Connect
← Return to Difficulty regulating body temperature. Does anyone else have this?
Discussion
Difficulty regulating body temperature. Does anyone else have this?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 17 1:29pm | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
Here’s a fun term to ask about: dysautonomia. The autonomic nervous system runs our internal systems without us normally needing to think about them. Has your internal thermostat gone a bit haywire? I hope not, but you are describing repeated episodes of chills where you can’t get warm. Lots of suggestions in the chat here- and certainly some conditions for your provider to think about and rule out as causing your symptoms. I’ve recently been reading about autonomic dysfunction in autoimmune disease- and there’s some good evidence of it causing symptoms in long COVID- so it might be worth asking about.
Replies to "Here’s a fun term to ask about: dysautonomia. The autonomic nervous system runs our internal systems..."
Connect
For those who may have already read this post earlier today...the lab corrected my value.
(See below)
I did have a very bad case of COVID-19 in December 2021. I saw my GYN yesterday and mentioned the issue and he ordered a TSH upon my request, but refused to order any other thyroid tests until we got the results of this one. I had the lab done and it shows a low thyroid level of 0.129 mU/L (this is the corrected value) which is low in the Kelsey Care System. (0.384-4.446 mU/L)
He has not reviewed these results yet, so I can't speak to the next steps.
Thanks very much for your input, although most of my physicians don't want to discuss or relate anything to COVID because it's "inconclusive" information they say.