My son is in his third month of oral abx for Lyme and is now running low temps. He was 100 last week all day one day, and has consistently had low grade fevers come and go for a couple months now, but the last couple days it is low.
I thought it was my thermometers. I've bought three since this started. A couple days ago I got another more expensive ear one, and am now concluding it's not the thermometers.
His feet feel cold to me frequently too and it's in the 90's here.
Here are the last temps since the new therm.
New thermometer digital in ear 8/15 95.8 8pm 8/16 94.8 9:30am, 95.3 8pm 8/17 93.6 12:30am
Can anyone tell me what this may indicate?
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
Is the thermometer working correctly for others in the family? Have you had his thyroid function evaluated? Low temp often goes with hypothyroidism.
Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :
My temp has been consistently low since I got infected
a little over a year ago.
Posted by urpaige (Member # 16096) on :
Yes, I think the thermometer is working correctly. It is the fifth one I've used, because I kept thinking the others were too scattered in their readings, and now I'm concluding there can't be THAT many off thermometers in my house.
Everyone else's temps are in the high 97 to 98 range when I take them.
I don't know if his thyroid has been checked or not. Last time blood was drawn, there wasn't enough to run all the tests requested. He is only 30lbs.
What does hypothyroidism mean for a 3yo? Is this from lyme or extended abx treatment?
Posted by lymielauren28 (Member # 13742) on :
Low body temp is a classic manifestation of Lyme...
Posted by Meg (Member # 22) on :
Lauren is right!
Urpaige, run it by your doctor for his/her view on it. Most lymies run 97 or even 96, but your little one's temp is very low....I believe you have to raise it a degree with it in the ear?
With treatment, the temp should come up.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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I ran a 100 degree temperature for about a decade - during the "CFS" years - before lyme had been diagnosed.
But, sometimes, I'd run a 97 degree temp. for months on end.
Or 97 day, 100 night.
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This book, by an ILADS member LLMD, has a lot of good information about all this:
- by Kenneth B. Singleton , MD; James A. Duke. Ph.D. (Foreword)
You can read more about it and see customer reviews.
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[ 17. August 2008, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Keebler ]
Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :
Assuming your thermometer is correct, anything below 95 degrees needs your doctor's opinion ASAP.
Posted by Wimenin (Member # 15294) on :
Ive been low since this lyme crap started. At my last apptmt I was 95 and the LLMD and nurse stated, yep, thats pretty common for lyme disease. Lyme likes a cool body. The only time I was above 97 was when I was flaring during the lyme cycle, then suddenly...boom...99. But keep an eye on it, and if you've got insurance to cover it, have them do thyroid tests as well to be safe.
Posted by Tick Tock (Member # 15948) on :
My daughter, who had undiagnosed Lyme for 6 years, consistently had a low temp.
Her temp is about 96.8 and at first I thought it was the thermometer so we too purchased new ones but they all read the same, even the old fashioned mercury one.
Then I thought it was my Lyme brain since 96.8 has the same numerals as 98.6 so I had other people read the thermometer.
She sometimes felt feverish and asked to not go to school but knew without a high temp she would have to go to school.
Now that I know it's Lyme I feel badly for not believing she didn't feel well and for sending her to school.
Posted by h8lyme (Member # 11765) on :
I also had low temps for a good 6 months straight. My extremities would get very cold, and I had a hard time staying warm. I would take a lot of hot baths. I'm fairly normal now. Not sure which of my meds helped, I've taken so many.
Currently on: 400 doxy (2x200) malarone x 6 (250/100) artemisium zhang formula 3x2 a day levaquin 750 x 1
I've been diagnosed with lyme, bart, babs
Posted by merrygirl (Member # 12041) on :
I have chronic fevers, but wanted to add that the best most accurate thermometer I have used is the Braun Thermoscan. Someone here suggested it to me a while back. It was around $50 but well worth the price.
Good luck
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
HPA axis is off. Hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal...signal each other. Hypothalamus controls body temp. It is off because serine is not being phosphorylated (phosphate added).
Our need for oxygen is less when we are colder.
Think about what happens when we fall thru the ice...and respirations stop...but can still be brought back to life.
Available oxygen is being shuffled to the vital organs...brain, heart...extremities colder.