body temp

[LATW]

It is 70 degrees outside today and I am just cold to the bone! I have two long sleeve shirts on sitting in front of my tower heater.

Heat does bring on more MS symptoms but when I am cold it is so difficult to warm up. This is frustrating.

LA dx MS

[shoshin]

I don't get *that* cold, but I definitely seem to be colder than other people or than I used to be. In the winter, I keep having to put on more layers and turn the heat up. When I've walked home from work the last couple days, most people are in light jackets and some even in shorts and short sleeves. I'm wearing a medium-weight coat, hat, and gloves, and don't feel inclined to take any of it off.

When I went to the walk-in clinic at work once when I felt under the weather, I asked about this and they said it might be a thyroid thing and I should have my TSH checked. That wasn't it, but you might look into that.

A neuro once remarked on my cold hands and I asked him if that was related to MS. He thought it was and said it could be from a problem with communication to the parasympathetic nervous system and from there to the blood vessels in the hands, feet, etc. I have cold feet and legs, too, so maybe you can have more severe temperature dysregulation in MS than just hands. You might ask your neuro.

sho

[LATW]

Hi Sho,
My thyroid has been tested more times than I can remember. I wondered if it was MS related because if I don't stay a comfortable temp it is very difficult to get warmed up or even cooled down.

I usually dress in layers so I can put on or take off what I need.  I bought some under armor this winter.  That helped a great deal.  It helped keep my warm enough but not too warm.

We had company over yesterday and they all complained it was too warm in the house yet I had two shirts on and really did not want to cool the house down any.

As it warms up out side we will have the air conditioner on and that is never comfortable for me but I don't do well in heat either.

I was just wondering if others have trouble regulating their body temp comfort levels also.
Thanks!

LA

[Heather3418]

I have the same trouble with heat/cold.  I believe mine can partly be blamed on menopause.  Even before menopause, my feet are always cold.  No matter what the temperature is.  Poor circulation or MS?

I can see where MS may play a part in heath/cold intolerance.  Once I get hot, it takes me longer than the average person to cool down.  Same as when I am cold.

There isn't a day that goes by, that I don't have trouble with regulating my body temperature and you know I have been diagnosed with MS for a long time.  I wish I knew the definitive answer to this.

Best Wishes and have a good week,
Heather

[LATW]

Heather,
Menopause is something I had not considered. I am 46. I had a hysterctomy 18 months ago but they did leave one healthy ovary. So maybe that is it too.  

LA