cold feet
Info
I've run a low body temperature all my life. It's been as low as 96.5. I'm
seeing my doctor again on Thursday.
My feet are freezing, even with two layers of socks and while indoors. Does
anyone have any advice or ideas other than foot warmers, blankets, hot food,
etc?
Thank you
Julie Bove
"Info" <infoatnwfirstdottcom> wrote in message
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If you are diabetic you could have neuropathy. You could also have
circulation issues like I do. Once addressed, my feet are no longer cold.
Info
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Not diabetes, but I do have http://www.charcot-marie-tooth.org/. Doctor
knows about it and I'm going back. Thanks.
Evelyn
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I get that way too. Believe it or not, the ONLY thing that warms me up is
a shot of some alcoholic beverage. You could check your thyroid levels,
as that has been associated with low body temp. You could also make sure
you are drinking enough water every day. Dehydration also will make you
feel cold. Just a couple of clues, but maybe one will help you.
--
Evelyn
"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8
cshenk
Only a simple comfort. Take 2 tube socks and fill each with about 1-2 cups
raw rice. Tie tops. Microwave for 1 minute then set them on the floor when
you sit at the computer. Tuck toes in warmth. It's kinda like sitting at
the beach in summer and digging toes in hot sand but something you can do in
winter.
Safety note, don't nuke longer especially if you have lost some definition
of feeling in the feet or toes. They can burn if too hot and we don't want
you to have truely 'toasty toes'.
ray
Exercise. BTW - I generally run at 96.8 or around there - I've been
explaining to medical folks all my life that for me, 98.6 is nearly a two
degree fever. My feet are generally quite warm in bed - I often stick
them out.
Evelyn
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> "Info" <infoatnwfirstdottcom> wrote in message
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>> I've run a low body temperature all my life. It's been as low as 96.5.
>> I'm seeing my doctor again on Thursday.
>>
>> My feet are freezing, even with two layers of socks and while indoors.
>> Does anyone have any advice or ideas other than foot warmers, blankets,
>> hot food, etc?
>>
>> Thank you
>
>
> I get that way too. Believe it or not, the ONLY thing that warms me up
> is a shot of some alcoholic beverage. You could check your thyroid
> levels, as that has been associated with low body temp. You could also
> make sure you are drinking enough water every day. Dehydration also will
> make you feel cold. Just a couple of clues, but maybe one will help you.
>
Just thought of another VERY important one. I use wool socks, and you need
to CHANGE them quite often. Socks can hold the tiniest bit of
perspiration, and that can make your feet feel cold. Dry clean socks feel
warmer on your feet.
Bob
wrote:
Vitamin D3 2000iu. one per day..
Makes no sense at all, but it seems to stop my ice cube foot feeling.
Made the feet feel like the same temp as the leg.
Michael B
Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman)
Just to confuse the issue my feet only get cold in the summer when I
turn on the ceiling fan and they are directly under the breeze when the
rest of me is not. I have to wear sox to bed in the summer. The rest
of the time they are fine.
Tiger Lily
battery warmer socks and a hat on your head...................
not what you wanted to hear, sorry
k (wearing 3 layers of tops to compensate for body temps)
Rav1ng rabbit
I always have low body temperatures, 35.5 (=96) is not an exception, but
it is measured with an ear thermometer. With these winter conditions I
wear two pair of socks and I walk which keeps me warmer than sitting all
day.
Q
oldgoat
I can't help you out a whole bunch on the life long temperature thing, 98.6
degrees is really just an average temperature. That's why most docs aren't
real impressed if you come in at 99.1 or 97.2. It's a normal range they're
looking for, so unless you have some documented circulatory issues, I
wouldn't swear it (no pun intended).
Now to the good stuff. There's probably some type of Army/Navy surplus store
in your neck of the woods. Those places are treasure troves for things like
you're describing. For years the wife was complaining about not so much cold
as clammy feet. I never noticed but she was going thru 2 pairs of socks a
day. They have a special sock for just that condition, which not only warms
the feet on a cold day, but cools them when it's hot. They got all kinds of
gold like that. They got whatever you need.
All my life I wore boots. All my working life anyhow. I used to climb phone
poles for a living and it was great. But now that I can't bend over for less
than a quarter (and that's on a good day) I found the boots of my dreams. So
called speed laces are bull, you still got to bend and do some lacing and
the 15 seconds of pain I can handle is enough for a 1/2 a boot. Wrestling
with pull ons is worse. Some genius in the DOD uniform department came up
with a real boot (and I'd bet the difference in posture from a regulation 1"
heel, to sneakers when my feet aren't too swollen, makes a difference)
anyhow, this guy put in a zipper. Seems logical, but looking to retain at
least some of my old life I've searched footwear for a long time and this is
a design of brilliance. They aren't $35 Jungle boots, but neither were my
$160 climbers.
If you strike out around town, I have no doubt you'll find exactly what
you're looking for on the net. If you don't get back to me (gotta get the
wife more of those socks and visit my boots till I have the $$ to bring them
home) and I'll get their website for you. They also have a large variety of
sword canes and semi dangerous aids for the disabled (no wheelchairs with
machine guns, but I'm working on them) if anyone's giving you a hard time.
Amazing how fast those non handicapped tagged will give up an H/C parking
spot with a bit of persuasion--og
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Don Kirkman
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>All my life I wore boots. All my working life anyhow. I used to climb phone
>poles for a living and it was great. But now that I can't bend over for less
>than a quarter (and that's on a good day) I found the boots of my dreams. So
>called speed laces are bull, you still got to bend and do some lacing and
>the 15 seconds of pain I can handle is enough for a 1/2 a boot. Wrestling
>with pull ons is worse. Some genius in the DOD uniform department came up
>with a real boot (and I'd bet the difference in posture from a regulation 1"
>heel, to sneakers when my feet aren't too swollen, makes a difference)
>anyhow, this guy put in a zipper. Seems logical, but looking to retain at
>least some of my old life I've searched footwear for a long time and this is
>a design of brilliance. They aren't $35 Jungle boots, but neither were my
>$160 climbers.
Just for the record, at least as long ago as the Korean war some GIs
modified their dress boots by having a zipper installed from the inner
side of the ankle to the top. I never did, but I saw them around the
camp.
It sounds like either you've run into a Korea veteran or, more likely,
a young whippersnapper entrepreneur who's developed a market for a
needed item. :-) Glad you found something that works for you.
--
Don Kirkman
don...@charter.net
noego
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diabetic.
My normal temperature is (in Centigrade) 36.2, not the accepted 37. Even if
I approach 37, I can feel it. At 37 I'd be shivering.
I don't think that has anything to do with cold feet, but I do get cold feet
in winter. I probably have had Type 2 diabetes ten years before I was
diagnosed in 1995, and I ascribe the cold feet to the only known
complication I have. I also tend to get very cold quickly while swimming on
the beach. The other complication I seem to have is slow healing wounds like
a cut or scratch. Unless I apply iodine, it takes forever to even start
healing.
Henry.
rrr
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Excessive blood glucose makes the blood sticky, allows degradation
and thickening/narrowing of blood vessel walls, impeding
circulation, thereby causing cold and slowly dying limbs.
GB
> My feet are freezing, even with two layers of socks and while
> indoors. Does anyone have any advice or ideas other than foot
> warmers, blankets, hot food, etc?
Just a thought, but are the socks elasticated? Possibly restricting blood
flow because of that? You can get non-elasticated ones - at least you can in
the UK - and I find them more comfortable.
ensoul
I have multiple types of neuorpathy, my feet and hands are always
cold...there is a type of neuorpathy that most often (not always)
caused by smoking that makes your feet and hands always cold and I
can't come up with the name for it
I would suggest going to your Dr, the meds for neropathy might help it
I saw an ad for foot warmers that is electric and heats up, might help
think someone else suggested this, have your thyroid
checked...hypothyroidism could be the cause of it too, that is easliy
treated
ensoul
ensoul
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I have low blood pressure never thought there was side effects to it,
other than getting dizzy if I stand up quickly
ensoul
Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman)
all but impossible to stand up quickly and it will never happen again.
Michael B
loujeanb
impossible to stand up even with mild arthritis. <g>
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loujeanb
for a doctor visit.
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Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman)
> That's like cutting off your nose to spite your face! LOL It is all but
> impossible to stand up even with mild arthritis. <g>
>
%
ask your doctor for some gabapentin
Michael B
http://wrongdiagnosis.com/b/buergers_disease/intro.htm#whatis
Kinda neat. Person loses fingers while smoking, they quit,
stop losing fingers, and then damned if they don't start
smoking again. But at least it gives clear evidence of the
causal relationship.
Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman)
Never heard of the stuff.
loujeanb
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