HI mcslo!!

Because you have the thyroid troubles and the hep. C and have had radiation, it's hard to say what could be the cause of your low body temperature.

However, my body temperature runs low, as does my blood pressure, and I think other people who respond to this question may say the same!! Some of us can't even stand up in one position for ten minutes as a result of lowered BP. The low temp. may be more rare. But I've got it! Scared a whole ER one night when I showed up at 96.5 and told them that was normal for me!

Whelp! It is!!

I have a low body temperature and low blood pressure, too. I also have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, so it's hard for me to know what causes it. I find that my body temperature dips really low at the beginning of winter or any time the temperature outside significantly drops!

Unfortunately, I don't know that there's much to do to fix low body temperature. I've often wished I could just move somewhere warm :-D

Moving someplace warm won't help low body temp. I live in Southwest Florida and mine runs around 97.1 all the time. You can find low body temp listed in the Comprehensive ME Symptom List on the website A Hummingbird's Guide to ME.

When I go to a doctor's office, the nurses and assistants don't record my temperature, they say the thermometer is not working right. I guess it is human nature to ignore things that don't fit one's preconceived notions of the way things should be.

My body temp has always run around 97. something. It's never normal unless I am sick.

Hi,

Once I got ill, I went from 98.6 to running a low body temp. I have CFS, FM, Hypothryroid and other conditions, but I think those are the primary reasons for the lowered temp. When I get other conditions on top of a flare...for example, I had a superficial thrombosis in my left leg, caught a virus and had a flare...my temp dropped to 94 degrees, my blood pressure spiked really high.

I typically run low, but when a flare hits I spiral downward pretty quickly. Anything on top of the flare and I plummet to 94 degrees. Last year I found out that I have the cytomegalovirus and that probably is a part of it...chronic crap the movie....sorry, long day...welcome here, hope you can find some answers and great care, help for your conditions, get complete diagnosis and feel a bit better...sending hugs!

I find my temp is quite high. Especially after eating carbs due to my leaky gut.

Hi mcslo,

My body temp is typically on the low side. Usually 97. something. So when mine gets to be 99...I feel terrible....I figure that's like a normal person that has a regular temp of 98.8 and they have a temp of 100. My BP seems to be ok though, not extremely low, sometimes when I have bad back/abdomenal pain it will be higher.

Temperature low, temperature high. It's like my thermostat is broken.


Every morning I wake up and have any body temperature is a good thing though.....

My body temp spikes high when I eat foods that induce an immune reaction however I can get cold body temp especially in winter. ThDe Meirleir sais thermal regulation is one of the common symptoms. I think he said is something to do with damaged Krebs cycle though I have to remember what he refered to.

Have a read of
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/434249/Nutrition-Metabolism-and-Thermoregulation

I also feel really rotten when my body temp goes to 99 degrees Fahrenheit. If I am maintaining at 97.1, then I assume 99 is a slight fever. I've had enough fevers in my lifetime to know what that feels like.

Low body temp and blood pressure here also. By the time I hit 98.6, I'm feeling miserable.

Check Wilson's Syndrome (NOT disease) symptons. I am on Reverse T-3 therapy for fibro/cfs, it has really helped with my body aches and paiins (I also have hypothyroidism)....one of the best things I done. We have aches and pains with low body temp just like elevated body temp. You may also want to look at Adrenal Insuffiency by Wilson for those symptons. I'm looking into that now. I have recently started Low Dose Naltrexone. You can follow others who are doing so on patientslikeme.com...it helps boost our immune system. You can also look at videos on youtube.com at NIH conference.

Hi mcsio, I would have to say that low thyroid definitely affects your body temperature along with your blood pressure, but I know that chemo can wipe you out totally.

My blood pressure is fine until I have to make the 200 mile into the traffic of Los Angeles to go to dr who has no answers and is too busy to help.
Thanks for all the posts

I bounce back and forth between low temperature and low grade fever. When the glands swell, the low grade fever tends to kick in.

My blood pressure.. GRIEF! They always take it over and over thinking the machine is off or they are... nope.it's just ME!