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Feel Like I Have A Fever But Temperature Is Low. How To Diagnosed This?

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Posted on Tue, 2 Apr 2013
Question: I feel the typical symptoms of a fever, but my temp is 96 degrees (yes, I took it correctly). I'm pretty confused and really not feeling well
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Answered by Dr. Sundar Gnanavel (42 minutes later)
Hello.....
Thanks for your query. Hope you had rightly positioned thermometer appropriately in oral mucosa. Sometimes it requires a time gap before the febrile process is picked up by your thermometer. Hence i would suggest you wait for a few hours before re-recording the temperature. If it is not an automatic and it is a manual thermometer, shake it a few times before re-recording the temperature. Do clarify further if required.
Regards
Dr Sundar
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Feel Like I Have A Fever But Temperature Is Low. How To Diagnosed This?

Hello.....
Thanks for your query. Hope you had rightly positioned thermometer appropriately in oral mucosa. Sometimes it requires a time gap before the febrile process is picked up by your thermometer. Hence i would suggest you wait for a few hours before re-recording the temperature. If it is not an automatic and it is a manual thermometer, shake it a few times before re-recording the temperature. Do clarify further if required.
Regards
Dr Sundar