The phenomenon that the body is still afraid of cold a few months after the craniotomy is usually not related to the craniotomy, unless the injury to the pituitary gland leads to endocrine disorders or brainstem thermoregulatory centers. The main considerations are related to the low temperature of the environment, cold and flu and other factors.
1. Injury to the pituitary gland: for some patients, a few months after the craniotomy, there is still a body afraid of cold, it can not be ruled out due to the injury to the pituitary gland during the operation, which can cause endocrine disorders and brainstem thermoregulation center, at this time, we need to pay attention to warmth, and relevant hormone replacement therapy.
2. The environment temperature is too low: some patients are afraid of cold a few months after craniotomy, may have nothing to do with the operation, can not be ruled out due to the environment temperature is too low and caused by timely removal from the cold environment can be relieved.
3. Cold and flu: if the patient does not pay attention to warmth, may be in the low immunity, by the external viral infection, thus causing cold and flu phenomenon, so it will cause fever, cold and other symptoms, need to cooperate with the doctor to give antiviral treatment, shorten the course of the disease, improve the patient’s symptoms.
After a few months of craniotomy, the patient should cooperate with the doctor to do further examination to determine the cause, and then do targeted treatment and therapy.