Temperature changes after a stroke.

Here are some of the answers;

Phillip Nguyen
Yep I know this feeling. I had a stroke 4 years ago. The best to counter this is to exercise regularly. You'll feel warmness. You know this! You can do it.

Baylis Kristy
Yes. Its my nerve damage. It feels normal to others. Freezing on the left to me! Im on medication for that because it causes partial seizures with potential to generalise.
4 years post.

Bob CeeGee
Different but similar. I didn’t experience changes in temperature, but lots of things felt different to touch. I have an enduring memory of how alien the washing tag on tshirts felt. It’s these things that make it really hard to put stroke behind you because it’s always with you, or at least it feels that way. Hope your recovery is going well.

Phillip Nguyen
Yep I know this feeling. I had a stroke 4 years ago. The best to counter this is to exercise regularly. You'll feel warmness. You know this! You can do it.

Charlie Simmonite
My left side is always really cold ( especially my leg and foot)since I had a stroke 13 years ago.Even on some really warm days I wear a sock and slipper on my left foot to try to warm it up.I’ve got very little sensation when I touch my left side either,more so in my leg and foot.

Joanne Jewa
My sense of touch/temperature of my right side definitely changed. Also at times my right hand cramps up with pain.

Grant Jones
I had my ischaemic stroke in 1996 and still have the shakes in my right hand and cold fingers all the time

John Turner
My sense of touch is the same except to let go of very very light objects an cold weather locks up my left (affected ) side but I don't get hot or cold flushed of any sort ,I'm 12 years post stroke

Meliame Tauali'i - Fifita
I’m the same. I had my stroke in 2016 exactly like yours and I find my left side, hand and feet are always colder than my right. So I wear a left pair of socks at all times to try keep my left foot and toes warm😊

Toula Pikros Roubekas
Found I feel the cold differently. Hard to explain. Know it's cold but sensation is not so strong. Prior stroke felt the cold from day one of winter

Leif Kelly
I spent a lot of time in my 20s & 30s working in freezers so I was acclimatise to the cold. In winter It would have to close to zero before I would put on a jumper.
I had my stroke in my early 40's, it was mild and I had no long term affects, however ever since then I feel the cold all the time. .

Linda Johnston
Definitely my sense of touch and temperature has severely affected my right side since my stroke. I can hold my hands together and feel my left hand warm and my right cold. Same with my legs/feet. I can't explain how hard it is to find comfort especially in winter. Nerve pain is also a problem.

After my stroke in October 2019 I lost feeling in the left side of my face (it has since come back as pain but that's another story). I also lost my temperature sense in the left side of my mouth and throat - inside. So this means if I have a cold drink it's only cold on the right side of my mouth and tongue and throat. The left side could best be described as warm, not sensing any temperature. It's so weird. Also, as part of my left facial neuralgia, if I get cold water on my face it is painful.

Yes its quite common , is caused by lack of exercise , seeing I am numb on my whole right side and face , there is little we can do because of lack of movement , my right foot turns blue all cause by being wheel chair bound . Being paralyzed has its down points . Usually after 5 hours of be rest and the joints should reheat . And yes my stroke was a bleeder , or cerebal haemmorage , some artery burst  .

Hi,

It’s great to hear so many responses to this touch and temperature question.

On StrokeLine, we hear that many survivors of stroke experience changes to touch and temperature.  

There is support available for sensory rehabilitation to retrain feelings of hot and cold.

This blog may be useful.

You can also find a list of places that you can visit for sensory retraining here.

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to call StrokeLine on 1800 787 653 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm AEST) or email us on strokeline@strokefoundation.org.au

Warm regards,

Kath, StrokeLine