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A 60-year-old male asked:

Good morning doctors. is a forehead scanner temperature of 96 degrees fahrenheit low or not for a 60 year old male with no symptoms per se but with high blood pressure controlled and with stents?

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Dr. Donald Colantino
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Normal: Although 98.6 is most often thought to be the average normal body temperature most healthy people have much lower baseline temperatures like yours.
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