Normal body temperature of healthy individuals is around 98.4 to 98.8F. If you are higher you are running a fever. If you are lower you are hypothermic. Hypothermia is a innate response to chemical poisoning to slow uptake of xenobiotics. It is also a natural result of a thyroid problem. Core temperature is extremely important. 

In Jean's experience, here are some things that can help hypothermia: customized herbal remedies based on traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, qigong excerise, steam room, hot rock sauna room, hot tub or jaccuzzi hydrotherapy, far infrared sauna room, TDP lamp treatment.

Maintaining normal core temperature is critical for all types of wellness care, and critical for recovering from pathogenic disease, and for elimination of xenobiotics.

Our skin seems like a barrier. In reality, skins takes in a lot of from our environment. For example, our skin absorbs sunlight to make Vitamin D, an essential vitamin. If you have skin problems, putting things on your skin, laying on stuff, wearing clothes all can be sort of like consuming the item, similar to eating. 

If you have health problems, be careful of what you allow your body and skin to come in contact with. Harmful ingredients may include chlorine, fragrances, petrochemicals, residual pesticides, residual herbicides, toxic chemicals and colorants. Items that are in common use which have these items include clothing (from toxic textile dyes), shampoo, soap, lotions, toothpaste, shaving gel/cream, makeup, sunscreen, most body care products, laundry detergent residuals, and fabric softener residuals. 

For all of us, sheets, towels and clothing need to be clean and laundered routinely. Additionally, for those with skin sensitivities it is worthwhile to try changing over to textiles that are organically grown (no residual herbicides or pesticides), not bleached with chlorine (a very toxic substance), and not dyed (did you know cotton grows in several colors?) Check out colorgrown on the web.

Is your cookware making you feel ill or killing your pet bird?

Cookware - Do not use the non-stick coating pans which can outgas perflurooctanoic acid also known as PFOA and other poisonous chemicals.  When the PFOA comes out from non-stick coating into your home atmosphere, you risk inhaling a toxic substance; PFOA does kills birds (ask any vet) and is not good for humans, giving people flu-like symptoms which are solely due to a toxic reaction to the poisonous PFOA. The EPA forced DuPont to quit manufacturing its Teflon® due to environmental contamination that has damaged wildlife worldwide but many people still use Teflon®.  DuPont was fined $16.5 million by the EPA in 2005 for violations related to the PFOA contaminant.

"The nonstick coating used in DuPont’s Teflon® pans has been found to release one or more of 15 different toxic gases when heated to certain temperatures."

from wisegeek

"Recent findings show that 95% of Americans have detectable levels of Teflon-related chemicals in their blood, that Teflon is persistent in the environment and toxic to pet birds and laboratory animals, and that practically no human studies can verify the safety of Teflon."

from townsendletter.com

• DuPont also manufactures Silverstone and Delrin, both related to Teflon.

• Teflon is used to make carpets, take-out food cardbord, rain gear, water-repellent fabrics.

• Teflon is in many cardboard containers for take-out food. It is advisable never to re-heat in anything but glass or other inert pottery.

• If you have flu-like symptoms, you might not have the flu; you might be suffering from polymer fume fever which presents with influenza symptoms, including fever, sore throat, cough, headache, and excessive fatigue. 

• 95% is an overwhelmingly high exposure to PFOA. After this chemical became known for its ill-health effects, some entire societies totally reject using non-stick cookware. As enchanted as the USA population is with non-stick cookware, this may seem alien. But the instinct to avoid non-stick cookware is on target because PFOA is a xenobiotic, meaning it is a potential carcinogen as it has no nutritional value on a cellular level, and it is related to birth defects. There is no established, safe protocol for effectively removing PFOA from humans after they have been exposed to this poisonous contaminant.

• We do not know if Teflon is stable when used in appliances and fixtures for daily application. 

If you are not feeling 100% well, eliminate all possible allergens from your laundry process at home. Many of the following can contribute to chronic inflammation or other difficult health conditions.

Fungi, molds, mildew - Make sure  your washer is odor-free. If not, you probably have mold, mildew and/or fungus and these can contaminate all of your textiles, giving you health problems. Cleanse it according to the manufacturer's directions if it is not totally 100% odor free.

Washing machine metal okay? Make sure your washer is not defective and rusting into the drum, contaminating your textiles with rust. Older washing machines can have materials degrade and rust. Once the rust begins, it is an oxidation of the metal the washer is made from, and it is like a cancer to the structure of the machine and it cannot be stopped. This is not that  uncommon with older washing machines in damp climates. Jean has seen rust from a washer in the soap dispenser area contaminating the textiles in a home.

Bleach - Do not use chlorine bleach. Try other kinds of bleach, especially oxygen bleach. Contact dermatitis and other skin problems can be a result of a sensitivity to chlorine. Chlorine is a toxic substance.

Fabric softeners - Use a fabric softener that specifically reduces static cling, but which does not coat the material in a oil based polymer. Seventh Generation is one of Jean's favorite brands.

To reduce static cling, generally speaking, migrate your clothing,  bedding, towels, curtains and other textile items towards non-synthetics. As you replace items, discard the synthetics, or at least get items comprised from only a small percentage of synthetic material. This may prove impractical to many individuals - for example, women's bathing suits are typically 100% lycra or 100% polyester, due to their comfort, elasticity and quick drying properties and is probably the most convenient to use.

Static electricity - Morgellon's suffers report observing filaments, strands, particles and woolly substances in or protruding from their skin that tending to join   - they tend to "glom" together. Then they stick together. Jean believes this is more from the particles having a static charge, like a static cling effect. So these particles are very light weight, and they bear a static charge. Let's assume this is true; then, to reduce static electricity effects, wear clothing that won't tend towards static cling. Generally synthetic fabrics will worsen static since they are comprised of long chain polymers  - these materials include textiles made from spandex, lycra, polyester, acrylic.  The common fabrics that have much less static cling include linen, rayon and silk.

Is your home hygienic and free of pests, fungus and mold?

Use a non-poison method to control these problems so that you are not exposing your household members to toxic items. Households often are infested with pantry moths, spiders, ants and other pests which we do not want in our living spaces. 

You can probably safely use two insecticides commonly found in gardening shops, including diatomaceous earth (stops crawling insects) and boric acid powder. Check with your vet and the pediatrician first.

You can also use glue boards and sticky insect traps. Pantry moth traps must have hormonal lure to work. These solutions may emit a bit of odor but they are much less harmful to those with respiratory sensitivities than a spray poison.

Another option is to fumigate your home using ozone gas. You can hire a company that specializes in odor removal from fire damage and smoke damage and ask them to OZONATE your home. Ozone gas neutralizes odors but also kills. Or if you are DIY kind of person/family, you can buy an ozone generator but this is not always such a good idea, and if you do this, be careful and use suitable precautions however, as this gas is HARMFUL and VERY injurious to all pets and people.  

Avoid bulk bin purchases from stores as they can become infested with pests.

Make sure your washer smells clean and has no mold or fungus. Fungal infections in a washer can spread the infestation throughout the home by infecting the entire textiles within a residence.

Make sure there is no harmful mold in your home.

Is your home and work air quality the best for you? Is it clean and odor free?

You can run a HEPA air filter on a timer to cut down on airborne particles that may be irritating or unhealthy. This will help everyone with season pollen allergies. Hospitals have used these for a long time. If you have already some infection or illness, run an ionic type air filter as it will catch the tinier particles that can pass through the HEPA.

For homes of cigarette smokers and smoke damaged properties (kitchen grease fire, etc), the odor can be neutralized with ozone treatments. You can hire a company to eliminate the odors. Or if you are a brave soul, and can deal with poison gas protocols, Jean likes ozonators. Here's a company that designed,makes and sells an ozone machine - see maxblasterusa. This DIY treatment is not for everyone and appropriate safety protocols must be strictly followed.

In  your home, remember to change the air filters in your system routinely.

In your home, if you paint, or have a newer place, or have a remodel job done, make sure things outgas before you reside there, or use NO VOC's, volatile organic compounds. See the EPA info. Newer "Green" buildings avoid VOCs in construction. In the old days latex was manufactured with a mercury derivative, and it could outgas and harm all the residents; there are many well-documented cases, as mercury is most damaging when it is airborne. Make sure you use a "clean" latex paint that won't outgas stuff that will make you ill.

Pure is the better for drinking, cooking and bathing than impure water. If you haven't seen it, you can rent the movie, Erin  Brokovich and get an idea of how bad things could become. This story was based on a true life incident of a southern California desert town near Barstow whose residents suffered through illness and deaths from a toxic water supply mishap. While most tap water in the 50 states and many other places are is totally safe, it is not necessarily pure, and as a result, our kidneys become the filter.

It was not that long ago that Jean remembers going into some semi-rural areas and tasting the delicious pure, sweet water from fresh snowmelt. That is hard to come by these days in the urban areas, and many locations have pollutants in the water.

It's better to have a mechanical filter in place, rather than using your priceless kidney as the bio-filter. The best bang for the buck for better quality drinking water is to install a reverse osmosis filtration system. If you purchase water, get distilled water.

There are also companies that sell water ionizers and other treatments to further purify the water to make it more healthy. 

Best: inert cookware. OK: enameled pots and pans, pyrex, corning ware. 

Bad: stainless steel unless you have tested as non-reactive to nickel, chromium and iron. 

Bad, quite toxic and/or questionable: aluminum, non-stick coating (found often in baking items such as muffin tins or cookie sheets).

Eating: sterling silver or stainless steel cutlery and flatware and chopsticks and serving utensils. questionable: anything else.

Do not cook, heat or microwave foods which are touching plastic wrappers or plastic containers.

Our towels, sheets, and clothing touch us all the time. Have you ever noticed how some garments fade? Guess what? If your clothing fades, the coloring or fabric dye runs off in the water in your washer, and the toxic colorant can rub off onto your skin too. Yep, those dyes are almost always highly toxic and potential carcinogens - - the manufacturing of textiles is one of the most pollutant intensive problems we face on our planet. While cotton is a natural product, with factory style agricultural practices, it is pesticide, herbicide and water intensive. .

If you have skin problems, consider acquiring clothing, sheets and towels made entirely from organic undyed fibers. These textiles may be from bamboo, cotton or other natural sourcses. Did you know cotton can be brown, beige, green and off-white in an undyed state? Those are colors that are colorgrown meaning they grow that way and need no dyes.

The factory method of cultivating cotton crops is poisoning our planet and ultimately putting the health of everyone at risk by polluting our water and air. That's indirect contamination that we ultimately are exposed to. As for direct exposure, do you really want your system to be exposed constantly to toxic dyes?

Further reading - Cradle to Cradle brings this issue into a new perspective. C2C Design is the nickname for this manufacturing concept and is not limited to textiles.

In the USA, a food product that is not labeled as organic may contain genetically engineered organisms. For example, if you buy a bag of chips that says they are organic corn chips they will not contain genetically modified corn. All other corn chips may contained GM corn.

see interesting article
An end to GM crop develoment for Europe