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I once had a case where 1 individual in a shared office complained of various environmental factors that apparently affected his health - temperature, the lights (apparently they burned his head) , glare off the monitor caused him to have double vision, chairs gave him back ache, couldnt hear the phones etc etc. When the office was adjusted for his "needs" no one else could see what they were doing and were very uncomfortable so they gave him an office on his own(not my advice actually) . Turns out that he had been moved from a single office into a shared one in a management reshuffle and he felt muchly miffed by this. In he went to his singleton office with exctly the same lights etc as the shared one and all his symptoms disappeared overnight, they gave him a week in there and then told him everything was the same and moved him out again. ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jean Greening-Jackson (Occupational Health) Sent: 02 June 2010 16:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] HRT Therapy and temperature control Believe me she was wearing winter dress and it's warm in Bradford at the moment! ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Naylor, Sharon [HMPS] Sent: 02 June 2010 16:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] HRT Therapy and temperature control Isnt perception of temperature subjective? I have found that the issue of areas being "too hot" or "too cold" a particularly thorny issue, especially if there are shared workspaces as one persons "too hot/cold" is anothers idea of comfort. What does she do? Dont know anything about a link with HRT but would have thought that a thyroid function check and some other stuff would be in order ?(i dare say our Doctor colleagues better placed to comment) After the day I`ve had would be tempted to tell her to just go out and buy a cardi and some mittens...... ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jean Greening-Jackson (Occupational Health) Sent: 02 June 2010 15:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] HRT Therapy and temperature control I have had an interesting situation today, where an employee who had a hysterectomy two years ago, states she is suffering periods of extremely low temperatures, shivering and unable to warm up which her Gp attributes to her HRT therapy. She is consequently asking for extra heating etc in the workplace etc. I can't seem to find anything to substantiate this, although I am awaiting a GP report. Anyone come across this? Jean Greening-Jackson. 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