You are undoubtedly worried if you have a lowered body temperature. What to do while not everyone knows. And from what does it even go down? Let's figure it out.
The body temperature in humans and all higher animals can be maintained at relatively constant levels, despite the changing temperature fluctuations in the environment. Heat generation occurs within us as a result of continuously and endlessly occurring various exothermic reactions. They occur in all organs and tissues, without exception, but unequally intensively. In the tissues and organs producing active work - in muscle tissue, kidneys, and liver, more heat is released than in less active ones - bones, connective tissue, and cartilage. The loss of heat by tissues and organs depends to a large extent on their constant location: organs located superficially, for example, skin or skeletal muscles, give off more heat and are cooled more strongly than internal organs, which are more protected from cooling. Hence it is clear that the temperature of various organs is different. And if the whole body has a generally lowered body temperature, what should I do then?
We all determine the indicator of permissible normal temperature with a value of 36.6 ° C. But for most people, figures below or above the generally accepted standard may well be the norm. In this case, they feel normal, such a deviation does not affect their well-being in any way.
But if, noticing a drop in temperature, there is a certain discomfort and, possibly, a breakdown, then it is necessary to search for the causes of this phenomenon.
Such conditions are often quite characteristic of pregnant and lactating women. If these factors are absolutely excluded, then why then lowered body temperature? What to do? Search for reasons in:
- decrease in immunity;
- reduced hemoglobin (you need to do a normal blood test);
- recent illnesses;
- neurocirculatory dystonia, precisely according to the hypotensive type (occurs due to overwork, lack of sleep, increased physical activity or improper human nutrition);
- intoxication of the body;
- internal bleeding;
- asthenic syndrome;
- a tendency to lower blood pressure (you need to contact a cardiologist);
- diseases of the adrenal glands, impaired activity in the endocrine system, hypothyroidism (analysis for hormones, urgent ultrasound);
- Overexertion, severe fatigue associated with new duties (lack of sleep at night, motherhood, some mild exhaustion of the body through breastfeeding).
If, on the basis of the results of the examinations, no serious violations were found, then the treatment will most likely be based not on the usual medical methods, but on those that are associated with the normalization of the lifestyle itself - hardening procedures, light sports, physiotherapy exercises.
What to do if the temperature is 36 - you can use spa therapy, physiotherapy, balneotherapy.
When the temperature is 35, folk methods will tell you what to do. If this condition is accompanied by constant debilitating stresses, then it is urgent to choose the most effective soothing "helpers". First of all, as a rule, preference is given to preparations that contain exclusively plant materials. Ginseng, Eleutherococcus, Aralia showed excellent results in the fight against depleting stresses (this is a group of tonic drugs that are taken both in the morning and in the afternoon, because they have some stimulating properties); motherwort, hops, valerian, hawthorn (this is a group of sedatives that are taken at night). The duration of this course of treatment is a month.
If herbal remedies could not cope with the symptom of "lowered body temperature", doctors who will prescribe the correct medication will advise what to do.