A symptom of low body temperature
Nails, Unhealthy
Patients with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome often notice that their nails are brittle, peeling, splitting, pitting, ridged, soft, or not growing as well as compared to prior to the onset of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome . They can also be more susceptible to fungal infections of the nails and skin infections around the nails.
From the book — how this is usually treated
Artificial Nails, Wigs/Repeat Perms
Even though these are cosmetic issues, they deserve to be mentioned because of the impact that they can have on a patient's life, financially and emotionally. Many, many of the female patients that I treat for Wilson's Temperature Syndrome have artificial nails because of the splitting, breaking, peeling, and lack of growth of their own nails. Patients will often wear wigs or toupees due to hair loss. Patients may sometimes require a repeat perm after their permanent falls out within two weeks, when their permanents usually stay in for months (before Wilson's Temperature Syndrome). Sometimes the perm may not take at all. This problem is often corrected with proper thyroid hormone treatment. Interestingly, the dry and brittle hair problem that is frequently associated with Wilson's Temperature Syndrome sometimes begins to clear up in a manner of days, even two to fourteen days. Since the hair certainly has not had time to grow out completely within a period of two weeks, it appears that the condition and quality of the hair must have something to do with the oils that are secreted from the scalp. Frequently, with proper thyroid hormone treatment the change in the hair can often be dramatic and noticeable leaving it more manageable even within a period of two weeks. Some of the changes come over time as the hair grows out but it is interesting that some of the hair complaints improve in such a short period of time. (See PIGMENTATION, SKIN AND HAIR, CHANGES in Chapter 9).
In their own words
“Additionally, we started to build a new house “hammer and nails.” We were preparing for our daughter’s wedding and I was asked to run for a local elected office, which I did.”
— Betty J. · read more stories
“My skin… hair… fingernails… toenails came off” – Charles C.”
— Charles C. · read more stories
“Wilson I was suffering from the following symptoms: migraine headaches for over 20 years, constipation, fatigue, dry skin, fluid retention, dry hair, brittle, peeling and splitting soft nails, easy bruising, lack of sweating, allergies, frequent colds, heat and cold intolerance, itchiness, decreased hair and nail growth, cold hands and feet, slow wound healing, ringing of the ears, and a continuous…”
— Dianne T. · read more stories
Dr. Wilson on this symptom
Dry Skin? Check Your Body Temperature
Dry skin, hair and nails could be a sign of slowed metabolism due to problems with your thyroid hormones
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.
Low Body Temperature
Low Body Temperature Many doctors are not aware that low body temperatures can cause severe problems or that they can be corrected.
Losing weight
Has it ever seemed that your body is fighting your efforts to lose weight? Well, it is. In addition, when the body temperature drops during dieting, it can often remain lower even after the dieting is over.
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 →