Re: Feeling cold - shivering

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Paul wrote in article
<dlqmoq$1p5$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>Dear Group

>I wonder if anyone on this group can suggest a reason for the following.

>For 5 years now my wife has suffered from a very peculiar set of symptoms.
>She will suddenly feel very, very cold even in a warm house or sat in front
>of a fire or on a hot sunny day - she describes it as feeling as though
>there is a layer of ice under her skin. She becomes so cold that she shivers
>and her skin is covered in goose-bumps. But, and here's the odd thing, her
>temperature is nearly normal - just down a degree if that. No matter how
>much she wraps herself up, she just can't get rid of this feeling of
>coldness from her skin. This is not just in her extremities, but her whole
>body. She wraps herself up in layers of clothes in bed, but she is still
>cold and doesn't sweat at all. Someone "normal" would be sweating heavily.

>About the same time, five years ago, she began to complain of a numb patch
>(or sensation) just to the left of centre in her back, a sensation which
>seemed to be aggravated (a heavy feeling) when she coughed or exercised. She
>also took up smoking about the same time!

>Our Doctor has been totally useless, and seems to be completely lost for any
>suggestion on what to do. We had a full body CT scan done a few weeks ago,
>and this showed several small cysts on her Liver (Radiographer called them
>insignificant), but there was a very small patch of what the radiographer
>referred to as Emphysema on her left Lung.

>Any excretion seems to bring on the symptoms as does stress, but they can
>also just start without any apparent reason.

>We are now at the end of our tether as for what to do next, and we would
>welcome any advice from the experts who read these postings.

>To protect my wife's identity a friend has let us use his email address to
>post this, so please reply to him or directly to the group. His email
>address is paulstaton2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Has your wife been examined for thyroid problems? One variation from
normal can produce a sensitivity to cold, another a sensitivity to heat.

Iron deficiency may also be related to feeling cold (perhaps in
connection with thyroid function).
--
Don Kirkman
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