Rectal temperatures | In What City And Country Did …

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When I was a child and teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the USA, my pants and white briefs would be pulled down to my ankles and an adult family member, nurse, or doctor would insert a rectal thermometer in my anus to take my temperature. I have vivid memories of how cold the thermometer felt when it was inserted in my anus as well as the warmth of a hand on my bare bottom when my temperature was taken. I currently receive rectal temperature taking at home on a daily basis. I am curious as to what city and country others lived in where their temperature was taken with a rectal thermometer, at what ages they had this experience, and whether they still have a thermometer inserted in their anus for temperature taking.

Yolo

I lived not in a city, but a village in Lancashire, and later a town in Worcestershire in 1970s England, never even heard of a temperature being taken rectally until i joined this forum,

@Runner_Up after reading your post i have visions of automatic rectal temparature taking machines in the dystopian world we now find ourselves controled by

chelle300

Wichita Falls, Texas USA. Wichita General Hospital. My mom thought I had meningitis so she took me to the hospital. I was laying on my back & I saw the nurse come in shaking the thermometer & I knew exactly where it was going. I started kicking she lifted up my legs & put it in. I was trying to push it out. My mom spanked me & told me to hold still. I was 4

SubmissOne

Phoenix, AZ in the 70's and 80's. This was at home and at the pediatrician.

thedocisin

Sweden (also first enema).

medical-exam

Only ever had my temperature taken rectally by a play Dr. That was in Glasgow, Scotland