Just thought I'd throw out a topic to see what responses other folk have had to - ITP and feeling the cold.
Is it just me or do other ITP folk feel the cold when most other people don't ?
I'd be interested to see what others think about it. Please do let us all know.
I've lived with ITP for 15 years now and I am always colder than an Eskimo's igloo !
Hi, I have always got really cold hands and feet when the temperature drops but that could just be me.
I’m afraid I’m the opposite - My hands are always warm, no gloves in winter, thinner coats than my friends. Not sure whether this may be a ‘woman’ thing (although I am well into my late 60’s) Interesting to see other reactions to this.
I dont know anyone that feels the cold as much as I do. I am sensitive to the heat and the cold equally. But with the cold you can add layers. When it's hot, I just stay inside. My house is very warm in the winter with the heating on high.
Always cold here. I've had ITP a few years now and on Promacta. I am always cold and wondered if it was the ITP or just me.
Yes as soon as the weather changes to winter my hands go dead without gloves,. I am usually a lot colder than my husband and friends. I still use my winter duvet in summer! But i also cannot cope with really hot weather either
My hands are permanently cold, necessitating gloves outdoors nine months of the year, and wrist warmers indoors/ in bed almost all year.
I also wear bedsocks almost all year (oh, the glamour!).
When sitting to read or watch television, I hold a hot water bottle on/under/between my knees (depending on which areas feel coldest).
Like other commenters, I also find hot days very trying (despite being many years post menopause!).
I have nice cashmere bed socks...
Yes I definitely feel the cold more than others
I am usually cold. My hands are always cold no matter what. I use to not be that way at all. But I have noticed when my count goes down the colder I feel
Yep, I feel the cold, but at the moment that is balanced by hot flushes and night sweats, due to the menopause. I have lovely collection of wristwarmers, bed socks, thermals, and thick socks.
It's my fingers and feet mainly, and my fingers are sometimes so painful when it's cold that I cry when they catch on something. Now I'm back in the UK where it is warmer and damper than where I was in Belgium, my hands may improve.
I’m always cold. Feel like I’ve been in a refrigerator. Wear socks to bed even on the hottest days. Also sensitive to heat. Fingers and hands cannot handle hot items.
i m the same as most people here always cold feet and hands gloves or thick socks make no difference
Hi, I also suffer badly from feeling cold, mainly my feet. Even in the height of our warmest weather my feet will feel frozen. I wear trainers all year round - flip flops or sandles to wear would be a dream for me. I also sometime get what I can only explain as a cold fit late at night. I get progressively colder to the point of physically shivering, and it's awful, I have to put on several layers of clothes, dressing gown, and cover myself under a blanket to get back to warm. I explain it to people as my bones feel cold. Does anyone else experience this?
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