Why a rise in your body temperature can trigger MS symptoms
Studies have shown that heat sensitivity is a key clinical factor in MS, so learn what the risk factors are before Uhthoff’s Phenomenon hits your central nervous system.
If it’s hot, I hate it! When MS temperature sensitivity torments you
Comparing the weather in Ireland to a three-seasons-in-one-day-affair is an understatement, and one that makes MS look like the butt of the joke when Uhthoff's symptoms will turn you into an attractive social media meme.
Heat sensitivity and MS?
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Too warm for you? Heat sensitivity explained!
Uhthoff's phenomenon is when changes in body temperature make a person's existing MS symptoms worse, even a rise of 0.25°C to 0.5°C in the core body temperature is enough to cause upsetting symptoms in those living with MS.
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Medical terminology?
"Because fatigue does not show a relationship with how many plaques your MRI shows, it is often hard to gauge, even though it does predict later brain atrophy in the posterior parietal cortical lobes. Also, MS fatigue comes in two different varieties, the primary and secondary type of fatigue. During functional MRI scans for physical and cognitive tasks, it was clear that inefficient reorganization of a damaged central nervous system took place. MS fatigue is also a medical fact, so, and is associated with other neurological symptoms."
Hot town!
“There’s always the floor?” my mum asked. With a brain fried like a piece of KFC garbage, thinking intelligently seemed hard to do. “Of course there is always a floor, go figure!” But I was getting desperate, water streaming from me and no place to cool down. Aside from the floor, that is.
