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Patients close their mouth when taking their temperature primarily to ensure an accurate reading. Closing the mouth helps to create a stable environment for the thermometer, preventing external air from affecting the measurement. Additionally, it minimizes movement and allows for a consistent and reliable temperature reading when using oral thermometers.
What else can I help you with?
List three contraindications for oral temperature measurement?
Contraindications for oral temperature measurement include recent ingestion of hot or cold beverages, respiratory conditions affecting the mouth, and patients who are unable to close their mouths properly.
How should you check your temperature?
Put a thermometer under your tongue and close your mouth tightly.
Can basking sharks close their mouth?
It is taking in plankton for food or water for air in its gills
What individuals are vulnerable to infection from candidiasis?
Candida may cause mouth infections in people with reduced immune function, or in patients taking certain antibiotics.
How should the thermometer be inserted when taking a oral temperature using an electronic thermometer?
under the tongue to the side of the mouth
How should a thermometer be inserted when taking an oral temperature when using an electronic thermometer?
under the tongue to the side of the mouth
Where other than the mouth can temperature be obtained from?
Axilla (The Armpit)Rectal (Anus)Tympanic (Ear)Be mindful of taking someones temperature where there is an infection.E.g.: Ear infection, Diarrhoea
What are three ways of taking a vital temperature?
Three ways of taking a vital temperature are using a digital thermometer orally, using a tympanic thermometer in the ear, or using a temporal artery thermometer on the forehead.
Why patient cannot close mouth on saliva ejector?
Saliva ejectors use a low pressure suction. If the patient closes on the suction, there may be enough back pressure to allow fluid to travel from the dental line into the patients mouth. Fluid from the dental line is potentially contaminated with biofilms as well as the saliva from other patients
Why the thermometer is kept under the tongue while taking temperature?
The mouth is a convenient and reliable site for checking body temperature because it is easily accessible and close to the body's core. Placing the thermometer under the tongue allows it to accurately measure the core body temperature, which reflects the body's overall temperature more accurately than other sites such as the armpit.
Which muscle of the mouth does not close the mouth?
masseter
Who are the patients who need frequent mouth care?
Patients who are bedridden, have difficulty swallowing, breathe through their mouth, or have dry mouth due to medications may need frequent mouth care to prevent oral health issues like cavities or infections. Additionally, patients undergoing cancer treatment or with conditions that weaken the immune system may benefit from frequent mouth care to prevent complications.
