Doctors and Temperature

[Mytical]

*sighs* I get sick of explaining to doctors (the rare times I go) that I don't have a fever. Despite the fact that my temperature is 99.5, it is NOT abnormal..for me. Maybe a bit low, but by like a few . degrees. You would figure that as professionals they would know that not everybody is the average of 98.6. Last time I went for a broken finger. Yet I had to have a cold or such because I was 'running a fever'. No..no I am not. Every time my temperature is taken it is that temperature give or take. Every. Last. Single. Time. When I am 98.6 yeah .. I am sick. If I am over 100, good chance I am sick. 99 ish? No. NOT. A. FEVER.

[Eisa]

Oh, that has to suck.

I don't have that problem, though, as 99 IS a fever for me. I do, however, sometimes have a problem where I have to explain that, yes I only have a fever of 99 now but it's still a problem as my fevers tend to skyrocket from 99 to like 102 within a couple hours. No one seems to believe me on that.

[Andara Bledin]

I'm on the opposite side of that from you.

It used to be that to get up to 98.6°, I'd have to have a fever. But trying to explain to the nurses at school that my "normal" temperature was 97.4° and that what they were expecting to see was actually a fever was an exercise in futility.

^-.-^

[Ipecac Drano]

I have an average temperature lower than 98.6. Whenever I have a different doctor or nurse take my temp and they ask how I am feeling, I tell them that I feel fine and they drop it. No inconvenience to me.

[linguist]

I'm on the opposite side of that from you.

It used to be that to get up to 98.6°, I'd have to have a fever. But trying to explain to the nurses at school that my "normal" temperature was 97.4° and that what they were expecting to see was actually a fever was an exercise in futility.

^-.-^

i have that issue, too. my base body temp is usually around 96.7, so "normal" is a fever for me. also, my normal blood pressure usually runs 105/60, or somewhere thereabouts, so when i'm reading 120/80 that's high. fortunately i have a really great doctor who i've been seeing for quite some time, so she understands this.

[Greenday]

Well, if you have a temp above 99, that points to a fever. Fever points to an infection. If you have an infection and they don't try to do anything about it, it could come back to screw them over.

It's a cover your ass type of thing.

[Kimmik]

I run 97.7 if I go up past 98.7 I am running a small fever and if I hit triple digits it is not good.
Linguist I run 118/68-70 and I have had doc's think that is not right because I am fat

[Boozy]

Have all of you had your thyroids checked? Persistently high or low temperatures can be a warning sign of thyroid disfunction.

[IDrinkaRum]

I run 97.7 if I go up past 98.7 I am running a small fever and if I hit triple digits it is not good.
Linguist I run 118/68-70 and I have had doc's think that is not right because I am fat

My husband is the same way. He has a "low" blood presure reading. No matter what he weighs. Either at his current weight (around 315) or at his highest (486). It's alwasy around 100-115/68.

And his cholesterol is low. Low, low, low! But I think that's genetic. His mother's father was the same way.

Oh well, what can you do?

[Kimmik]

Have all of you had your thyroids checked? Persistently high or low temperatures can be a warning sign of thyroid disfunction.

thanks for the concern hun. I have had tests and yes my Thyroid is fine. I have always been this way.. I also can not handle temperatures in the triple digits. Which is one reason I left Cali. Being cold is one of the ways that my husband figured out something was wrong... my hospital room was cranked to 80 and I was under 5 blankets and still cold. The nurse didnt want to believe him till he pissed her off enough and she took my temp. I think it was over 103... and all my vitals were dropping.

More doctors need to learn that we know our bodies... and while yes I dont have medical training I know when something is not right.

[telecom_goddess]

Have all of you had your thyroids checked? Persistently high or low temperatures can be a warning sign of thyroid disfunction.

ME ME ME...I have. And it's fine. I think I run a little low on temp also....and I already know my blood pressure is on the higher end of normal. Didn't used to be that way.

[Ipecac Drano]

Have all of you had your thyroids checked? Persistently high or low temperatures can be a warning sign of thyroid disfunction.

I had it checked for another reason, and it checked out A-OK.

[wraiths_crono]

I hear ya on that, my normal temp is 99.0 (give take a .1) always hearing i must be sick or something. PITA it can be.

[Mytical]

My skin is even hot to the touch most times, but besides fatigued I feel fine. I am like a portable heater. Hehe. I will have to get my thyroid checked, when and if I can ever afford to do so.