If you 'feel the cold', it is probably because you _are_ cold

MOnica it’s my hands, feet and nose!

M0nica

Fleurpepper I have been like this since childhood, and it is not excessive, just on a par with other chilly mortals, my mother, aunt, grandmother and sister were the same.

The interesting thing is that my hands were showing so cold on the thermograph, when , as far as I was concerned, they were not feeling cold at all, but perfectly normal.

Thanks- but hyperthyroidism can be familial. Just thought it might be interesting to see if your thyroid is hyper-active. Are you naturally very slim too?

If you see a woman on the beach wearing her coat surrounded by people sunbathing in their swimsuits, please come over and say hello to me.

No I m not very slim just slightly over normal for my height Fleur but much like Monica in temperature

Just sat down for a break after a busy morning, I am not very mobile at the moment as THR in a week or so.
Just put heating on to warm up, have hot water bottle at my back and blanket on my knees.
I feel the cold, my skin especially legs is a wonderful shade of blue.

I am fair skinned, rarely tan, sun brings me up in blusters.

I have taken beta blockers for the last 30 years, have artificially low pulse rate of 54, I attribute being a chilly mortal on these.

Lucky not to have too many hot flushes during menopause, but I do suffer from the heat in the height of summer

My nose is blue too Jax.

I’m constantly cold, especially my hands and feet. I have poor circulation due to a combination of drugs and poor mobility. As someone mentioned above, any activity such as vacuum cleaning or floor cleaning soon warms me up. Unfortunately it also soon makes me nauseous and in pain. I wish I could get the balance right. I would like to know why some people are naturally ‘cold’ and vice versa.

As a child I took after my mum who couldn't stand hot weather and unlike my sister who was always cold. She emigrated to a hot country after she got married and absolutely loved it. But now at 74 I realise I've changed completely and am miserable when it's cold. I'm sitting in a fairly warm house typing this and my hands are freezing. So after reading other comments maybe my circulation has slowed down as I've got older. Last years heat wave didn't bother me at all but I know my mum would have been utterly miserable through all those weeks.

Interesting M0nica

I have realised that my thermostat doesn't work very well in recent years.

Whenever we had temperatures taken eg at the surgery, hospital during Covid precautions, mine was often only about 35C, rarely above 36C.
When I was a child my mother used to tell me I was nesh.

Strangely enough, I can't tolerate too much heat either.

Feeling cold a lot of the time, is a classical sign of hypothyroidism (thyroid under working) - so it is worth getting your thryroid function checked.

I'm a coldie but, years ago, discovered quite by accident that things improved dramatically if I had a head covering. Never without a hat now. Many colours and styles nowadays. Joy indeed!

Fleurpepper

Feeling cold a lot of the time, is a classical sign of hypothyroidism (thyroid under working) - so it is worth getting your thryroid function checked.

and Raynauds and other circulatoery problems.

Fleurpepper yes, absolutely. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism over 20 years ago and the classic symptoms were constant tiredness, putting on weight and feeling cold even in normal temperatures. I have Hashimoto's syndrome, which is an autoimmune disease and am now on 125mcg of Levothyroxine a day. I would second having thyroid function checked if someone always feel cold. Apparently it affects women much more than men and typical onset is in middle-age (I was in my 40s when it was diagnosed).

DH is the complete opposite - he's like a walking radiator and rarely feels the cold.

I was diagnosed with Raynauds in my 20’s, certain medication can make it worse, thyroid fully checked, even though I’ve had no other symptoms.

I am the person who is wrapped up for howling winds and pelting rain as I set out on a long walk, only to return home with coats and sweaters knotted around my waist, long sleeves rolled up the elbow and beyond.

Marydoll

Fleurpepper

Feeling cold a lot of the time, is a classical sign of hypothyroidism (thyroid under working) - so it is worth getting your thryroid function checked.

and Raynauds and other circulatoery problems.

Raynaud's tends to affect extremities, hands, feet- whereas hypothyroidism makes you feel cold all over/general

FleurP, I have Raynauds and also circulatory problems, so cold all over.
My body temp is always low, but I do NOT have problems with my thyroid, I can assure you.

Not said you had at all. Of course I wouldn't. Normally, for the majority of cases, Raynauds tends to affect extremities, and hypothyroidism (I am a sufferer) cold all over.

Fleur, No I am not naturally slim. I have been between 10lbs and stone overweight most of my life, while always being comfortably within the approved BMI range, and sometimes more. I work at keeping my weight under reasonable control, and always have done. The same for the rest of the chilly mortals in my family.

My Raynauds is restricted to my fingers, but I do have cold feet and wear warm thermal socks over my tights throughout the winter.

I never used to feel the cold but in old age my hands are always icy. The cats cringe away when I try to stroke them.
I’ve been miserably cold for the past two months since my energy bill tripled. Before that my thermostat was set to 15, now it’s off despite my having had a respiratory infection for 3 weeks.
I am furious that in our cold wet climate old people cannot afford to be warm.

I wear thermals every day and 3 jumpers, woolly tights and trousers. I am always feeling cold, which is quite depressing.

watermeadow

I never used to feel the cold but in old age my hands are always icy. The cats cringe away when I try to stroke them.
I’ve been miserably cold for the past two months since my energy bill tripled. Before that my thermostat was set to 15, now it’s off despite my having had a respiratory infection for 3 weeks.
I am furious that in our cold wet climate old people cannot afford to be warm.

watermeadow, were you not able to spend the winter fuel allowance plus the monthly handout on keeping warm this winter? It was a great deal of money

Perhaps you could think of keeping one room warm enough, no point in being a martyr to cold, especially when the government supplied all that money to every pensioner

Another cold one here my patients always complained about my cold hands. My heating is still on. We are in Cheshire not a terribly cold place but so wet...it rains constantly so it feels cold and damp.

I’ve only recently managed to stop dh (who has inbuilt central heating) from endlessly saying, ‘Won’t you be too hot in that?’ when we’re going out.

Well, mostly - yesterday he did say it when I put a thin waterproof jacket on before going for a walk when rain was forecast!

A permanently ‘hot’ dd is much the same - ‘Don’t you want to take that jumper/cardi off?’ at her house, which I often find on the chilly side.

I sometimes get a strange coldness around my middle. It's as if I'm cold on the inside. And then it takes ages to warm up from that.