Today we’re going to talk about temperature intolerance.
I’m Dr. Carrie Lam. This is Dr. Michael Lam.
Please define for us what temperature intolerance is.
Well, our body has an automatic built-in mechanism where it regulates the internal cold temperature
which is maintained to be about 98.6.
So if we are in an outdoor environment where it’s hot,
the sweat glands expand and we sweat to reduce the body temperature down.
Similarly, the opposite occurs when you’re in cold temperature.
In adrenal fatigue, I think because of the bioenergetics circuit
which is one of the six circuits that regulate our body’s stress response,
can become imbalanced or dysregulated.
When this happens, the body doesn’t do well,
especially in a hot temperature.
In the hot temperature it can mean going outside in the direct sunlight for a few minutes.
It could be going to a sauna or a steam room that is hot.
It could be taking a hot shower.
The consequence is that the body just feels drained
because it does not know how to deal with the temperature dysregulation within.
So, therefore, the body puts out more cortisol
puts out more adrenal function in order to reduce the inflammation,
and the physiological construct that goes along with it.
So, a person typically would then tell you, “Oh, I’m just so fatigued.
I’m so tired. I get dizzy.
I feel nervous.
I have heart palpitations when I take a hot shower.”
Even a hot bath can be problematic.
These people usually do better in a temperature maybe 68, 69 degrees Fahrenheit.
They tend to do better.
The body tends to do better in a colder environment versus a hotter environment.
So, the thermoregulation is a little off.
Yes, and the thermoregulation has to do with many factors.
It can be the barrier receptors. It can be the basal motor receptors.
We’re not quite sure exactly what it is,
but obviously there’s some imbalance and we see this quite often.
The good news is that this is a symptom that can be reversed.
Oftentimes if your body reestablishes itself…
Because it’s really a symptom. It’s not a disease.
It’s not that you have a sympathetic problem— which it does happen in some people.
They just actually have a sympathetic nervous system problem that leads them to sweat profusely.
That is a form of the dysautonomia, but that's not what we’re talking about here.
We’re talking about just not feeling well when they’re talking a hot bath.
They cannot tolerate going out into the sun for 10, 15 minutes in direct sunlight.
They feel better when they’re in the shade, that type of kind of discomfort you see.
You’ve gone through this. That’s why you understand it.
Well, yes, and believe me,
it’s not something you think about until you actually experience it yourself and say,
“Wow, why am I so intolerant of this heat? It appears everybody else has no problem.
I have the problem.”
So this is when—in my own journey—
I started to investigate and do research and try to figure out what is wrong with this whole temperature regulation.
It is a very important part of the bioenergetics circuit.
It’s one of the six key circuits that regulate our NeuroEndoMetabolic response,
and that’s why without this understanding most people just keep crashing themselves and don’t even know why.
This circuit also has a thyroid organ part of it.
Yes, and thyroid is one of the key mechanic regulations, regulating the body temperature for sure.
The basal body temperature’s regulated by a thyroid.
You can have a perfect thyroid and you still can have these unpleasant symptoms if your adrenals are not working well.
So, you talked mostly about heat intolerance; people who can’t really handle the heat.
Does it happen with the cold too?
A cold is less, for reasons we don’t quite understand,
but most people tend to do better.
If it is between hot and cold, you want to be on the cold side.
and you just feel more comfortable overall.
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