Temperature variations

[mummytina]

I wonder if anyone can help me I've been taking my temperature for the last 10 days and its always been between 35 and 35.6 is this right for being hypothyroid or should it be higher.

Tina

[rosetrees]

That's the same as mine. So yes, I think it is a sign of thyroid problems. My temp has been that since I was a teenager. Interestingly it went up when I was on 75mg of thyroxine. Now that I've reduced to 50mg (plus adrenal support and thyroid support) it's gone down again. I'm hoping it will rise again when I increase my nutri thyroid from 1 a day.

[Marz]

....the book Stop the Thyroid Madness by Janie Bowthorpe is just one of many sources to explain the variations in temperatures.

Also drrind.com/therapies/thyroi... covers adrenal/thyroid and other related conditions.

Dr Broda Barnes was also the great authority on the Basal Temperature Test.

[shaws Administrator]

Although feeling well my temperature only occasionally goes to normal level. It is usually below 36 but this is an explanation - read the first and third question - an extract

But the patient whose basal temperature doesn’t increase with effective thyroid hormone therapy is presumably different at the genetic level. The genes that code for the temperature-regulating enzymes in the patient are less responsive to thyroid hormone. As a result, her basal temperature remains low, as yours is, despite her recovering from all other indications of hypothyroidism.

Whatever the reason for persisting low temperatures in any individual, we know such patients exist. For them, the basal body temperature is not a useful gauge of improvement from a particular dose of thyroid hormone. Because of this, we prefer to measure the resting metabolic rate, based on the patient's oxygen consumption at rest. This test is more reliable when done properly. But, of course, it isn't as accessible to patients as basal body temperature test.

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