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.
Oral (by mouth) is the most common method of taking a temperature. For you to get an accurate reading, the person must be able to breathe through his or her nose. If this is not possible, use the rectum, ear, or armpit to take the temperature. 1  Place the thermometer under the tongue, just to one side of the centre. fever may occur as a reaction to: 1  Infection. 2  This is the most common cause of a fever. 3  Infections may affect the whole body or one body part. 4  Medicines. 5  These include antibiotics, narcotics, antihistamines, and many others. 6  This is called a drug fever.. 7  Medicines like antibiotics raise the body temperature directly.