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Heat & Temperature Sensitivity For People w/MS

Yep. Eyesight has been coming and going since summer got hot as hell.. makes the balance issues, limb failure, etc even more sucky. bruises are like tattoos these days. 

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Many people with MS experience a temporary worsening of their symptoms when the weather is very hot or humid or they run a fever, sunbathe, get overheated from exercise, or take very hot showers or baths. For example, some people notice that their vision becomes blurred when they get overheated—a phenomenon known as Uhthoff’s sign. These temporary changes can result from even a very slight elevation in core body temperature (one-quarter to one-half of a degree) because an elevated temperature further impairs the ability of a demyelinated nerve to conduct electrical impulses.

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5 July 2012 ·

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