How do I get my temp taken from a medical professional?

I want like to get a rectal temp from by a doctor.

What must I do that my doctor say he want check temp on this way?

Some doctors do it and some dosn't. You can try to ask. Just say that you always have had it done rectally. There is nothing wrong with having it done that way.

I agree, just ask, never hurts to ask.

Do you mean you want a rectal temp done at the doctor's office or that specifically you want it done by the doctor rather than the nurse? How old are you? Assuming you are an adult and you just want a RT done at the office, the task is not going to be easy, but it will be even harder if you want the doctor to do it.

When the options were oral vs rectal, the task was not so hard. You could say any of the following: (1) I can't breathe through my nose, (2) I have just drunk a hot or cold drink, (3) I gag with an oral thermometer, (4) They have never been able to get an accurate reading on me with an oral thermometer, (5) I can't stop coughing (cough, cough), or (6) I can't believe that is accurate; I am sure I have a fever. I am having chills, etc

Today these arguments may not help due to the existence of ear, forehead, and temporal artery thermometers. First check out the options available at the office. Some doctors may no longer even have a rectal thermometer, glass or digital. Go in, perhaps with a "sick" friend, and look for a digital thermometer with a red probe, or, if really lucky a glass thermometer with red top. Find out what their usual method is (oral or ear or some even newer gadget). Avoid offices where the doctor seems invested in the latest high-tech equipment. Your best bet is an older doctor who has been in practice for years (and may still have some mercury thermometers and may still beleive in their accuracy), who sees kids as well as adults, who is more interested in accuracy than saving a couple minutes with an expensive high-tech gadget, and does not have a high volume practice. It might help to pick one with older nurses who may appreciate the value of a RT and were trained to use one. Good luck.

Some very good suggestions it must be hard especially now with the ear thermoters

How would I get a nurse to take my temp rectally in a doctor's office?

Try asking; they may look at you strangely but reassure them its more accurate 😁

I confessed to a friend nurse who works for my Dr that I liked having a rectal temperature done. She noted this fact on my file without my knowledge. On my next visit the Dr took my temperature rectally. It was a great surprise. It does help prepare for the rect/vag and anal exam.

Do you have a male or a female doctor? Did he or she say anything before the temp? Does the doctor usually take your temp rather than the nurse? Is this a Gyn or a family doctor?

I want to know too. How can I get the doc to take my RT? My doc is very handsome and I've fantasy every night wishing he'll take my RT.

Kaleidoscope,

Assuming this is a legitimate question and you are not just stating a fantasy wish, you face three problems. First, does the office even have a rectal thermometer? (which is getting less and less likely) If not, you are out of luck before you start. Second, does the doctor ever take any kind of temps, or does he always leave it to the nurse? Again, if he never does temps himself, you are out of luck. Third, if he has access to a rectal thermometer and sometimes takes temps himself, then you still have to pursuade him to take yours that way. You can plead mouth-breathing, severe gagging, a constant cough, or go in drinking a large Coke and hope he doesn't pull out an ear thermometer. Bottom line though, the best you can hope for is probably a rectal exam. (asuming your "hot" doctor is not an opthalmologist or ENT.

Lisa, how was it when your doctor told you for the first time that he would take your temp rectally?

Were you surprised? Did you oppose or did you just do how you were told?

You are really lucky... I think I would also like that!

I would love to ask..butt i am afraid of being asked to leave or committed to an asylum.

Saw a tip somewhere on the net that you maybe wanna try.

When the nurse tell you that it's time to take your temperature, without saying anything, just begin to take your pants and/or shorts off. Then if she's looking like "okay, if that's what you want..." then it's fine, but if she tells you she thought of taking it say orally, just tell her that you prefer it done rectally and would be very happy if she did it to you.

Princess,

First, your best bet is to find an older doctor with a small solo practice that is not invested in the latest high-tech gadgets and where kids are also seen. Then look around. If you hit the jackpot, you may still see glass thermometers, or at least a digital with red top or red cable. Then let them check it orally and when it comes out normal, say you really feel you have a fever and have always heard rectal was the most accurate, would they mind checking it that way? It is an innocent request that costs them only a couple of minutes to satisfy a patient. Doctors today are afraid of missing something (what if you really did have a fever?) They should be willing to accommodate you(if they have a rectal thermometer available). If not, you have expressed only concern about accuracy when it comes to your health and stated a well-known fact (rectal has always been the gold standard). If they argue with you, then drop it.

Ah I forgot the blue and red digital thermometer. I believe they are still very common in may of the hospital practices while mercury thermometers are headed for extinction.

Ahhh yes.. then there is the pressing question.. what if i become too aroused? i believe if this wonderful event should indeed happen.. i would explode with pleasure.

Rectal temps from doctors are extinct. The best bet is to find a medfet doctor in this forum and enlist them.

I agree. Just ask but act serious and professional, drop your pants and see what happens. Every now and then, my dr asks if I want to switch and my answer is always no

In a hospital it would be the nurse..

Never had it done by a doctor, they usually ask parents to take their kids temps before their examination...(in fact they commonly already ask if there is a fever(and what the temp is) when you make an appointment)

I´ts more common to being taken by parents, i think

Lol i guess this situation is tough, unless you know the nurse i wouldn't recommend asking for a rectal temperature measurement. I mean at least I won't ask for that.

The good thing is that you can always do it at home.

While mercury thermometers are now "extinct," glass thermometers still survive. They mostly use an alcohol-based fluid instead of mercury.

Also, digital thermometers can be used either orally or rectally. Just remember to put the probe cover on. (Sometimes there are "red' and "blue' probe covers, but usually just the one.) There are also red and blue probes.

As I have lamented before, I haven't had a rectal temp taken, (except for when I take my own) for years. In the Navy, we only used them in kids, patients who have had oral surgery, etc, and cases of heat or cold injury, where an accurate core temp is essential.(Occasionally, if we got an abnormal oral temp, and found the patient had just had something hot or cold to drink, we'd do the RT for accuracy sake) As for the VA, there's just no way.

Pity, I actually prefer them. I have a small mouth, slightly triangular upper jaw, sensitive teeth, and a deviated septum which forces me to be a mouth-breather most of the time. Even so, the VA just doesn't do RT's without a direct doctor's order.

Please engage your playdocs to take your rectal temps and other fantasy procedures you would like performed.

REAL doctors have enough to do without having them play your games in doing rectal temperatures.

Besides, someone has to PAY for your games, and if YOU are not paying for your doctors visits "out of pocket," quite honestly, I don't want it to be me via my insurance premiums.

My only true life experience with a rectal temp was when I was 19 and taken to a hospital after a motorcycle accident.

They wanted me to spend the night. Every hour or so a nurse would come in and take my temp. The older nurses would take it orally. But for a few hours from midnight until 5am two younger nurses would come in and take my temp rectally, gown up underwear down or sometimes off lying on my side. At times during the night the two nurses would change and do the same thing, most likely their friends taking turns on me.

At the time I did not enjoy it because I was in so much pain, but I know that the midnight to 5am shifts was enjoying it.

Switchable susie is right come on people there is a time and place for fantasy and a real doctors office aint it besides i doubt you will a doctor these days who even has a rectal thermometer

This thread got me curious so i got out my phone and the medical doctor book my insurance company gave me and picked about 50 doctors numbers a combination of small offices and larger clinics both male an female doctors and called to make a appt and inquired about a rectal tempature and amazingly out of 50 i found 21 who do have rectal thermometers and would agree to my request the key is speaking to the nurse not the recptionist and explain your reasons oif more accuracy etc

Really wish there was a list of doctor's offices/clinics where rts are still done.😢

My female friend once had to be hospitalized. Before she was admitted, they did a full body exam on her, to make sure there were no more problems with her, all this in front of her mother and sister, who were accompanying her. For this they had a male doctor, who did most of the exam. Near the end of it, they had to take her temperature, for which the doctor had a male nurse do it. She was then told to lie down on her stomach, the nurse then lifted the gown (which she was given when she entered), and proceeded to insert the thermometer.

Some minutes later, the doctor returned, and asked the nurse to remove the thermometer, and then read the temperature. After this exam she was admitted into the hospital.

Est,

How old was your friend at the time, and how did she feel about this?