How far do you insert your glass rectal thermometer

How far do you insert your glass rectal thermometer? Does taking your rectal temperature hurt or ok?

This is a duplicate topic.

All the way with just enough sticking out to hold it. It doesn’t hurt if you angle it right and try to feel around when pushing it deep.

Goes half way in. Never hurt at all.

Deep enough to enjoy, but not deep enough to wind up on "Sex sent me to the ER"...

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If it’s a mercury glass thermometer, usually an inch and a half or two( most are 4” in length). The insertion should be done slowly with the anus or thermometer lubricated to facilitate entry.

For me when I’ve had it taken, what I said above pretty much was the case. But I have had on two occasions, the thermometer inserted backwards! I’ve also had luckily only once, where the person taking my temperature actually caused discomfort.

Half to 3/4 length. That's how my mom did it. She wouldn't use any Vaseline. Shevwould just pull my cheecks apart and pushed it in. That way it wouldn't fall out.

Between 1/4 and 1/2 half the size of the thermometer depending on position and cooperation of the patient.

Most of it!

I use a Geratherm with the broader shoulders and insert it a bit further than where it widens. I guess that’s about 5cm. It doesn’t hurt and to my opinion shouldn’t hurt because then something goes wrong.

I often insert it as far as it goes within reason - for a digital thermometer, I like to insert it so that a bit of the wider part of the tip stretches out my bottom a bit.

For glass thermometers, I exercise caution - like others have said, I am not trying to end up ass-up in the ER! But I typically insert about halfway because it almost always slides out at least partially (maybe I'm clenching! not sure).

For the long digital probe thermometers... it depends on whether I'm on my stomach or on my back, and what is comfortable!

I still think this is a duplicate topic, but anyway here goes for a standard USA style glass thermometer about half its length that’s about 2 inches or 5 cm. 🌡️

For glass thermometers, I exercise caution - like others have said, I am not trying to end up ass-up in the ER! But I typically insert about halfway because it almost always slides out at least partially (maybe I'm clenching! not sure)

Jenatherm is quite strong. If you don't subject it to strong impact or intense pressure, it can take a lot. I'm 55 now and have been playing with the old glass thermometers since I was a child. I have never broken one when inserting it deep into my bottom (almost full length), only once when one fell to the floor.