Like it requires you to take readings from two to three times. An ear thermometer baby is quite expensive and its reading is altered if ear wax is present. An ear thermometer baby does not gives you the exact temperature in fact its readings always vary from two three points. An ear thermometer baby gives a false reading if the patient is suffering from ear infection. Thus the usage of ear thermometer baby is little bit risky especially when used for babies as parents are always conscious towards the baby’s treatment and health conditions