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Hats are some of my best friends!
(Non-medical advice from a cold person here. Well I dislike the heat too... call me *sensitive*)
I must wear soled footwear on tiled floor & prefer socks/slippers on wooden floors.
I find even on a warm day, if air flow is hitting my face & neck my sensory perception is I am cold. So hats & scarves, even very light weight, stop this effect.
Those ladies in period dramas? Wearing big bonnets outdoors & little fine linen or lace caps indoors.. hmm not just to keep the spiders & lice out of one's hair..?
Keeps your head warmer!
(I'm googling Regency lace cap now..)
My late husband was very cold natured the last several years of his life and he would wear either fleece pajama pants or sweat pants on the bottom with a hooded sweatshirt on top with the hoodie up over his head even in when it was 100 degrees outside.
And I would have to add an extra blanket on top of him as well.
I also now visit a 100 year old woman who is very cold natured, and always has on a sweatshirt and long pants on when I come to her house. Plus she doesn't like her air-conditioning on, but keeps it on 80 degrees, so I always have to dress appropriately as I tend to be more hot natured. And I'm in NC which is very hot and humid all summer long and well into fall too.
Like I always say though, when you're cold you can always put more clothing on but when you're hot, you can only take but so much off without getting arrested.
So just make sure that your loved one is bundled up appropriately, and let them wear whatever it takes to keep them warm.
So one time I was standing in front of a client , asking her my usual, how are things going stuff, and was taking my sweatshirt off, surprise surprise, I forgot the tank top. 🤪. Just a funny story to share
You should have a reverse cycle aircon, that will strip out humidity as well as provide heat. If you can’t find one that will do both at the same time, put it on cool while it strips humidity and while M is in another room, then start it on heat when she comes back in. We had ours on cool stripping high humidity (the gauge said over 95% humidity), and the outlet ran like a tap turned on. So humidity would stay low for at least a couple of hours.
She knows that even if she doesn't want to she has to keep the ACs on low to keep the humidity down. And its ok comfortable in her house, but not comfortable where If I moved a lot I'm not sweating to death.
And I'm concerned about winter, because she is literally in pain, not just cold.
With my mom , I think it's the part of her brain that controls heat is just broken, there is no way to fix this , I feel bad for her about this . This is one of those things for me that I say, " it is what it is" and have to just accept it.
No amount of any clothes or anything really helps much
So check clothing, body parts, and body surroundings. Geaton’s medical checks are really good, but don’t ignore the ordinary body effects.
How much body fat does he have? Sometimes it's nothing to do with metabolism or circulation, but rather literal insulation. It's a pretty common problem with elders who are thin. Other reasons:
Hypothyroidism
Type 2 Diabetes
Chronic Kidney Disease
Pharmaceutical drug side effect
Cardiovascular disease
Heart disease
Thin skin
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Blood vessel disorders