What is up with my body temperature

I once read somewhere that there is no such thing as cold, just an absence of heat. But I’m starting to think my body temperature proves that saying wrong. I swear I generate cold, like most people generate heat.

Ever step into a too-hot bathtub, and your skin erupts into this seering cold burning? I don’t have quite the right words to describe it, but maybe you’ll recognize what I mean. Well, that’s how I feel almost everytime I get into a bathtub. My mother tells me I shouldn’t take such hot baths, but that’s the only way I can thaw myself out.

I checked with a doctor, and he said since my skin is nice and pink, that I’m not anemic. I keep the air conditioner off well into the summer, which drives my friends nuts, but that’s the only way I can walk around in my house without wrapping up in heavy blankets (yes, in the middle of July).

So what’s up? Why am I so cold? Do I have some mystery ailment, if I’m not anemic?

What does a thermometer read when you take your temperature? There’s a difference betweeing feeling cold, and actually having a low body temperature, as someone will the chills during a fever can attest.
Arjuna34

The pink skin knocks out other circulatory problems, like diabetes. There are other things, though, like leperoucey that effect the nerves but not the blood.

Consider getting a complete physical, and ask to have your thyroid checked. And ignore the poster who said you couldn’t have diabetes but might have leprosy.

Qadgop, MD

Well, ignore his/her advice, anyway. You don’t have to ignore him/her if you don’t want to. No offense, am/pm, but what you say doesn’t make sense from a medical standpoint.