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Hi everyone!!!! i really need some advice and/or answers...i want to know why am i always feeling cold sometimes mostly in the night??? everyone around me would complain that they are hot. i hate it cause it makes me feel like im weird and so oppisite from everyone. my bedroom is small so my husband says he gets hot in there all the time....and when hes hot i would be shivering cold. why is this???? i want to feel like everyone else!!! normal! i dont feel normal at all. ive had a recent physical and everything turned out fine so what could it be??? sometimes i get hot but the weird thing is that sometimes when other people are hot i am cold.....help me somebody???? i need relief!!! hope its nothing bad or life threatening :) lol...but seriously.....
thank u so much! u gave me more advice than what i expected..but it did help and relieve me some. i think i should get tested forr hypothyroid...i am not under weight and have not lost weight....i know im not at my normal weight size....but maybe it could be anemia too....so i will check with my doctor as soon as i can to try to see if i can get tested for maybe both. :)
some of the more common reasons for feeling colder than normal:
Low body weight. Both fat thickness and muscle mass assist in keeping us warm. Muscle activity generates heat and fat acts as insulation. If you have lost a lot of weight recently or you have always been thin, you might be sensitive to ambient temperatures that would be comfortable for most people. Skipping meals. Some people get cold when they skip meals or take in too few calories. The body conserves energy and produces less heat in response to fasting. Being overly tired. Not getting enough sleep and feeling tired all the time may be contributing to the cold feeling. An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Feeling cold can be a symptom of hypothyroidism. A simple blood test for TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) can determine if you have this problem. Low red blood cell count (anemia). While anemia can cause a person to feel colder than other people in the same room, it would be unusual for it to cause the extreme cold feeling you describe. Again, it's easy to check for anemia with a simple blood test.Raynaud's phenomenon. The normal response to cold temperatures is to shunt blood away from the skin to keep the internal organs warm. In people with Raynaud's phenomenon, that natural response is extreme. The tiny blood vessels get severely narrowed and markedly reduce blood flow to the skin, most often in the fingers and toes. One or more digit turns white or blue, temporarily. People with Raynaud's tend to be much more sensitive to even minor drops in air temperature than other people. In addition to wearing gloves and thick socks, they need to keep their core body temperature up by wearing lots of layers of clothing.
Low body weight. Both fat thickness and muscle mass assist in keeping us warm. Muscle activity generates heat and fat acts as insulation. If you have lost a lot of weight recently or you have always been thin, you might be sensitive to ambient temperatures that would be comfortable for most people. Skipping meals. Some people get cold when they skip meals or take in too few calories. The body conserves energy and produces less heat in response to fasting. Being overly tired. Not getting enough sleep and feeling tired all the time may be contributing to the cold feeling. An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Feeling cold can be a symptom of hypothyroidism. A simple blood test for TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) can determine if you have this problem. Low red blood cell count (anemia). While anemia can cause a person to feel colder than other people in the same room, it would be unusual for it to cause the extreme cold feeling you describe. Again, it's easy to check for anemia with a simple blood test.Raynaud's phenomenon. The normal response to cold temperatures is to shunt blood away from the skin to keep the internal organs warm. In people with Raynaud's phenomenon, that natural response is extreme. The tiny blood vessels get severely narrowed and markedly reduce blood flow to the skin, most often in the fingers and toes. One or more digit turns white or blue, temporarily. People with Raynaud's tend to be much more sensitive to even minor drops in air temperature than other people. In addition to wearing gloves and thick socks, they need to keep their core body temperature up by wearing lots of layers of clothing.
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