Low body temperature - doctors?

[ProteinFiend]

Last time my temp. was taken at my doctors I had a temp of 96.9... almost 2 deg. F below normal. I'm not sure of the cause of this.... any ideas?

I feel this makes me to put fat on easy... and be tired often throughout the day.

 

[Nelson Montana]

I'm not a doctor, but the obvious answer, or at least my first guess, would be hypothyroidism.

 

[ProteinFiend]

Yea thats what I suspected... I am supplementing with Kelp for the extra iodine, though I really doubt that will have an effect... should I see a doc about this... or should I just forget about it as it doesnt really affect my everyday life that much? Basically it only forces me to diet a lot... so I don't put on a bunch of fat.

 

[DrJMW]

Get your thyroid hormones checked via blood testing: Free T3, Free T4, and TSH. Typical hypothyroidism is low T3. Usually TSH is high and T4 can be normal or low.