is it true that people with auto immune conditions have lower body temperatures?
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I hate to disagree with links305, but not everyone runs at 98.6.  98.6 is just considered "normal".  I took care of a gentleman when I was doing home health whose temperature always ran at about 97.9.  When his temp went up to 99 even, it always signalled something was wrong.  Even though 99 is not even considered a temp technically, when his got that high it meant something.\n\nI really can't answer your original question right off the top.  However, there may be something to that.  Since I battled Breast Cancer w/chemo therapy two years ago--It seems like I'm always cold.  Colder than everyone in the room.\n\nSometimes just typing something like "body temperature in Auto Immune diseases" in the search engine will bring up research papers and such with the info.
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Yes.\n\nThe body cools itself by evaporation of perspiration from the skin.  In dry air, perspiration evaporates rapidly causing a cooling affect but in humid air, perspiration evaporates less quickly so you don't feel as cool.  You'll feel warmer at the same temperature in a humid climate.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity#Effects_on_human_body\n\nIn it's simplest form, the "heat index" attempts to capture this property of perceived temperature by factoring humidity and temperature into a single value.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_index\n\n\nSome of the weather services such as Accuweather have devised ways of expressing the perceived temperature that include multiple factors including: "ambient temperature, wind speed, solar intensity, humidity, precipitation intentisty/type, elevation, and atmospheric pressure".  The purpose of this is to try and include all factors that might affect how we perceive temperature.\nhttp://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/adc/help/pr_realfeel_pr.htm\nhttp://wwwa.accuweather.com/company.asp?page=about\n\nWeather.com has their "Feels Like" temperature rating which is similar.\n\n\nOf course, there are situations where it is so hot that it doesn't matter about the humidity.
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Unfotunately, those new digital home thermometers are not very accurate.  But, if you stick with the old fashioned glass and mercury ones you will have better luck.  As far as your question goes, everyone's temperature varies.  From person to person and from hour to hour.  Depending on your health, your mood, your time of the month and the time of the day your temperature can vary.  Normal is 98.6 degrees Farenheit.  But, mine varies from 97.5 to 100.0 when I am totally healthy.  And yes, your temperature can drop when you are sick just like it usually rises when you are sick.  Hope that helps.
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The human body is adapted to be comfortable in temperatures lower than 37 degrees celcius (98.6 degrees F.). This is mostly due to the fact that the body gives off it's own heat - and quite a lot of it. (That is the only reason blankets work - they trap the heat your own body produces.) Our bodies need to give off this heat in order to function properly. This is why in higher temperatures, we are uncomfortable. The heightened outside temperature makes it more difficult for our bodies to get rid of the excess heat that they are producing.
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Check out wilsonsthyroidsyndrome.com.  I have low temp and so did my MD!  He told me about this site.  It's very interesting.
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Yeah, I think that once your immune system has one thing to deal with, sometimes it can't deal as well with other things that are happening.  That is probably the reason for the cold sore, the zits, and the eczema.  I hope you feel better soon.
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It can fall significantly low during a very severe illness, when your body mechanism to maintain the body temperature cannot cope with the stress.
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Question: As a child did you ever run a really high temp? My brother ran a sudden high fever(cause never found, of 105 and soaring)that nearly killed him. He was wrapped in towels and buried in a tub of ice to bring the fever down. But while waiting on the ice to be brought he was bathed from head to toe in rubbing alchol. At that time the doctor did the only things he knew to do. The fever came down but my brothers normal temp of 98.6 was changed to 96.0. So a temp of 99.0 is not low grade fever anymore; at least not for him.  Are you under great amounts of stress? Stress can do wild things to your body. Under tremendos stress  the muscles literally separated from the bones in my chest area. Doctor's at first thought it was a heart attack but my pulse did not indicate such to be the case. I felt as if a huge weight had been droped on my chest, but it was stress. Vicatin would not even allow my body any relief, and the doctors had said if it didn't help that morphine was the next step.Fianlly, after several months of just letting nature run its course; I finally stopped hollering with every breath. I would shake like I was in a ice house on min. and feel normal the next; but my temp. was up and down like a yoyo. Do you have any other symptoms, coughing, sneezing,dizzy spells, black outs, nausea? Have you been to a doctor yet? If not; I strongly reccommend you go see one immediately. Keep in mind not all diseases or illness's cause the same reaction in a person. You can take 50 people with the flu. Some it turns into more upper respitory infections, and some of those can be fatal. Others just feel crappy and tired. While some can't see much difference in the flu and what most people would call a bad cold. My temp. runs 98.6; 99.0 is low grade, and any thing more than 102.6 I start calling the doctor. As I said I strongly reccomend you go straight to a doctor and have them check you out. I wish you well.
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Some people claim that changing climates make them flare up more, and the cold weather doesn't usually help.  Someplace where it is pretty mild year round is good.  Arizona tends to be the place people go for consistent weathe, but I think it gets a little too hot.  I love in Southern California (OC to be specific) and it never gets colder than 50 and most summer days are about 90 (if you are closer to the beach it is cooler, if you are inland more you can hit those 100 plus temps quite a bit).  But you also need to go where you have access to doctors.  You don't want to move to too small of a community, because if a doctor isn't helping you want to be able to visit others to get second opinions.  Also you want things to be convenient, so if you are having a bad day you don't have to travel far.  Also you probably don't want to live somewhere where you have to depend to much on public transportation because you don't want to have to walk a lot on a bad day.  However, there are people with arthritis who live everywhere and they manage!! I suggest you go where your heart takes you, but just check out the availability of doctors and all the modern conveniences first.
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Ear SKIN is highly vascular and highly responsive to both emotional states and body temperature changes.  Blood helps with thermoregulation to protect skin-body from overheating or freezing. Some folks' skin is much more sensitive than others too.  Individuals can also vary on a daily basis how sensitive their own skin is from daily emotions or temp.
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immune system is not working properly
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Sounds like an allergic reaction (soaps, perfume, plants, chemicals, etc) or an autoimmune disorder (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, etc).  Could also be poor circulation from the cold temperatures.\nIf you suspect allergies, avoid harsh chemicals, work in the garden with gloves on, don't use any new soaps, fabric softeners, perfume right now.  You can try a hydrocortisone cream.\nIf that doesn't work, or you suspect autoimmune disorder, (does it run in your family), see a DR.
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Cold agglutinins are abnormal proteins in the blood. They act as antibodies, causing red blood cells to clump together and die prematurely — especially at temperatures colder than normal body temperature.\n\nMost healthy people have low levels of cold agglutinins. But at high levels, cold agglutinins can cause a form of destructive (hemolytic) anemia, a disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than bone marrow can replace them. Doctors may refer to this as cold agglutinin syndrome. The cause isn't known\n\nSigns and symptoms include:\n\nColor changes in the skin on your nose, ears, lips, hands and feet in response to cold (Raynaud's phenomenon) \n\nPainful fingers and toes with cold exposure \n\nDeath of tissue due to insufficient blood supply to that tissue \n\nA doctor can confirm a diagnosis of cold agglutinin syndrome by blood tests. The disorder may be managed by avoiding extremely cold temperatures. Sometimes, chemotherapy can reduce levels of these antibodies and decrease the signs and symptoms
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could be. as we are more and more able to effectively control our environment we find the average temp of the world we live in is higher. this will effect our average body temp.\nBut.. the sedentary thing would tend to infer we are cooler now. However, on average.. buggered if I know.\nWould be a good bit of research.\nthe global warming goons would love it!!!!
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Sometimes thyroid tests come back normal even if they are a little  low.  Go to the web site, "Wilson's Temperature Syndrome." There's a lot of information on the thyroid.  I found it helped me.
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I have had luck treating my IBS and a friend that has Chrons tried the same approach and has been feeling much better. Diagnosing auto immune disorders can be difficult.
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yes, and bone density is different for people in hot countries than cold