temperature spikes before and during an attack...anyone else?
#360512 - 08/23/10 12:34 AM
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fairleas
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I have tried to really pay attention to my body cues for a while now and I've noticed that before I have an attack of D, my body temperature spikes to the point I am visibly sweating. I've noticed that my body heat rises and falls in sync with the corresponding attack or cessation of symptoms.
I've noticed it before when I've been out in public and I start to feel icky, but I was never sure if it was a physical reaction, a psychological one, or a combination of the two. When I get to feeling icky I get nervous, which probably makes me flush, which probably makes me sweat, which makes me feel ickier, which makes me nervous...etc. But, the hot surge happens even when I'm home alone.
It should be said that I just turned 41 a few months ago, and I've had mild perimenopausal symptoms but nothing major yet. I've had hot flashes ever since I can remember (seriously, even when I was a kid I was warm-natured), but they've gotten worse the past ten years or so. I've never been able to handle hot and/or humid weather because of a combination of allergies, mild asthma, and IBS. Heat and/or humidity makes my IBS symptoms worse. However, I get these hot flashes/diarrhea even in the winter. I'm hot pretty much all the time.
Just wondering if anyone else had noticed anything like this in their own lives. I'm also wondering if there is anything that can be done about them. I HATE being hot all the time!
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I'm 24 and I have IBS-C but I experienced the same. I guess in my case it's my body wanting/needing something (eliminating waste) but it just can't do it. 
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Have you measured your temperature at these time to see if it is really risen? I have had similar sensations but when I measured my temperature it was normal. It seems they were warm flushes and not an increase in core body temperature.
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Have you measured your temperature at these time to see if it is really risen? I have had similar sensations but when I measured my temperature it was normal. It seems they were warm flushes and not an increase in core body temperature.
I have not thought to actually get a thermometer and measure...I have always just assumed (yeah, never ASSume, lol) my temperature has risen because I am flushed and sweating. I mean, I feel like I'm heating up from the inside...like somebody turned on the furnace that's located in my core somewhere and my skin is the exhaust vent. If that makes sense.  I've had people ask me, "Are you okay? You're sweating."
I'll try to remember to actually take my temperature next time. That might involve carrying a thermometer with me! 
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Oh...I also read somewhere that an inability to regulate body temperature (too hot) can be linked to not enough B vitamins. If I were to start taking a supplement, would that be safe? I know that I can't take most multivitamins because I can handle only very small amounts of vitamin C (causes gas and D).
So would taking a B complex supplement be okay, gut-wise?
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Although I'm stable now (IBS diet, Tummy fiber, probiotics, yoga, and recently-completed 100-day hypnosis program), when I first acquired IBS in mid-2009, I would have really severe attacks (IBS-D) that included nausea and elevated blood pressure and heart rate over several hours, or even a couple of days. Could elevated blood pressure/heart rate be what's causing your sweating/flushing instead of elevated temperature?
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Although I'm stable now (IBS diet, Tummy fiber, probiotics, yoga, and recently-completed 100-day hypnosis program), when I first acquired IBS in mid-2009, I would have really severe attacks (IBS-D) that included nausea and elevated blood pressure and heart rate over several hours, or even a couple of days. Could elevated blood pressure/heart rate be what's causing your sweating/flushing instead of elevated temperature?
Hmm...not sure. My BP, with the exception of when I was pregnant (when it was dangerously high), is good. Last time I took it, it was about 120/60. Not bad for an old fat girl. 
Now that you mention it, I have had the occasional problem with my heart racing, but it lasts for literally a few seconds and it happens maybe once a month, if even that often. Had it all my life. I've never noticed it coinciding with feeling hot, but who knows?
Okay, so now I'll carry a thermometer and a blood pressure monitor. 
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My dad gets those attacks quite often (and me every once in a blue moon). His doctor says it's a vaso-vagal response where the cramping gut pinches off your vagas nerve and sets off a harmless, though scary, reaction. He recommended a cold shower or putting your hand in really cold water to "shock" the system back to normal.
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sometimes severe attacks/pain can cause someone's temperature to drop, and they can get very cold and shaky. Blood pressure can drop with severe attacks, too.
Even after the pain subsides you can still feel very cold, lethargic, and exhausted to the point that you just have to go to sleep.
It's all connected.
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Wow!...I'm not the only one...I get those too. Prior to a full fledged attack (right before the spams start) I get flushed, hot and sweaty sometimes nauseous. It them turns into a almost "clammy" all over body sweat. I don't know what causes it but glad to know I'm not the only one.
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