How to Find a Doctor Who Will Treat a Low Body Temperature

The most common message this site receives is some version of “where do I find someone who will actually treat this?” Dr. Wilson wrote a 7,000-word guide on precisely that question, and this page is the short version: the three routes that exist, what he says to look for in a doctor, and what to say once you are in the room. Every quotation links to the full text.

Route 1: ask for a referral

The Find a Practitioner form is the direct route. You say where you are and what you have been dealing with, and the site does its best to point you toward someone trained in the protocol. It is a request, not a directory search, and it makes no promise that a practitioner is nearby.

Route 2: bring your own doctor — with backup

If you already have a doctor you trust, that may be the better route, and Dr. Wilson’s organisation supports it:

If you prefer working with your own physician, Dr. Wilson is happy to consult with your doctor on your case for free. Your doctor can contact us to make arrangements. Unfortunately, Dr. Wilson is not able to talk directly with patients.

— Find a Practitioner

The consultation is doctor-to-doctor. What you bring to your own doctor is the case for a therapeutic trial — the rest of this guide.

Route 3: the certified list

Practitioners who have completed the T3 certification are the third route. The guidelines page describes who is on that list:

You can sign up as a treating physician by joining AARM (Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine), and taking the T3 Certification course and passing the exam.

There are currently over 100 doctors, physician’s assistants, and nurse practitioners on our list of treating practitioners, most are in the United States, and some are international.

— Guidelines For Signing Up As A Treating Physician

Every practitioner on it has agreed to six tenets. The second is the one patients most need to know about:

I diagnose Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome based on low body temperature and symptoms – not on blood tests (including levels of T3 or RT3).

— Guidelines For Signing Up As A Treating Physician

The referral form is how the site connects you with them.

What to look for in a doctor

Dr. Wilson’s guide is unusually candid about this. The first quality is not credentials:

You want a doctor who cares about, listens to, and is interested in helping his patients. How well a doctor and patient communicate and get along is always important, but it’s especially important in the treatment of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome. Your doctor must find out from you how you are feeling, and it’s important that you carefully follow his instructions about the treatment protocol.

— Patient Guide to Recruiting a Doctor

The second is a way of thinking about tests, and he gives a five-minute test for it:

If a doctor seems to have the attitude that tests are always conclusive in every circumstance, then he is less likely to have good clinical skills. If a doctor seems to be well aware that tests and technology have their limitations and that it’s still important to consider and evaluate each patient on an individual case basis, he’s more likely to have good clinical skills.

— Patient Guide to Recruiting a Doctor

What to ask for

The patient FAQ describes the diagnostic logic a doctor would be following, and it is worth knowing before you ask:

Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is largely a diagnosis of exclusion and is best identified with a therapeutic trial.

The steps of diagnosis are essentially,

1. Does the patient’s story sound typical of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome?
2. Is there any other great explanation for the patient’s complaints?
3. Is there any reason the patient shouldn’t try the treatment for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome?
4. Try the T3 therapy protocol for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome and see how well it works.

— Frequently Asked Questions

So the ask is not “test me for Wilson’s syndrome” — there is no such test, and a doctor who knows that will say so. The ask is: here is my temperature log, here are my symptoms, other explanations have been looked at; would you consider a therapeutic trial, with Dr. Wilson’s office available to consult?

What to bring

1. A temperature log, taken properly — three oral readings a day, averaged, over several days. How to take it.
2. Your symptom list, against the 53 symptoms in the book.
3. The doctor’s manual, or at least the link. Dr. Wilson’s guide explains why:

In the beginning of the manual are 8 case studies a doctor can read through in less than an hour to quickly get a feel for the treatment.

In fact, a doctor will be more proficient after spending 5 or 6 hours carefully reading the revised Doctor’s Manual, than he would ever be in more than 2 years treating hundreds of patients without having read it.

— Patient Guide to Recruiting a Doctor

The manual is free to read at /for-doctors/manual/, and the practitioner entry page is For Doctors.

Why not every doctor knows this

Expect the possibility of a no. The guide’s explanation is not that doctors are careless:

It represents a fairly significant paradigm shift, which means that a lot of things would change, and lots of change doesn’t happen quickly.

— Patient Guide to Recruiting a Doctor

And the disagreement is real: Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is not accepted by every medical body. The objection hub names the critics and lets you read both sides before you raise it with anyone.

Where to go from here

• Find a Practitioner — the referral form.
• Patient Guide to Recruiting a Doctor — the full guide, including exactly what to say.
• For Doctors — the page to send your physician to.

This is a reader’s guide compiled from Dr. Wilson’s published writing; every quotation is his and links to its source. It is not medical advice.