Cold is the devil! Anyone else?

[Ckoenig]

I was dx'd this summer so still so new to figuring
Out what's what. I can't stay warm. I'm not anemic and
I receive monthly B12 injections. The past few times I've been cold
Even a little I've gotten the worst joint pain in weird locations like
My shoulder blades. This has been accompanied by pain that
Radiates to my back and followed by D ugh!
I'm 32 and I feel like an old person. Am I crazy?
I'm living on Tylenol with arthritis. Whenever my stomach is
Acting up my skin gets itchy and my joints are really sore. All
I can do is be warm and snuggle in bed.
Does anyone else have symtoms that present like this?
The first few times I went to the ER I was dx'd with
Gastritis but they seemed like it was so odd my back hurt
So much. Every time my tummy acts up my back aches behind my lungs
And beneath. And can the joints? Cartilage in your diaphragm hurt?
Because the chest pains are the scariest part of this for me?

 

[mccindy]

Sometimes one autoimmune disease can lead to another. It's possible you might have Lupus or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Never hurts to check it out. I'm cold all the time myself, but I have very low body fat, so that is part of it. Also my normal body temperature runs about 97 degrees so it's difficult for me to feel warm! I don't know that it's related to my bowel symptoms because I experience the cold whether I'm experience GI symptoms or not.

 

[wild_one353]

Ckoenig, here is a really scientific answer to this question.

what you need is more fiber from whole grains for intestinal bacteria that make butyrate. try potatoes or whole grain rye crisps.other grains may be beneficial as well like oats, but most studies ive read these tend to produce more butyrate then other grains.

ibd patients intestinal bacteria have less diversity in butyrate producing bacteria, and butyrate production in the gi tract is lower compared to healthy intestines. Butyrate plays a role in stablizing body temperature here is a study done on mice to observe the effects of butyrate on their biological systems-

Mice were exposed to a cold environment with an ambient temperature of 4°C for 90 min. Core body temperature was monitored three times by measuring the rectal temperature. In control mice, body temperature decreased with time and was 34.5°C after 90 min in the cold (Fig. 3A). In butyrate-treated mice, body temperature dropped to 35°C transiently at 30 min and then returned to 36°C for the remainder of the time. These data suggest that thermogenic function is enhanced in the butyrate group.

the diversity of healthy bacteria can be restored with a new treatment in FDA trials, and in a 2003 study, this treatment may have cured U.C. At teh Annual American College of Gastroenterolgy Doctor and Professor Thomas J. Borody presented his latest finding that this treatment can also put Crohn's in remission. 10 more studys all around the world over the next 2 years find out more here- http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=52400

 

[mccindy]

I actually get quite a bit of fiber from oats, psyllium husks, potatoes and rice. Prior to becoming gluten-intolerant I ate very high amounts of whole-grain bread, pasta, brown and wild rice, and oats. It made no difference to my being cold or my body temperature remaining low.
I would venture a guess that it depends on whether the temperature fluctuations are actually related to Crohn's or some other process in a person's body.