always cold/low body temperature?

Could you possibly be anemic? I am anemic and I am cold alot. As for the low body temp, I think many Crohnies run low most of the time. I am in the US and my temp is usually around 97.4. Thats my normal, I know I have a temp when it gets to 99.

I'm always freezing and completely intolerant to cold. The worst part is I go to bed with lots of covers on because I'm cold, and I end up having night sweats. One of my family members has been wearing shorts and short sleeved shirts and bare feet AND has a fan blowing on him all the time. I'm walking around in jeans, t-shirt, sweatshirt, socks and wool slippers and I'm still cold. It drives me nuts!

I feel cold alot. My normal body temp is 97.7. My feet & hands get especially cold. And no, when I get cold my temp is usually normal.

You could have a low percentage of body fat, which would explain feeling cold all the time! Especially if you're a skinny Crohnie...I know I'm freezing my arse off all the time, I carry a huge sweater around with me and all the desert-dwellers look at me like I'm nuts.

If your body temperature is consistently low, check out Wilson's Low Thyroid Syndrome. My temperature is always 97 or below and I'm having all kinds of symptoms that are like thryroid, only my blood tests are "normal". A low body temperature is just as dangerous as a high temperature. I had stumbled across the Wilson's site http://www.wilsonssyndrome.com/ and didn't pay it much attention till my doctor said that's one of the major things wrong with me ( in addition to Hep C, I might add). My brother has Crohn's and his temperature is always low, too.

Always feel cold but average temp except at night. I wear long john thermals, complete set of pajamas, two pairs of socks, a thick hoodie sweatshirt and thick pants. I usually am seen wearing two wool hats as well on my days off. When I have to work, I know its going to suck 'cause I gotta shower (usually saps what strength I've got), and subject myself to cold in jeans and long johns and a sweater.

I am nearly always cold, even when others are complaining of being warm.  I've always been that way, though, even before CD.  I have noticed, however, that over the past few years my normal body temp dropped to around 97.7.  Like some of the rest of you, when I have a temp of 99, I'm feeling pretty darn bad!!  All of the typical blood tests for thyroid (TSH, T4, T3) show up as normal.  Feeling cold most of the time is also symptomatic of anemia.

 

I was always really cold when I was severly anemic. Otherwise no.

Up until the crohns took hold of me back in '99 I for the most part was always warm or hot.  My temp was normally 99 to 99.5 degrees and I rarely needed a jacket even in the winter (Of course I live in Florida so that helps)

But ever since the crohns hit I have noticed that I get cold very easily ...and where B.C. (before crohns) my wife would ask me to hold her hands or rub her feet because she was cold and my hands were always warm.....now my hands and feet are always cold. I seek her out because she has warmer hands. My body temp now averages 96 to 97.

Part of this may be caused by the loss of my body fat and muscle.   For some strange reason my blood pressure has also dropped through the floor.  BC my blood pressure was on average 110/120 over 80/85 and now I am usually about 100 over 65 or 70.  My pulse rate as well has dropped an average of about 10 beats.  So I figure if the blood isn't coursing as fast I am going to get colder easier.

   OK, so I have given this issue some notice. I am a fifty year old female. I live in a mild climate, Oklahoma City is in gardening zone 7. The last few days I have realized that just as I finish eating, I have hot flashes. I have suspected a issue upon the emptying of my stomach for several months now. I also have night sweats at 3:30 every A.M. I've wondered for a few years now if my last evening meal is passing the area of the TI (where my known issue is) at about 3:30 A.M. The remainder of the time I am dressed in many layers, and seem to be 10 degrees colder than anybody near me (with the exception of 2 co-workers who are in their late 60's-70's one of whom is anemic which I am not yet), or under the electric blanket , a wool blanket and flannel sheets. I have always had cold hands. My oral temp runs  94.7, gotta remember to check that just after I eat. I have had two BP readings in the last month that read 110/80, but 85-90/65-70 is usually closer, and has been all my life pre CD and pre menopause. I'm going to look for a correlation between the rise in BP and meals too, and see if my BP rises or drops right after meals. This makes me think that my cardio / vascular system is under stress from my Digestive processes. My Father had major Cardio / Vascular issues, was a patient of Michael DeBakey, and never weighed more than 165lbs at 6'6".I have had few other Peri / post menopausal symptoms, some grumpiness, moodiness, low back pain. I don't know how many of those issues are the result of Crohn's / reactive arthritis, and chronic pain. The OB/GYN who made my initial CD diagnosis, said you could not separate the two, and many patients with mild / moderate CD go into remission after menopause, then remain in remission through the remainder of their lives.Sigh... I hope that is me, and the arthritis goes into remission too, it is by far my the symptom affecting my quality of life. I had many Crohn's symptoms through out my life prior to being DG with CD, and many seemed to be related to hormones.

    My guess is that there are several mechanisms at play that affect our ability to control our body temperature, in addition to heat generated by inflammation in the core of our bodies.

   Sorry this post got so long. May quality of life be on our side, and remissions come for us all in this New Year and beyond!

 Ahh, This is why my husband calls me the Ice Queen!