RE: Re: low body temp??

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My " normal " temp is 35.5 C, not sure what that is in F.? My gastro doc told

me I should hit the emerg. if my temp goes to 37.5 C, based on what my norm

is.

Ray - Thunder Bay Ontario Canada PSC 2003.

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>Subject: Re: low body temp??

>Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:49:16 -0000

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>What a comfort to know I'm not alone! I've purchased three new

>thermometers since my formal diagnosis a year ago because I was

>thinking each was broken. My body temperature hasn't once gone above

>97 (even when I've been feeling feverish), and is usually 96.5.

>Regardless of how horrible I feel, I've been told that I don't have an

>infection because my temp isn't at 102!

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>Another question - my blood pressure tends to be low. When my body is

>stressed (during procedures, post-surgery, even during labor &

>delivery), my blood pressure always drops dramatically. With low BP,

>care givers are more reluctant to introduce pain relievers because meds

>tend to further reduce BP. I've learned now that whenever I meet a new

>caregiver in the hospital, I immediately tell them about my unusual BP

>tendencies (and of my allergy to cefotetan), so they'll not panic when

>my blood pressure drops under situations that cause normal people to

>have higher blood pressure.

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>Does anybody else have the same BP issues?

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>Debbie in Seattle

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