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A 33-year-old female 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?

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Dr. Harold Fieldsanswered

Family Medicine 63 years experience

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

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Answered Feb 20, 2022

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Several ago I started taking my body temperature each day. I've noticed it is always low, varying between 96.2 and 97.8. Most of the time it is below 97. Is this a cause for concern? I've used several thermometers to confirm the reading.

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Good morning doctors. Is your temperature different (lower) when it is taken from a forehead scanner or from your inside wrist rather than from an oral thermometer?

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My temperature was taken this morning with two thermometers which both read 34.4 my temperature is normally below 36 I normally sweat a lot I don't get as cold as my family sometimes I wake up sweating I use epitec, serlife and zoxadon?

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A 33-year-old female asked:

If a thermometer is stored in a room that is colder than the rest of the house, would that affect a body temp reading because the thermometer would be on the cooler side?

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How many degrees higher is a rectal thermometer than an oral one?

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