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.
The way temporal artery thermometers determine temperature is quite sophisticated, but essentially the reading is based on an artery that is close to the surface of the skin in the forehead. How to take an armpit temperature. Some doctors recommend taking a baby's temperature in the armpit. This is called the axillary temperature. It's easy, convenient, and safe, and all you need is a regular digital thermometer. The downside is that an armpit reading is far less accurate than other methods.