A symptom of low body temperature
Constipation/Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Constipation is an extremely common associated symptom. Multiple Enzyme Dysfunction caused by low body temperature patterns can result in the slowing down of the gastrointestinal tract. This may lead to less frequent bowel movements, constipation, bloating, gas, abdominal cramping, irritable bowel syndrome/spastic colon, and indeed diarrhea. So decreased bowel motility can lead to constipation or maldigestion of food, and gaseous bloating leading to spastic contraction of the colon and diarrhea. As mentioned previously, these symptoms can respond remarkably well to proper liothyronine treatment, even when many other approaches have failed.
From the book — how this is usually treated
Laxatives, Antispasmodics, Hemorrhoid Preparations
Decreased thyroid system function and resulting low body temperature patterns can cause decreased bowel motility which can manifest itself in several ways. It can lead to constipation, which constipation is frequently treated with various types of laxatives, including bulk-forming laxatives and suppositories. Patients can frequently go three to five days without a bowel movement and sometimes as long as three weeks. This constipation is often treated with high fiber diets, bulk-forming laxatives, and stool softeners. The constipation can also lead to straining-at-the-stool and consequent hemorrhoid formation which is often treated with creams and other preparations. The abnormal bowel motility and constipation sometimes leads to reflexive spasms, abdominal pain, cramping, gas, and even diarrhea. This situation is commonly referred to as Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Spastic Colon. Patients with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome often have constipation and/or diarrhea with gas, bloating, and cramping. I remember one patient who was suffering from acid indigestion, constipation, and hemorrhoids because of his decreased bowel motility. He was taking histamine blockers (ulcer medicine) for his acid indigestion. He was on a bulk-forming laxative to prevent constipation, and he was requiring a steroid hemorrhoid cream for his hemorrhoids. With proper thyroid hormone treatment, his bowel motility returned to normal. His tendencies for constipation and acid indigestion also resolved. And he was no longer bothered with hemorrhoids. He was able to wean off his ulcer medicine, laxative, and hemorrhoid medicine as well as the thyroid hormone treatment.
Antispasmodic medicines are frequently given for the spastic colon symptoms to help patients with gas, bloating, and sudden episodes of diarrhea. One such unfortunate patient can remember, to the day, when his case of severe spastic colon began (a day of severe job stress). From that day, he had symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome so severe that he had been unable to enjoy some of his favorite pursuits (piloting an airplane and scuba diving). Doctors were unable to find the cause of his Irritable Bowel Syndrome and were treating him with antispasmodic/anti anxiety medications, which improved his situation but did not correct it. With the WT3 protocol, the patient’s symptoms of spastic colon resolved quickly (several weeks), and dramatically, with normalization of his bowl motility. His situation was far better treated with proper thyroid therapy than with the less successful antispasmodic therapy.
In their own words
“I also suffered from dry itchy skin, brittle hair and nails, constipation, frequent respiratory infections, frequent and severe migraine type headaches, debilitating pain in my feet, ankles, and finger joints, and occasionally, a tender abdomen “in the upper right quadrant.” Frequently I found bruises on my extremities and could not relate them to any apparent injuries.”
— Elizabeth W. · read more stories
“My exhaustion worsened; my periods became irregular; I started gaining weight; my sex drive decreased; I woke with a headache every morning; I had heart palpitations, constipation, and my sleeping habits reversed.”
— Niki B. · read more stories
“I have at least 20 of them with PMS, weight gain, irritability, allergies,constipation, depression being the most visible ones.”
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Dr. Wilson on this symptom
Crabby, constipated and unable to concentrate?
A thyroid hormone problem can cause many kinds of symptoms. Moodiness, constipation and lack of focus could be an indication of a thyroid condition.
Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome Symptoms
The symptoms of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome are classic symptoms of slow metabolism as in hypothyroidism. A patient doesn’t have to have all the symptoms to respond well to T3 therapy. In fact, they may only have one.
The Gut-Thyroid Connection
Research into the microbiome is uncovering links between gut health and thyroid function — including SIBO, systemic inflammation, hypothyroidism and body temperature.
The Low Thyroid – Gut Connection
Low thyroid activity and the resulting low metabolism can cause gastrointestinal trouble.
Where this comes from. A 2015 interview with Dr. Wilson on low body temperature and thyroid hormone expression is indexed on PubMed Central (Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal). Wilson's Temperature Syndrome is not accepted by every medical body — read the disagreement in full.
From Dr. Denis Wilson's book on Wilson's Temperature Syndrome. See all symptoms →