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What Causes Lower Body Temperature After Bowel Movement?

Hello, every time I need to have a bowel movement my body temperature drops rapidly - I shiver and have goose bumps. Then I am extremely cold for a while afterward. Have you any idea what could be going on? I am 51, weigh 172, and female. Thank you! :-)
Tue, 18 Jul 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Dropping of the body temperature on passing motion, shivering with goose bumps and extremely cold for a while afterwards can be due to the following reasons probably:
Overactivity of the sympathetic autonomous nervous system that gets activated while passing motion.
Intestinal infection causing such a problem, particularly entero-colitis.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Consult a Gastroenterologist and a Neurologist and discuss these issues in detail to get a clinical evaluation, examination and investigations as would be directed by the Specialists.
These may be CT scan of the abdomen.
MRI of the lower spine.
Colonoscopy
Tests of stool, blood and urine.
Consider the role of stress and/or anxiety and get a control if felt necessary.
Proper treatment of the cause if any found on investigations.
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What Causes Lower Body Temperature After Bowel Movement?

Hi. Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific. Noted the history and understood the concerns. Dropping of the body temperature on passing motion, shivering with goose bumps and extremely cold for a while afterwards can be due to the following reasons probably: Overactivity of the sympathetic autonomous nervous system that gets activated while passing motion. Intestinal infection causing such a problem, particularly entero-colitis. I would advise you the following in such a situation: Consult a Gastroenterologist and a Neurologist and discuss these issues in detail to get a clinical evaluation, examination and investigations as would be directed by the Specialists. These may be CT scan of the abdomen. MRI of the lower spine. Colonoscopy Tests of stool, blood and urine. Consider the role of stress and/or anxiety and get a control if felt necessary. Proper treatment of the cause if any found on investigations.