Never had A Rectal Temperature!

I'm 30 and I never had my tempertaure taken rectaly? Why is that? I have had surgeies and have gone to the Dr. many times. Is it possible that I may still get to have this done to me at my age and in 2008. It sounds like I'm missing out.

Alais

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I'm 30 and I never had my tempertaure taken rectaly? Why is that? I have had surgeies and have gone to the Dr. many times. Is it possible that I may still get to have this done to me at my age and in 2008. It sounds like I'm missing out.

Alais

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Is it possible, during surgery, they monitor your temperature with a rectal probe and you don't even know it?

What are the chances of me getting it done in 2008?

I have never had one and Id love to in a play sense, but to be honest, I think if one was taken at the real doctor, I would be very against it.

Maybe, it is the younger or middle aged ones who have never experienced the rectal thermometer. I also have never had it done by anyone, ever.

I would love to include it in my Play Doctor exam! It sounds so exciting.

Heather

Before the advent of all the new digital medical equipment, rectal temperatures were quite common. The rectal temperature is supposed to be more accurate.

Me neither - never had it done..

My doc has switched over to the ear style one, which they use even on infants (I believe they have a special one for that), and have completely eliminated rectal readings all together....

Never had one. these days, hospitals and clinics are using only ear thermometers for convenience and hygiene reasons. ear thermometer is pretty accurate and fast.

Sahara9am, your right about convenience and hygiene but there not near as much fun.

Alais, there's a good chance you probably did have your temperature taken rectally when you were still very young. Ask your mom about this if it does'nt embarrass you. Until the introduction of ear thermometers, the gold standard method for taking temperatures in children under age 7 was rectally. I am still in my early 30's and remember all to well that I hated having it done. In newborns, we still rely on the rectal method using digital or Geratherm (galinstan) thermometers because a core body temperature reading is essential in the early days of a child's life. Taking rectal temperatures in adults is very rare in clinical settings these days. There are some situations however that we do take rectal temperatures in adults. If we have a patient for instance, that has had a neck,face, or head injury or if there is inflamation near the mouth and ears (tonsil surgery or inflammation)then we take it rectally. Other reasons we usually take rectal temperatures is in the case of heat stroke or severe heat exhaustion,hypothermia,life support, or if the patient takes extended sneezing or coughing spells making it very difficult or impossible to get an oral or ear temperature reading. Yes it's embarrassing and uncomfortable,especially for children, but it's sometimes necessary. If you ever decide to start taking your temperature rectally, just be careful. If you are using a digital thermometer it only has to go in the anus an inch or less. Also,bear in mind a rectal reading will be about 1° higher (99.6°-100.4°F) than oral.

I always take a rectal temperature during my play exams. Anyone under 30 has never even heard of it, 40's and 50's are about evenly divided on wether they have had it before, and over mid 50's all remember vividly. I suspect a lot of those in their 30's and early 40's had their rectal temperature taken when they were infants, but their parents had discontinued by the time they were old enough to remember. Regardless of age, all of my "patients" love having the thermometer in their bottom!

I had it done at lest once when i was about 6. I think I had a flu or something and was alone with my dad. I was laying on my stomach, half asleep. My dad entered the room and, without saying anything, pulled down my underwear and inserted the thermometer. I hated it but I was too sick to protest.

I remember having my temperature taken rectally when I was pretty young...as soon as I could hold it under my tongue, that's how I had it done from then on.

I don't think I would like it done at all if it were something I had to have done by my real doctor - but the play doctor that I imagine would take my temperature rectally....slowly....and with a thermometer that is MUCH thicker than the one I had as a child. And I'd want it to feel so cold as it slid in, slowly.

I don't remember having mine taken rectally, although it's quite possible it was when I was very young. I do vaguely remember having what I think were suppositories inserted when I was in hospital for a tonsillectomy at age 6. Seems they did that a lot to the other little girl in the room.

Me too. I'm in my 20's and don't remember having a RT taken at all. I was a very healthy kids and rarely get sick. I would love to have one in a real doctor 's office.

There's difference in where you live. I live in Denmark, and in Scandinavia is is the absolute most common way of taking temperature. I also think it has something to do with ages. Strangely. The young ones don't take their temperature rectally, although they are very keen of anal sex - generally speaking. :-)

Allover,

I am confused. I assume English is not your native language, and that may be the reason for my confusion. You say rectal temps are most common in Scandinavia, but not among the youth. Do you mean older adults take rectal temps on themselves but not their children? Or that rectal temps are dying out with the older generation? How are temps usually taken by doctors and hospitals? In most homes in Denmark?

Nero:

Yes, I'm from Denmark. I see that rectal temperature is not as usual as it was some twenty years ago. I'm talking adults here. Of course the easiest way with children is the rectal way.

In hospitals rectal temperature is almost not existing. I think it is the influence from US that does that more people take temperature in the mouth.

Anyway. We all know that the most accurate temperature - so far - is taken rectally but in many measures you only need an indication.

To me - personally - it is not only the perfect temperature that counts - it is the act itself that counts to me. :-)

Our thermometers are in Celsius :-)

Allover,

Thanks for your reply. It is too bad Scandanavia has adopted the "American way" of taking temperatures. We Americans see ourselves as so open and sophisticated sexually but we are more uptight even than years ago regarding any procedures involving the anus or rectum. Enemas, suppositories, and rectal temps used to be common-place in homes, hospitals, and doctor's offices. Now we had rather spend much more money and buy a tympanic or termoral artery thermometer that often provides a less accurate measurement. Just so long as we don't have to deal with that "dirty orifice."

Nero:

It's not Scandinavia that has adopted the American way. It has been that way here - for as long as the thermometer has existed.

:-) - and it still is the most used method in this country privately. We would hardly do anything "the American way" if not necessary. :-)

I am 60 years old, and so was subject to rectal temperatures, suppositories and enemas. While I don't recall ever having a soapstick as a child, I saw my mother use one on my youngest brother as a baby, and it became a part of my erotic play, as have all of the above. I love having anything put into my bottom, of a reasonable size, and lying with an exposed bottom with a thermometer inserted is hot, hot, hot to me!

Here in england we dont do rectal temp taking its always under the arm or orally .

i think a lot of us over here would like to start having it rectaully taken.

but i still havent had it done yet

I heard that in Japan nearly all medicine is prescribed in suppository form.

But as for temperature checking, they rather go for ear or oral thermometers.

Has someone been there and knows more?

The best rectal thermomiter I've found was in tractor supply co. Their for livestock and alittle thicker than the ones you get at a drug store. For you first timers try vicks vapor rub rub a little around your anus and make sure to put some on the thermomiter, you'll love the warm cool feeling

I've never had my temperature taken rectally either.

Same here...I've never had my temp taken rectally.

In Brazil we mostly use to do it under arms.....even for babies.

I wonder how it is like....

I'm 22, and I'm sure I had my temperature checked rectally as an infant, but I don't remember it. I love checking others' temperature in their bottoms during play sessions, though.

Never had one before, was kinda curious bout it, but have no guts to do it myself either...

I never had my temp taken by a doctor

I was granted an exception by our pediatrician and switched to oral when I was 6. That's how my temp was taken at home by then. The year before, I had it taken rectally at our pediatrician's and as best I can recall they must have given me a shot in the rump just before my temp was taken. I do remember crying the whole time and apparently tied the sting of the needle to the thermometer.

When I was 7, I developed an ear infection and we went to see our neighborhood doctor. The nurse took my temperature rectally and since there was no shot, it didn't hurt at all. In fact, it felt great. Much to my dismay I never had another rectal temp at the doctor's again, although I often wonder if they would have taken it rectally if I had asked.