Low thyroid symptoms don't improve until temperatures improve
What's Wilson's Temperature Syndrome?
Classically, Wilson's Temperature Syndrome is:
* a persistent but reversible slowing of the metabolism often brought on by the stress of illness, injury, or emotional trauma. * often worsened in stages with subsequent stress. * characterized by a low body temperature and classic low-thyroid-like symptoms. * often corrected with a special thyroid treatment even though thyroid blood tests are often in the normal range.
In addition, there are people who seem much more prone to developing Wilsons Temperature Syndrome than others. Their symptoms tend to:
* Come on earlier in life, so early that some patients may not even know what it feels like to be normal. * Worsen more gradually over time.
Those who seem most prone to developing Wilson's Temperature Syndrome are those whose ancestors survived famine, such as Irish, Scot, Welsh, American Indian, Russian, etc.. Most susceptible of all seem to be those who are part Irish, and part American Indian. But under severe circumstances people of any nationality can develop Wilson's Temperature Syndrome.
About 80% of Wilson's Temperature Syndrome sufferers are women.
Low Body Temperature and Symptoms
It's easy to see if your metabolism has slowed down and might be contributing to your health problems. You can simply check your body temperature.
In fact, low body temperature and low-thyroid-like
symptoms are so closely related that it appears that the low body
temperature is actually what causes the symptoms.
A low body
temperature is a very reliable indicator of poor health that can often
be corrected with restorative medical techniques.
How Can A Low Body Temperature Cause So Many
Symptoms?
Virtually all of the chemical reactions that take
place in our bodies are catalyzed by enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that
are dependent upon their shape, or conformation, for their activity.
When enzymes are too hot they are too loose, when they are too cold they
are too tight, and in either extreme the enzymes are not the right
shape and cannot function optimally. When the body temperature is too
low, nearly all of the enzymes in the body function less effectively.
This can cause a very wide variety of complaints.
It's well known
that high fevers (107 degrees F) can cause brain damage and even death,
and that very low body temperatures (< 90 degrees F) can also be
life-threatening.
Likewise, a temperature a little above normal
(say 100 degrees) is plenty of reason to feel badly and be excused from
school or work. Clearly, temperatures that are just as low as 100
degrees is high can easily explain a classic set of symptoms. It is
obvious that we are looking at a continuum, and in order to function
optimally, the body must be at the optimal temperature.
How Can A Low Body Temperature Cause So Many
Symptoms?
Virtually all of the chemical reactions that take
place in our bodies are catalyzed by enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that
are dependent upon their shape, or conformation, for their activity.
When enzymes are too hot they are too loose, when they are too cold they
are too tight, and in either extreme the enzymes are not the right
shape and cannot function optimally. When the body temperature is too
low, nearly all of the enzymes in the body function less effectively.
This can cause a very wide variety of complaints.
It's well known
that high fevers (107 degrees F) can cause brain damage and even death,
and that very low body temperatures (< 90 degrees F) can also be
life-threatening.
Likewise, a temperature a little above normal
(say 100 degrees) is plenty of reason to feel badly and be excused from
school or work. Clearly, temperatures that are just as low as 100
degrees is high can easily explain a classic set of symptoms. It is
obvious that we are looking at a continuum, and in order to function
optimally, the body must be at the optimal temperature.
