Could this be another long Covid symptom that I am experiencing

a reply to: justme1640

Long covid only exists in leftist white women.

a reply to: watchitburn

Mrs Carpy is laughing at you.

a reply to: justme1640

Going to reply to myself since I’m past edit time

I was an intermittent faster prior to Covid haven’t been able to get back into it and instead of losing weight I have gained because as I say I’m chasing flavor in foods

My thyroid, iodine, magnesium, potassium are great and I’m not anemic .. it’s all been tested .. Im on a blood thinner but have been for 3 yrs and never had that ..

Thanks for all the good ideas and tips and I am so glad to find someone else having the same issue

Let’s see I’ve also had endoscopy and colonoscopy last week and all is ok, and I have a pulmonary lung scan last week also to be sure I wasn’t having any issues from a med I was on a year ago and will be monitoring for a bit .. I do have a small nodule on my right side of thyroid that the Ct sun saw but all my numbers are good and they say no concern there

a reply to: watchitburn

I’ll be sure to tell that to a few right wing men I know with it

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Like I said, leftist white women.

originally posted by: justme1640
I have no links or articles .. I’m asking because it is something I am going thru and I wonder if anyone else is too …

I have not gotten my taste back yet after having Covid in late May early June and I still get severe fatigue if I try to do anything … BUT the symptom I am questioning is does anyone else seem to have lost the bodies thermostat .. I cannot get warm .. my house is set at 68 and it is 44 and sunny outside it should be comfortable in here and it is to hubs he is cool but not uncomfortable ..but currently I have on fuzzy slippers, sweat pants, a sweatshirt, a hoodie zipped up and hood on and a Sherpa fleece hoodie zipped up and just took the hood part down (hubs calls the Sherpa pullover hoodie my Ewok top because it’s so big and fuzzy and brown) and I am STILL cold .. my hands hurt they are so cold. At some point I will warm up enough to take off the Sherpa top for a while .. but it won’t last more than an hour tops before I have to put it back on ..

This summer while it was a drought and major heat wave most of the summer I was hot but not brutally so like in a normal summer when my house gets to 85-90 degrees .. we don’t have ac so our house is usually brutal in the normal summer when the fans don’t cut it at all .. this year while not comfortable it was not brutal to me despite being 100+ at times in here so my being off temperature wise started back then I would think ..

So no links no articles just wondering if others are like me or if I am once again unique . I have no idea what I will do when winter temps actually hit and our north facing living room is seriously cold .. Thanks

Yes, poor ability to regulate body temperature is indeed a symptom of long Covid

Mentioned as a common complaint of long Covid (2021)

mentioned in this official document

open access medical paper about this


I don't think they have any solutions yet. Sorry.

a reply to: Byrd

Thanks Boyd .. I think I lost my Googlefoo also - because I searched and didn’t find those .. I did find some things that popped up in the search but they didn’t refer to this in them though . I’ll be checking those out tonight for sure ..

Off to buy some rechargeable hand warmers I found on Amazon.. and maybe I will buy another Sherpa fleece top in blue so I have more than one so instead of freezing when I wash the one and have to wait for it to done drying I will have one to wear … and I will be looking like the Michelin woman all winter with all my layers and will also have the hand warmers to keep my hands from hurting so much from the cold too maybe ..

originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: justme1640

Long covid only exists in leftist white women.

I need a link for this information please!

a reply to: justme1640

It could be a long covid symptom, but also as people age they seem to get colder.
Also being on blood thinners make people cold too.

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: justme1640

It could be a long covid symptom, but also as people age they seem to get colder.
Also being on blood thinners make people cold too.

What are all the things that make people "colder"?

Or feel colder...is that what you meant? Or just the things that actually lower the body temperature?

Either way...what are all those things?

a reply to: justme1640

Did you take the Vax?

You could just move to the carolinas where many people here are cold blooded and the temperature in some churches and a few homes is like 80 or 85. It might be upper 70’s but feels like sitting in a hot summer attic except I’m not covered in sweat in an instant. Many places are more comfortable like 72. My house is like 67 or 68 sometimes cooler. If I’m sitting or lying around and don’t eat anything for 18 to 20 hours, I will start feeling a little bit cool unless I have something on other than thin summer clothes. I will also temporally feel cooler after drinking a few cold beers. I was thinking if I gulped down 4 or 5 cold beers, might be able to tolerate one local hot as hell church. I was joking with someone maybe they want people to know what hell feels like because it felt hot as hell to me. I have gotten sick from high heat in the winter all my life so nothing new for me. I even remember feeling sick one or more times in elementary school in Ohio when it was snowing outside and a teacher took me outside to cool off while I was wearing short sleeves.

As far as long covid, I did a search and did read about someone succeeding with reducing long covid symptoms by doing intermittent fasting.

Sometimes when my body gets colder, I have noticed a larger than normal meal will heat me up. Actually anytime I eat more than normal will heat me up. I’ve actually broke out in a sweat if I eat a lot more than normal. Not getting enough sleep will also slow down my metabolism and make me feel colder. I have woken up hot after sleeping on occasion from getting enough sleep. I’ve noticed the foam mattress topper I sleep on traps a lot of body heat as well. At 67 or 68 I feel plenty warm with just one sheet and maybe one blanket. If I get hot I can drop the temperature to 65,

I don’t know if any of this helps.

I will add I take a multi vitamin every day since I don’t like a lot of green food. If I do any exercise or take certain supplements I’m like a Viking and getting hot even in temperatures others may feel cold. I don’t really enjoy sweating a whole lot especially when it’s cold outside because I believe that can make you cold going outside sweaty in freezing temperatures.

The second vaccine shot did make me sicker than covid did. I had chills and was cold and sweating at same time from second vaccine shot. Covid didn’t do that to me. I did get a severe headache from covid but I also needed root canal surgery and was recovering from dental work at the same time I had covid. I might have caught covid from my dentist. I could not sleep lying down at that time. Fortunately had recliner upstairs. It was quite painful needing root canal together with covid.

originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed

My sister had tyroid issues since she was in her teens, that is why I am familiar with the symptoms, she was always cold.

Yea anecdotally I agree with the potential of a thyroid issue, which could have been brought about by COVID or made worse by long COVID. If you have had any other auto-immune issues it can just make it worse

Does your thyroid feel sore or swollen? my GP knowing I'm on a low-salt, restrictive diet as well as fasting every month suggested an iodine supplement. Which seems to help my body's temperature regulation.

Go see an endocrinologist most times the solution is simple but occasionally it can be something more serious.

My friend who is a chef lost his sense of taste and smell after getting whatever this thing is... I gave him a bottle of ivermectin and his sense of taste and smell came back... I have given out over 200 bottles of ivermectin so far... And it's helped people during and post....

a reply to: justme1640
I had Covid over thanksgiving 2021. My taste started coming back in October of this year. As far as the bodies thermostat, I have noticed that I’m not able to handle the cold like I used to. Not sure if it’s long Covid or getting a bit older.

originally posted by: jerryznv

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: justme1640

It could be a long covid symptom, but also as people age they seem to get colder.
Also being on blood thinners make people cold too.

What are all the things that make people "colder"?

Or feel colder...is that what you meant? Or just the things that actually lower the body temperature?

Either way...what are all those things?

Feel colder.
Thyroid issues
Certain vitamin deficiencies, D & Iron
Any weight loss, even a few lbs
Peri & Menopause
Hormone issues
Blood sugar issues. (If you eat sweets you’ll warm up fast!)

Being Asian we were taught certain things growing up. Always wearing socks/slipper so feet don’t get cool. Same with the back of your neck. Oddly I was told keep the body and neck covered but allow the head to release heat.
Eating warming foods in winter and cooling foods in summer
Cold drinks are said to damage health

Back to the feet thing. Feet are said to control fertility issues later on. So young people running around when it is cold without socks on is very bad. This was beat into me to never allow bare feet to get cold during winter. I’ve done the same with my kids. I seriously wonder if there is some truth as nobody I know that has followed this has ever had fertility issues.

Your liver is your 'central heating' system for your body.
I caught the lurgy back in Oct/Nov 2020. It left me with intermittent fatigue for a good 12 months, and I still get the odd bout where I can sleep for England!
However, in the earlier days, when the fatigue hit, I would also get incredibly cold and would have to get into bed fully clothed with a hot drink. It suddenly occurred to me one day whilst heading home after looking after my grandson for the day, as the fatigue and cold was hitting me that these were also symptoms of hypothermia. It was so bad that day that I had a light bulb moment and very almost tried the Spetsnaz survival method for hypothermia of eating a slice of butter to kick start the liver.
As I mentioned before, please get your liver checked out too.
Rainbows
Jane

If you are experiencing body temperature regulation problems, it could be a blood pressure thing, or a lack of blood pressure. Sometimes low blood pressure can yield body temperature regulation issues. Hormone imbalance, thyroid, even diet can make you feel cold. Might want to check the humidity in your house and I say this because when it is cold outside, any humidity amplifies that cold.

Just in case it could be something external rather than internal. a reply to: justme1640

originally posted by: justme1640
a reply to: Byrd

Thanks Boyd .. I think I lost my Googlefoo also - because I searched and didn’t find those .. I did find some things that popped up in the search but they didn’t refer to this in them though . I’ll be checking those out tonight for sure ..

Off to buy some rechargeable hand warmers I found on Amazon.. and maybe I will buy another Sherpa fleece top in blue so I have more than one so instead of freezing when I wash the one and have to wait for it to done drying I will have one to wear … and I will be looking like the Michelin woman all winter with all my layers and will also have the hand warmers to keep my hands from hurting so much from the cold too maybe ..

At this point it seems the best option. Do let your docs know and document any common symptom of long covid for them. The Mayo clinic has a good educational page about long Covid and one of the things they suggest is joining a group for people with long Covid. (WebMD also suggests this) There are several on Facebook and if you don't like Facebook there's several moderated groups like this one on Reddit

I hope you'll try a couple of groups and find some good solutions there.

originally posted by: justme1640
I have no links or articles .. I’m asking because it is something I am going thru and I wonder if anyone else is too …

I have not gotten my taste back yet after having Covid in late May early June and I still get severe fatigue if I try to do anything … BUT the symptom I am questioning is does anyone else seem to have lost the bodies thermostat ..

So no links no articles just wondering if others are like me or if I am once again unique .

Hi. I've experienced some similar symptoms but only pertaining to my loss of sense of smell. Luckily I haven't lost my sense of taste. But I've been doing research of the effects of COVID on the brain for over a year... So here's what I've come up with.

When referencing COVID and the brain pertaining to early COVID, which is either the original strain OR the strain from Portland/Seattle OR the strain from New York City (Italy import)... They found that the blood-brain barrier protected people from brain damage. And with those that died of Covid there was no COVID or only small amounts of Covid found in the brain on autopsy.

There were 2 secondary types of brain damage from early COVID. First type of brain damage was that due to a lack of oxygen from Covid pneumonia, that cells in the brain died from oxygen deprivation and/or that neurons and dendrites died due to oxygen deprivation.

Second type of brain damage was small amounts of malfunctioning astrocytes with Covid proteins found in small amounts in the brain. Astrocytes repair damaged neurons and dendrites in the brain.

Since I had early COVID in March 2020, most likely the strain from Portland/Seattle brought in from baseball fans during Spring Training 2020, I figured I might have lost some brain cells and dendrites due to loss of oxygen. I could barely breathe. I already started rebuilding my lungs so I came up with a regimen to #1) make astrocytes reproduce and stimulate them to make repairs, #2) repair dendrites damage and build new dendrites, #3) repair any possible damage to neurons.

I started my brain repairs/rebuilding after Alpha, but before Delta.
#1) Ultrasonic Music stimulation which helps astrocytes multiply and stimulates them to repair other areas of the brain.
#2) Brain food for repair which included the following.
--Ginseng and Gingko Biloba for blood circulation in the brain.
--Ashwagandha for dendrites repair and growth
--Toothed Clubmoss for dendrites and neuron repair
--Lion's Mane (for brain fog) which has nerve growth factor in the mushroom
--a high quality vitamin B12

BUT for most people having brain problems, it's not from early COVID, it's actually from Omicron. To get on the same page, A quick sum up on the brain...
*The thyroid regulates hormones.
*The hypothalamus regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, maternal attachments, fatigue, sleep and circadian rhythms.
*The amygdala regulates emotion to memory to stimuli, especially pertaining to threats or fear.

Even though Omicron had mild symptoms, for many it caused brain damage in the olfactory tract of the brain (the path of smell into the brain). To many, Omicron felt like just a cold or flu, but when the abnormal spike protein got into the brain through the olfactory tract, it did far more damage than the original COVID.

WHY? Because Omicron is not like the original COVID.

Omicron BA.1 differs from all previous variants in several fundamental respects. The virus enters cells via endocytosis, not by fusion. BA.1 forms either no or very small syncytia (fused cells). The spike protein is poorly cleaved into the active S1/S2 form on cell exit. Infection is not dependent on the protease TMPRSS2 cleavage as are all previous variants.

Whither the Omicron Family: BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2, BA.2.H78Y, BA.3? -- Forbes

So all other Covid: Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta enter cells through fusion. Omicron BA.2 and Omicron BA.3 enter cells through fusion. BUT NOT OMICRON BA.1. Omicron BA.1 enters cells through endocytosis, hence the brain damage through the olfactory tract.

Omicron BA.1, entered the brain through the olfactory sensor neurons in the nasal cavity which connect to axons in the brain. Axons are long hair like fibers that travel from the nasal cavity into the brain. What happens with some people is that once the immune system finds Covid along the axons, the immune system responds by severing the axons which causes a complete loss of smell, or anosmia.

When the immune system kills off the Covid in the neurons, axons and any neighboring parts of the brain, then it repairs the axons and reconnects them. Sad-to-say, sometimes the axons get reconnected wrong and people have a mixed up sense of smell. That means a pair of keys or metal might smell like rotten eggs, coffee might smell like ammonia, or pollen blowing in the wind might smell like a cigar. Sometimes the axons are reconnected incorrectly after the damage and people have a mixed up sense of smell.

When Omicron BA.1 entered the brain through the olfactory tract, it branched off in nearby areas of the brain. The hypothalamus is actually closer to the olfactory bulb in the brain, much closer than the amygdala.

For people experiencing difficulty regulating body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, sleep problems, and problems with circadian rhythm, it is highly probable that Omicron BA.1 reached the hypothalamus through the olfactory bulb as it entered cells through endocytosis via the olfactory tract, YOUR NOSE.

For me, it means 5-6 cold showers a day in the summer when it is 110 degrees outside so that I can cool my body off. For others, they can't get warm in the winter.

No one seems to have any treatment for it on the internet, so once again, I had to create my own brain repair regimen. Neurogenesis is the word.

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