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If it's hot outside and an adult is wearing a jacket, is a rectal temperature of 100.2 in the mid afternoon a fever?
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Fever: A fever is generally accepted to be an internal temperature over 100.5, utilizing either an oral or rectal thermometer. While the ambient temperature does have an effect, the internal temperature is what matters.
Answered 10/31/2020
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