Hello
I am 47 and have been struggling for around 6 years with what I was told was raynaulds
My primary symptoms - very cold hands and feet plus lots of tingling / numbness in them too
I was sent to the rheumatologists to check if it was related to a autoimmune issue but nothing positive came back really although I’m still ‘on their books’ for check ups
More recently I started questioning diagnosis of raynaulds. I have it all the time with numbness too and I’ve been really dizzy also
So I went to see a functional? Doctor near where I live. He asked me to monitor my body temp and also ran full bloods
My body temp fluctuated around low 35 to low 36C sometimes lower if I’d been out in the cold (33.8 was the lowest I recorded )
Bloods of interest were
Cortisol high 563 nmol/ L
TSH was 3.24 mIU/L
T4 70.5 nmol/L
FT4 13.7 pmol/L
The doc said my tsh was high and t4 low so suggested matavive 3 bovine
I’ve been taking now 4 capsules a day for a few months ( plus b12 plus iron vit D vit E)
Initially my hands seemed to improve loads and I thought I had found the answer but they are back to their old tricks of cold and tingling / burning sensation
My body temp is up now more regularly in low 36c but still drops lower to high 34
/ low 35c when I’ve been outdoors in the cold
I think my doc will want to increase the metavive but after some more blood tests
I’d really value any thoughts or advice re body temp and potentially associated cold hands and feet etc related to thyroid issues
I’m also a little nervous of taking more metavive - not sure why but just that this is all rather new to me
Any help much appreciated
Warm regards
Smiles