temperature dysregulation
An under-appreciated aspect of mitochondrial disease is the autonomic dysfunction (Zelnik, 1996; Axelrod, 2006) which can impact life on a daily basis. Patients often have some dysregulation of temperature, in which the baseline body temperature often measures in the 96s and 97s and sometimes lower; temperatures can drop even lower during the night. Less often, temperature values at baseline run higher than normal.