If you feel feverish, why can't you take your own temperature with your hand?

You cannot take your own temperature with your hand when feverish because your hand will be as hot as your body.

  When your feel feverish you will most likely run a high temperature and your hand been part of your body will also experience a high temperature. when you use your hand you wouldn't feel the difference in temperature.

  The best tool to use when taking your own temperature is a thermometer because it is used to measure the degree of hotness or coldness of a body.

Hence we can conclude that you cannot take your own temperature with your hand when feverish because your hand will be as hot as your body.

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