cold and tired and hg is ok

[sullidog]

Has anyone else had this problem? When I get tired I get cold too. My hemoglobin is at 11 so I know that's not the problem. My blood pressure runs fine when this happens as well. It mainly happens on dialysis days but can happen on off days as well. I also can tire out very easily some days and some days I'm fine. I sleep well at night.
Anyone know what might be causing this?
My dialysis clearence is at 81.
Troy

[willowtreewren]

Troy,
Even though your numbers may be in the acceptable range, every individual responds differently. When my husband was anemic, he was cold all the time. Before dialysis and even for a while after starting, he had to wear a jacket even in the summer.

His Hg and ferritin or ferrin are much better now (thanks to intervention) and he no longer has that problem.

Aleta

[kitkatz]

I take hand warmers from skiers packets to dialysis. I sent them on my chest with my blanket over it. It keeps me warm.

[billybags]

I think this is a problem with lots of dialysis patients. My husband is always cold, he wraps up like Nanook of the north when he goes out, bless him. The only time he is ok is when the sun shines on him in summer, and in the UK we have not had much of that in the last two years, not where we live any way.

[Ken Shelmerdine]

I tend to feel cold after about two hours into dialysis and thereafter for the rest of the day. On non D days it doesn't seem to affect me though I always seem to have cold feet when I get in bed at night.

 As for haemoglobin they say mine although within normal range (14. it is slightly two high when you have a fistula. There is a danger of it clotting off apparently so twice a week they ditch the venous line after dialysis and do the washback straight into the needle line.

[jeannea]

I have also found that some blood pressure meds can make you feel cold.  When I was on beta blockers I could time it from when I took the med to when I had a cold flash.  And it's so hard to get warm because it's from the inside out.  It's possible the docs could change your BP meds but it may just be something you have to live with.  That's what I found.  Hang in there and snuggle under lots of blankies.  Find a way to laugh about it so you don't cry.

Jeanne

[jbeany]

I recall reading on here somewhere that the kidney is partly responsible for the body's internal thermostat, so no matter how well you are doing with hemoglobin and other lab values, you may still feel chilly.