Everything you need to know about MS and hot weather
Are your legs still carrying you where you need to go, or did you run into an invisible wall because fatigue suddenly overtook you as if you were almost forced to sleep standing up in the middle of the road? If so, you were just introduced to Mr. Uhthoff, the inventor of the now infamous list of neurological symptoms caused by warm temperatures. So, buckle up and learn everything you need to know to get those nasty symptoms out of the way.
All about MS heat sensitivity, or Uhthoff’s Syndrome
If you're like me, or you or a loved one who has multiple sclerosis and doesn't know where to hide from warm temperatures, below posts may help you find an answer.
Heat sensitivity and MS?
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That thing people call ‘summer’
"It's just another one of those very paradoxical facts of life: as a person with MS, you lack vitamin D. The only way to get good vitamin D into your body is to spend time in the sun. If heat sensitivity is part of your long list of MS symptoms, though, you can't sit outdoors in the sun because your other MS symptoms get worse. Result? You choose to stay out of the sun, and therefore continue to lack vitamin D."
Time to recharge
MS is as MS does. It drains your energy levels, your thinking goes haywire over the silliest things and it well… it simply plays tricks on you. Only last week I had my right arm swing all over my bedside table, but not where it had to be. Thankfully I was alone, in my bed and away from people. Having court cases because of accidentally thumping people in the face on the street is not what I envisage my near future to be.
Summer, not to me
It’s back! It’s here again and boy I love it! “It” is autumn, and those of you in my physical surroundings know that I live for autumn. And winter. And hey, maybe spring too if it’s not too warm outside! “It” means fresh and clean air entering my lungs and a bit more energy in my old’ bones. “It” also means I feel alive, oh yes I do!
