Body temperature regulation struggles

I've had Raynaud's for a couple years, so I'm used to extremely cold/painful extremities. I also tend to have a low body temperature (96-97.5) and when I feel feverish, it's rarely over 99'. I've been having night sweats regularly since August.

More recently, however, things seem to have kicked it up a notch. I now rotate between sweats and chills at night and during the day I swing between one extreme and the other very easily. Yesterday was quite the battle as I kept stripping off clothes after mild exertion (cooking, vacuuming) then throwing them back on and shivering 20 minutes later. It's super frustrating.

I know the night sweats are associated with Lyme and Babesiosis and cold extremities is associated with Bart, but I don't know what co-infections I have yet. Before starting my official treatment, is there anything I can do to help, especially with the night sweats?

I have this problem too. Babesia can cause a person to "have severe temperature instability, hot to cold, with the predominance to chill."

I would run around all bundled up with my Uggs, sweaters and blankets. Then, I also get hot. It has gotten somewhat better with treatment. I don't find myself getting hot as often with minimal exertion.


http://www.gordonmedical.com/unravelling-complex-chronic-illness/babesia-like-organisms-bablo-consideration-signs-and-symptoms/

This is not a complete list. They also have a very helpful summary of Bart symptoms.

I go to bed with pajamas with feet and a hoodie, so I can relate. I'm always cold! Had a panic episode on the escalator the other day, and when my husband took my hand he said "wow! I can't remember the last time your hands were warm like this!"

Be sure your thyroid is checked when you have a consistently low body temp!! That's what cinched it for my thyroid doc to start me on meds. I took my temp before ever getting out of bed in the morning (not even to pee!!! ) and it was 97.3 every day. She told me later that it only takes your temp being that low for three out of five days for it to be considered an issue.

Remember, most doc's don't know much if anything about thyroid issues!! So read up on it! I like the STTM site - Stop The Thyroid Madness (www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/) and Dr. Lam's site: (www.drlam.com/articles/hypothyroidism.asp).

And, because I believe that a fair amount of us also deal with adrenal fatigue, I like this chart to help give a person a basic idea of what symptoms are caused by adrenals and what symptoms are caused by thyroid - of course we have to still remember that we have these infections too and there is an overlap of symptoms with these conditions and these infections.
www.drlam.com/articles/adrenalfatiguevshypothyroidism.asp