Hey guys/girls
Wondering if anyone out there can help me,for the past couple of summers mainly every time i get out of the water (24 + deg days) and go home as soon as i start to relax i start to get cold,to the point that i feel sick and start to shiver.I go hot and cold and the shakes last pretty much all night or until i fall sleep.when i wake up im fine.
I stretch before i surf ,drink warm drinks before hand ,even taking vitamins tablets.nothing works.
Ive taking a shower to warm myself up but doesnt work. (should i be taking cold showers instead?).
Im not a cold frog and it only happens after a surf,not a swim .
I know it has something to do with my blood flow but i want to know why and how to prevent it from happening.
any ideas would be great.
thanks
Might be you're getting old. You didn't say.
It's common as you get older. I'm there so that much I do know. 
The only way I know to stop it is not stay out so long, or use a wetsuit. Even a springy helps a lot.
Come back in before your core temperature drops.
That might be only after 30 minutes in winter and about an hour in summer if you're not wearing a wetty.
Maybe a bit more or less for differnt people.
not sure but I know the amount of salt water that comes out of my nose after a paddle is way more than it used to be
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Since its only happening after surfing- dont stop surfing 
Seriously though- how about getting a series of overnight tests done with a blood pressure monitor thingo,
Do the test without swimming, with swimming, with surfing, with nookie etc.
"purely for reference and research purposes" would be hard for the missus to knock back
Pretty sure most health insurance funds cough up for the monitor hire and tests as long as they are referred by your G.P.
stephen
I'm guessing maybe you're a lot more active when surfing, so maybe more blood flow to the skin and tips of your body, and therefore more core body heat loss. If you have a warm bath when you get home to restore body heat instead of a shower, does it still happen?
Hmmm,... no response from Mrking after nine hours.
I guess whatever it was must be fatal.
MEDIC !!! 
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Hmmm,... no response from Mrking after nine hours.
I guess whatever it was must be fatal.
MEDIC !!!
I agree ^
But his track record of comments so far is complaining 1 !
No lost then, but really body temp is important and a sign like this means you should make out a will leaving all your gear to seabreeze before its to late.
Does he sail near Sydney airport? Sounds like possible side effects of chemtrail inhalation.
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Hey guys/girls
Wondering if anyone out there can help me,for the past couple of summers mainly every time i get out of the water (24 + deg days) and go home as soon as i start to relax i start to get cold,to the point that i feel sick and start to shiver.I go hot and cold and the shakes last pretty much all night or until i fall sleep.when i wake up im fine.
I stretch before i surf ,drink warm drinks before hand ,even taking vitamins tablets.nothing works.
Ive taking a shower to warm myself up but doesnt work. (should i be taking cold showers instead?).
Im not a cold frog and it only happens after a surf,not a swim .
I know it has something to do with my blood flow but i want to know why and how to prevent it from happening.
any ideas would be great.
thanks
I have experienced the same thing....... a long kite or surf in winter seems to do it for me.... its weird though I don't feel cold whilst in the water or getting changed after a surf I am not cold ( even when the ambient temp is very cold )... Later that night i can be sitting on the couch and I will suddenly start to feel very very cold.... at its very worst its so bad I almost cannot move and at times I have found only getting under a doona (head and all) can warm me up.
I can only imagine it is core body temp related however even a hot shower after a surf makes no difference the cold can still come on later on.
Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, after exercise can also lead to feeling chilled or experiencing cold hands and feet. As people have suggested, speak to a doctor. At worst you rule out something that could be life threatening if not treated correctly, at best they'll just say it's completely normal and send you on your way.
Even with a water temp of 24 it's probably mild hypothermia?
A hot shower isn't necessarily the best thing if you might be cold enough to have mild or full blown hypothermia. The body has done a good job of minimising heat loss and has been providing blood to your core at the expense of your extremities while you are surfing plus the paddling etc is helping you generate extra body heat. Then you go and have a hot shower and confuse the body into thinking its warm again, if it's a really hot shower the blood flows back to the skin and opens the pores up and tries to shed heat because it's so hot. But you are still suffering from hypothermia and your body is now trying to unload heat, that's a problem. Plus you have stopped surfing and stopped generating all that extra heat.
Google or Wikipedia hypothermia signs, symptoms and management.
thanks guys/girls for the advice ,sorry havent responded quicker .
I will see a doctor i think its a core thing going on .maybe hypoglycemia but ive have had a blood sugar test for diabetes a few months ago and came up fine.
at least im not the only one having this issue.
its deff a pain in the arse.
dont worry i wont stop surfing 
Hypo and hyperglycaemia can both be symptoms of hypothermia. Do a bit of research on that first.
