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If you keep a rectal, temporal & oral thermometer in a room that is on the colder side, would that cause it to read your temperature as higher or lower than it actually is?

Q: if you keep a rectal, temporal & oral thermometer in a room that is on the colder side, would that cause it to read your temperature as higher or lower than it actually is?

: Where the thermometer is does not determine your temperature. Good Luck

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Dr. Harold Fields answered

Where the thermometer is does not determine your temperature. Good Luck

Answered 2/20/2022

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A member asked:

If you keep a rectal, temporal & oral thermometer in a room that is on the colder side, would that cause it to read your temperature as higher or lower than it actually is?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Harold Fields answered

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