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New and Interesting symptoms
Ok, so I've been getting this hot/cold burning/tingling in my right hand pretty much every time I'm exposed to hot water. I've yet to be diagnosed with anything. Well today, I was doing dishes and the tingling spread to my left hand for the first time. Then something really new happened. Every time I went to put out a cigarette, my thumb would get really painfully hot, like I was setting it on the embers. It would continue to ache like I burned myself for about 15 minutes.
Anyone have something like this? Is this an MS thing?
Anyone have something like this? Is this an MS thing?
I am currently getting it checked out. I've had blood tests, all clean. They did some kind of scary electrified needle test to check the muscles and nerves in my arm and neck. Those were all clean. Now I'm waiting on the results of an MRI of my brain.
As for the sensitivity to heat, it has been an ongoing issue as well, but for several years. When the heat is on I begin feeling nautious, weak, lightheaded, and best I can describe it, panicky. I feel like I need to cool down RIGHT NOW. I thought I was just a big wuss. Its only over the past several months that more signifigant problems have been triggered by heat. I can't help but wonder if there's a connection. Thats what brings me to you guys, the experts of heat related oddities.
As for the sensitivity to heat, it has been an ongoing issue as well, but for several years. When the heat is on I begin feeling nautious, weak, lightheaded, and best I can describe it, panicky. I feel like I need to cool down RIGHT NOW. I thought I was just a big wuss. Its only over the past several months that more signifigant problems have been triggered by heat. I can't help but wonder if there's a connection. Thats what brings me to you guys, the experts of heat related oddities.
I think 'sensitivity to heat' is getting more than one interpretation here.
In MS, heat sensitivity means decreased ability to tolerate high or just higher external temperatures. Going outside on a hot day or taking a hot bath can increase the body's core temperature (using the standard thermometer measurement). When this happens, nerve signaling can slow down, causing abnormalities and heightened symptoms. An MS patient will often feel quite weak or ill in the presence of high heat. Fortunately this nearly always remits once the temperature falls, though this process can take hours. For that reason, people are advised to avoid high temperatures.
Some MSrs will experience hypersensitivity regarding touch. From what I understand, this is much rarer, and can result from several causes. This, however, is not what is known as classic MS heat sensitivity.
If you are having odd sensations in your fingers, why not get it checked out? It's not wise, though, to conclude that MS is involved. In all probability it isn't.
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In MS, heat sensitivity means decreased ability to tolerate high or just higher external temperatures. Going outside on a hot day or taking a hot bath can increase the body's core temperature (using the standard thermometer measurement). When this happens, nerve signaling can slow down, causing abnormalities and heightened symptoms. An MS patient will often feel quite weak or ill in the presence of high heat. Fortunately this nearly always remits once the temperature falls, though this process can take hours. For that reason, people are advised to avoid high temperatures.
Some MSrs will experience hypersensitivity regarding touch. From what I understand, this is much rarer, and can result from several causes. This, however, is not what is known as classic MS heat sensitivity.
If you are having odd sensations in your fingers, why not get it checked out? It's not wise, though, to conclude that MS is involved. In all probability it isn't.
ess
Hello,
to answer your questions simply - yes, sensitivity to heat is very common with MS. In fact that used to be the way patients were tested for MS - they were plunged in a hot bath. If they got worse, then it was MS! Thankfully they don't do that any longer because it is now known that if you have prolonged exposure to heat it is possible the symptoms will be permanent and not transient.
I used to smoke and know the sensation you are talking about but I always attributed it to the fact that the cigarette and filter would get hot as I smoked - oh, I do miss those simpler days!! Had to give it up after my heart attack earlier this year.
I hope this helps.... Lulu
to answer your questions simply - yes, sensitivity to heat is very common with MS. In fact that used to be the way patients were tested for MS - they were plunged in a hot bath. If they got worse, then it was MS! Thankfully they don't do that any longer because it is now known that if you have prolonged exposure to heat it is possible the symptoms will be permanent and not transient.
I used to smoke and know the sensation you are talking about but I always attributed it to the fact that the cigarette and filter would get hot as I smoked - oh, I do miss those simpler days!! Had to give it up after my heart attack earlier this year.
I hope this helps.... Lulu
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