I know my thermostat is broken but....

[beaton]

I know body temps. are a thyroid issue but is there a solution. My usual temp. is 35.5-36.0 and I can live with that. It's more stable now I am T3 only.

The trouble was last week,my g.daughter was recovering from a throat infection. She was fine,just a bit of a cough. Three days later I went down with it. Not like most people,feeling ill. I just started to shiver and my teeth were chattering.I could barely make it up to bed.Wrapped in extra blankets it took three hours for my feet to get warm. By then I was starting to get hot,so hot that at midnight I was stood by the back door trying to cool down.I managed a few hours sleep and when I woke up I felt fine.

I know you have to sweat these things out but why the teeth chattering cold???

[Clutter]

That's the way it goes with feverish symptoms, shivers and sweats. Isn't just a thyroid thing, Browny. I'm so sorry, Beaton, not Browny.

[Jackie]

Hi My temp is never more that 35.0 if hypo or hyper. Always been so.

Jackie

[silverfox7]

I was on a cruise in the med a few weeks back fighting off a cough, I failed but I woke in the night shivering so reached for my thermometer, 34.8, horrible isn't it. I put my fleece on and thankfully started to warm a little!

[beaton in reply to silverfox7]

Hi Silverfox,Night shivers or day come to that are awful. 34.5-34.8 are the sort of temperatures I get during these episodes or during the winter. Any lower and I think it would be a hospital job.x

[lola1956 in reply to beaton]

Yes I can very often be at 34.2 and I think .much lower and I will need to go to hospital. Would I be right what would they do if it was getting so low?

[silverfox7 in reply to beaton]

Sometimes wonder if I've got my wires crossed!

[beaton in reply to silverfox7]

Which wires would they be??

[silverfox7 in reply to beaton]

Sometimes I'm hot when others are cool and vice versa to I think my body had been wired up wrong metaphorically saying!

[beaton in reply to silverfox7]

Yes Silverfox,I know what you mean.xx

[Hidden]

Often with a really high temperature you can feel freezing cold. This is quite common. It can sometimes help to cool yourself down even though you already feel freezing as this lowers the temperature and can stop the shivers

[beaton in reply to Hidden]

I can understand that the body keeps the organs warm at the expense of the body but when the thermometer reads low as well it makes you wonder.x

[beaton]

Thanks for that Reallyfedup Which do you think are best Liquorice root tabs or capsules or is there a better way?

[beaton]

Thanks Reallyfedup. xx

[beaton]

I've never had that,I'm either cold or hot,both seem to come on suddenly.x

[Inna]

What was your temp. while "teeth were chattering". Did your fingernails get this whitish-bluish color?

[beaton in reply to Inna]

Hi Inna,Thanks for replying .Must admit I never looked at my fingernails,my teeth chattering temp. was 34.2

[Inna in reply to beaton]

Just a thing you should know about fever. It can come (doesnt happen too often, but still) with the spasms of the arteries. The no1 sign of that can be bluish fingers, cold feet, bluish lips due to the decreased bloodflow. In that case smth like Drotaverin has to be taken in order to restore the bloodflow, only after the limbs get warmer it is allowed to lower the temp. if it is too high (over 38C). It is a pretty dangerous condition, more common for babies rather than adults, but still equally dangerous.

Found out about it not so long ago (about a year). I rarely have temp over 37.5C when beeing sick, but had 38.9C + cold hands&feet and later bluish nails. The temp. wouldn't go down and kept rising until I took No-Spa (Drotaverin) as was suggested by my good friend, who is a pediatritian. He said it might never happen again, but it is common for people with narrow veins and vegetative dysfunction caused by too much stress.

[beaton in reply to Inna]

Thanks for that Inna,like you say you never know. Will look into it. xx

[silverfox7]

I was like that this morning! Was tucked up in a high TOG quilt with beads of sweat but temperature quite low. Never know what to do then-throw the covers off well no that doesn't sound right somehow.