Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Mary1962 on November 27, 2018, 05:53:58 PM
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Just wondering if others feel like their overall core body temperature has changed since going through the menopause? While not having too many hot flushes too frequently at the moment, as someone who has previously always felt the cold I feel this winter (beyond my extremities which still get cold) that my overall body temperature is warmer than it used to be. I just wondered if with hormones levels now gone this sort of thing is the case or else maybe it's still my hormones having a play just because they can and just more spread out and not in such a dramatic way! ;D
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I would love my thermostat to be set a bit higher, I am as cold as ever. :(
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Hello Mary1962,
It is known that there's a drop in core body temperature after a hot flush as heat is lost to environment through convection, but I suppose this is not perceived by our brain during menopause and the constant warm feeling is the rule. I used to have freezing extremities before perimenopause, now they literally burn. I'm not sure if this is a subset of hot flushes or something else entirely (peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, vasculitis, you name it).
Here's a good article on the subject https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718309471 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718309471)
Conolly X
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Interesting. My feet and lower legs feel cold to me, but DH tells me that they are 'normal' :-\
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Interesting. My feet and lower legs feel cold to me, but DH tells me that they are 'normal' :-\
My OH has turned grumpy, he won't let me put my freezing feet on him anymore >:( I might have to trade him in for a more amenable model.