My temperature is 95. WTF?!
Question: I havent drank or eaten anything in at least 3 hours (been in class). I checked it multiple times. I had my girlfriend test the thermometer and hers registered as 98.5. My throat feels scratchy and stuffed, but I'm not sneezying of coughing. Should I get a DR. apointment? Someone at work had the flu.
I've definately heard of a fever, but nut a...whatever you would call this. any ideas?
Answers: I havent drank or eaten anything in at least 3 hours (been in class). I checked it multiple times. I had my girlfriend test the thermometer and hers registered as 98.5. My throat feels scratchy and stuffed, but I'm not sneezying of coughing. Should I get a DR. apointment? Someone at work had the flu.
I've definately heard of a fever, but nut a...whatever you would call this. any ideas?
You may not have had it under your tongue. That temperature by itself would be no reason to see a doctor.
Not in the middle. The tip of the thermometer should be toward the back and under the tongue. I am trying to find a picture.
Notice the check marks in the picture. This is from BD brand, but the rule is the same for all thermometers.
I am a RN.
Is your normal tempature 98? It could be that your normal temp is 95 and you just don't have a fever. My normal is 96, and my boyfriends is 102. It can be very different for different people.
And are you sure you're leaving the thermometer in long enough, and is it in the right spot? It should be under your tongue as far as it will go.
It shouldn't be in the middle.. try doing it off to one side or the other and see what it reads then.
Chronic Lymies often run a low body temp - that's one reason we have trouble fighting it and it becomes chronic.
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