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Can you use a baby thermometer on a 10-13 year old boy/girl?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    i still use my sister's thermometer from when she was a baby. And I'm way past 13 years old.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    If you have no choice, there wouldn't be any harm. But if you can, you really should use a thermometer designed for 10-13 year olds.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes you can, baby thermometers are smaller and normally are made better due to the end user being an infant.

  • 1 decade ago

    depends on what kind of thermometer it is.. if it is an anal thermometer, i doubt you will want to! they all work the same so it is safe to use for someone other than a baby

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  • 1 decade ago

    it really depends on exactly what type of thermometer it is. A tympanic (ear) tharmometer should be okay, but an oral or rectal thermometer will likely be small and uncomfortable.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, all thermometers are basically the same, and ones for babies are just sometimes smaller, softer, or packaged for that purpose, but they will work on anyone :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes but why? They are old enough to hold it in their mouth. They do even have ones for the ear now also.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes of course you can all are the same-temps do not change with age it is all 98.6 across the board

    Source(s): Nurse
  • 1 decade ago

    I see no reason why not.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sure, why not?

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