Before my mother's appointment, my sister and I got into a discussion

[conuly]

wherein she suggested that my mother would have to take off her mask to have her temperature taken and I wondered when the last time my sister saw the doctor was, because even pre-pandemic it's been ages since they took your temperature under the tongue. Before all this it was in the ear, and now - at least at the door, I don't know how they do it during the appointment - it's the forehead check.

The forehead check always makes me itchy. Or, I say itchy, but it's more like a tickle. Is that just me?

Poll #24999 Is it just me?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 70

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Does having your temperature checked with the forehead thermometer do this to you?

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Yes
4 (5.7%)

No, how could it - it doesn't touch?
50 (71.4%)

Maybe? I don't know, I haven't had my temperature taken this way
16 (22.9%)

If yes, is it itchy or tickly? Pick as many as you've experienced

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Itchy
3 (7.5%)

Tickly
4 (10.0%)

Something else
3 (7.5%)

I clicked no or maybe, but I wanted to vote
36 (90.0%)

Comments

[bibliofile]

Under the tongue is standard for my clinic, where temp & BP and weight checks are the prelude to many appointments.

[mindstalk]

Ditto, on all points. Though it's been a few years since I went in. I hadn't even heard of forehead scanners before this pandemic.