If you experience a rare but serious side effects, stop taking meropenem and seek emergency medical attention or contact your doctor immediately: 1  allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives) 2  seizures; 3  severe or watery diarrhea;  a skin rash;
You can take a temperature using the mouth (oral), anus (rectal), armpit (axillary), or ear (tympanic). But the temperature readings vary depending on which one you use, and you need an accurate body temperature to determine if a fever is present.Medical research hasn't determined an exact correlation between oral, rectal, ear, armpit, and forehead temperature measurements.
Take your temperature at as close to the same time every morning as possible. Take your temperature as soon as you wake up, after a solid block of sleep, before moving around. Use an accurate thermometer (fertility/basal thermometer available at your drugstore/pharmacy).Record your temperature as soon as possible after taking it. You can take your temperature orally or vaginally, but you must be consistent throughout the cycle.ake your temperature at as close to the same time every morning as possible. Take your temperature as soon as you wake up, after a solid block of sleep, before moving around. Use an accurate thermometer (fertility/basal thermometer available at your drugstore/pharmacy).