Low body temp

Has anyone else had a low body temp? I have been feeling OK, but today I could not get warm and when it was to the point where I had eaten a bowl of soup and drank a cup of coffee and was in a coat, under a blanket with the heat turned up and was still freezing, I got up and turned the oven on and stood in front of it and put my hands inside of it. Then I decided like any good nurse lol...hey let me take my temp knowing I didn't have a fever (because I haven't had a fever in forever) and I don't don't feel "sick", just bone chilling cold...and my temp was 95.7! And honestly I'm not sure what to make of it ?? Any ideas? Thanks!

Constantly 96.5 here. I used too wake up occasionally completely delirious with cold sweats and temps in the 95s. Thank god it's getting better.

Same here. Been low, anywhere from 96 to 97.5 for about 6 months now. Always cold. Never was before I got bit....Good Luck.

I figured I wasn't alone. Does anyone know of any resources explaining this phenomenon? Thanks again!

Desperatefordx, As Garden Peace mentioned, most of the time the low temperature is due to a thyroid issue or an adrenal issue. The bacteria affects the pituitary glands and the Hypothalamus which tell the thyroid and adrenal glands how much hormone and cortisol to send to the body via the release of ACTH and TSH.

The bacteria also decreases your vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron, magnesium and other minerals which are needed by the thyroid to function normally. Iodine deficiency can also impact the thyroid. Some people that are infected also develop a gluten intolerance. When they consume gluten, the autoimmune system goes crazy and attacks the thyroid.

I suffer from low body temperature because of my hypothyroidism (under performing thyroid). My temperature and anxiety symptoms started to get a little better when I stopped consuming gluten. Then I started vitamin D3 supplements because my blood work showed that I had a vitamin D deficiency and within a day or two of taking vitamin D3, my body started to warm up to 98.6F from 97.6-98.1

I was at 98.6 for a few weeks, then it slowly started to go back to 98.1 so I am not sure what happened.

I recommend that you talk to your doctor about having your Free T3, Free T4, Total 3 and Total T4 checked as well as your antiTPO, your ACTH and your TSH.

I also suggest that you do some reading into basal temperature and hypothyroidism. You will learn a lot about low body temperature and what prescriptions can help with that.

I too have had low body temp since lyme and it is lower now that I am on antibiotics. I am ranging from 95.5-97ish. Ugh. My thyroid has always been fine. I did take a couple of Biotics Cytozyme HPT/PT the other day and I think my temp was higher those days. It is a freeze dried hypothalamus/pituitary extract. I am out of it so I have to order it again but I am going to experiment and see if it helps my temp.

PS - I was a classic 98.6 all my life until my early thirties when Lyme took over.

Yes, MrsPallas,
I can be that your body temp is lower or that your blood isn't circulating like it needs to be in your extremities. Lyme causes the blood to thicken a bit and this keeps it from circulating freely throughout our hands and feet. Many who test as having 'thick blood' also take either 'scripts or natural products to thin the blood - but always have your blood tested before trying one of those products - too thin of blood has it's own issues!

I'm usually in the 96-98 range..

Hi Kitty,
Did you have the bulls eye rash? Did you happen to take a picture of your rash?

Do you happen to know which bands you tested positive on? If they are Lyme specific, then you don't need to jump through any more hoops.

If you haven't yet, I would greatly encourage you to read through our "New to Lyme? Start Here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum, as it's packed with important information and even symptom lists to help you determine which infections you may have.

The blood tests (especially from commonly used labs like Quest) are really quite poor at picking up the markers for these diseases. That doesn't even take into consideration that these blood tests themselves are seriously lacking in reliability. Only about 50% of those that have Lyme can test positive - even using the best labs!

Lyme disease (along with other tick-borne infections) can cause a fever, but it can cause low body temp at other times. One of the key features of Lyme disease is that they symptoms keep changing - not all of them all the time, but a person could say, have a fever for a while, then have low body temps; pains in the knees, then have it move to their shoulders..or hips... or neck or where ever.

Most GP's don't recognize Lyme disease when they see it- because they are not trained to see it! They are taught that Lyme is a rare disease, and that should a person should get it, it's a typical infection that is cured with just a couple weeks of abx. None of this is true though. The Lyme bacteria is a very complex bacteria, which causes a very complex and at times elusive infection. So going to a GP and relying on them is similar to having cancer and depending on your GP to handle everything. You would want to see a doctor that has had specific and special training in cancer - it's the same for Lyme disease. We should be seeing doctors that are specifically trained in what to look for and how to treat these infections.

Now, I am in no way comparing cancer to Lyme disease, only using it as an example about which type of doctor to see.