I have been in treatment for 4 months now and since then, my temp has never gone above 96 degrees. Is this normal?
Thanks
Posted by MattH (Member # 30846) on :
Great question! For the last 4 days mine is averaging 95.1. Cold most of the time especially hands and feet.
I am taking supplements to help the adrenals both morning and night. I am on oral ABX.
All the Best, MattH
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
You should get your thyroid checked, not just a TSH but also the conversion of T4 to T3 and free T3. Low body temperature is a very common symptom of being hypothyroid. Some of the other symptoms that don't overlap with lyme are missing the outer third of your eyebrow and dry scaly skin.
Borellia makes your temperature low but 95 is very low. Mine used to be 96.8 but it has gone up.
Posted by imagine2 (Member # 3136) on :
Lyme messes with your pituitary and hypothalamus, therefore the thyroid is affected. Your thyroid levels can look normal but may not be.
Nefferdun is right. My temp. has been as low as 94.9. My llmd just explained the pituitary/hypothalamus connection and put me on low-dose synthroid. Am already noticing a difference.
Posted by Pantera73 (Member # 29752) on :
sounds like babesia.? p73 mimics malaria. babs is a *****.
Posted by susank (Member # 22150) on :
What kind of thermometer are you using?
Posted by fourwinds (Member # 14114) on :
I have no thyroid (natural dessicated thyroid replacement), and monitor all of my thyroid levels
(TSH, FT3, FT4 and antibodies; and, occasionally RT3) I also take Cortef for my adrenals...
even though my thyroid levels are in the upper 1/3 (FT3 and FT4) of the "range" my temp is still ALWAYS low.. for me, must be the Babs?
My normal temp was never 98.6, even before starting treatment.... and I believe my thryroid
was the first organ to start going "wacky"; ergo, being told I had Graves Posted by lymegal23 (Member # 28573) on :
I had the same problem early on in treatment. When I first started getting really sick my hands and feet were FREEZING. I'm talking like ICE. My nose was also very cold.
I have been treating for a year and I no longer have cold hands and feet. Thank god
It gets better with treatment .
Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :
LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK FOR A LONG TIME OR JUST VERY SICK CAN RUN A LOWER BODY TEMP.
THIS i STARTED NOTICING AFTER SICK FOR A COUPLE YEARS..
96,4 IS MY NEW AVERAGE,,,WAS EXPLAINED BY SEVERAL NURSES AND A DOC
OF COURSE OTHERS LET IT FLY RIGHT OVER HEAD..i HAVE A FEW FRIENDS THAT ARE SICK, LUPIS ETC AND SAME THING
SO WHEN THEY SAY ,YOU'RE FINE 99,6 ..i KNOW i AM NOT AND HAVE FEVER
Posted by Igor's mom (Member # 29191) on :
Lyme messes up a lot of our systems. Try to increase your body temperature using a far infrared sauna that will help your immune system reboot and will make your feel better too, release toins, etc.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
I was just reading about Wilson's Temperature syndrome which is when your body is not converting T4 to T3.
Thyroid blood tests are normal. It is a clinical diagnoses based upon low body temperature and improvement with a trail of slow release Cytomel, which is T3, or Armour thyroid which has T4 and T3. This syndrome is not recognized by some doctors (like chronic lyme) so you may need to see a ND.
"In fact, low body temperature and low-thyroid-like symptoms are so closely related that it appears that the low body temperature is actually what causes the symptoms."
When the body temperature is too low, nearly all of the enzymes in the body function less effectively. This can cause a very wide variety of complaints.
Posted by emla999/Lyme (Member # 12606) on :
Lymenow,
You might want to take a look at Matt Stone's website because he has written alot about the negative health effects of having a chronically low body temperature and how to increase body temperature. Essentially, according to Matt, having a chronically low body temperature is usually a sign that your body isn't functioning optimally and that your metabolism is off. He seems to think that the ideal body temperature is right around 98.6 or slightly above. He says that it is best to measure your temperature first thing in the morning.
And if you want to raise your body temperature then I would highly recommend that you read Matt's ebook "Diet Recovery". I have incorporated some of his dietary advice and my body temperature has went up. A person's diet seems to play a huge role in body temperature. Things such as drinking less water and/or drinking less unsweetened beverages seem to help increase body temperature. Eating more salt, sugars/sweetners and carbohydrates seems to help increase the body temperature as well. And eating more highly palatible, highly absorbale, high caloried foods will usually help to increase body temperature. At least it has for me.
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Posted by BuffyFan (Member # 34679) on :
my temps usually run about 97.6 if it gets to 99 I start feeling yucky.
I was wondering if anyone here exercises and if your temp. drops while exercising because mine does. One time it went from 97.6 to 95.9!!
Posted by MattH (Member # 30846) on :
Thanks for the tips. I am currently on armour thyroid twice a day. Like many my hormones are not consistant so I am sure the Lyme is playing with my organs and screwing with my hormones.
I did review Matt's diet but it is not consistent with Lyme recovery. So a bit of catch 22!
My next LLMD appt is this week and we are going to discuss bart symptoms. So I may need to detour through that protocol for a while before really attacking the temp issue.
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