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Default Sep 30, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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Does anyone else feel cold/chilly around the start of their cycle?

For awhile now, I have noticed I will feel chilly every time my period starts, and it has nothing to do with the temperature outside or inside. Believe me, it is still hot here (no sign of fall). The AC is on, but we keep it fairly warm inside, 74 or 75F. I definitely don't have a fever or feel sick beyond the usual period complaints (cramps, backache, etc.)

I started my period today (well, I think it's going to start as I'm spotting), and whenever the AC kicks on, I am absolutely freezing. I'm even a bit chilly when the AC kicks off. I feel like turning the heater on and it's 90F outside!

What's up with this? I don't remember this happening when I was younger! I'm 46 now.

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Default Oct 04, 2024 at 01:12 AM
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When I had seriously low ferritin, I felt cold. I could not make my body feel warm even under comforters and even wearing socks. I heated my apartment in NoCal which I never do otherwise. Feeling cold is a common symptom of anemia. Mine went away as ferritin improved. I do not know if this can be connected to periods but maybe as you start losing iron with blood, your body reacts?? not sure it is possible but just a thought.

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I do have a tendency to get anemic and should have an iron panel run next time I see my PCP, but I don't think it's related to my period. My period is super light. If I wanted to, I could wear only 1 regular flow pad every 24 hr. throughout my entire cycle (though I change it a few times daily for sanitary reasons & also to avoid any sort of infection down there).

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Default Oct 04, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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Here's what comes to my mind:

Your basal body temperature drops for about two weeks before, so you'll already be a little cooler, but then hormones, like estrogen, can relax your vascular system, which can lead to body heat being lost more readily through that system and your skin.

I'm definitely no expert, but can tell you from experience that a hot flash causes you to become flushed and quickly dissipate a lot of heat through your skin, after which, you've lost so much of your warmth that you'll be freezing--- at least for a little while, until the next one strikes.

So my guess would be that hormones are causing your body to effectively dissipate more of your body heat.
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I do have a tendency to get anemic and should have an iron panel run next time I see my PCP, but I don't think it's related to my period. My period is super light. If I wanted to, I could wear only 1 regular flow pad every 24 hr. throughout my entire cycle (though I change it a few times daily for sanitary reasons & also to avoid any sort of infection down there).
Got it. Then it is not the cause. Still, treating anemia if you have it is always a good idea for other reasons.

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