Hot bath issues

[sgrammied]

Soaking Baths. Oh No.
Believe it or not. When I was going thru the process of gettig Dxed. Two days before X-mas that year, I went into a nice very relaxing soaking tub. I was very weak when I got out. X-mas day I was in the ER as I could not walk and was in a lot of pain. ER doc wanted to know if I knew about hot baths. The next week I went to the Eye specialist. It was confirmed MS then.

[Patti3250]

Hot Baths

I live in Florida and used to love to sunbathe. I continued to sunbathe for years and the heat never affected me. Heat is a huge component to MS and symptoms but for me the sun never affected me. Well, not really. The sun did affect my vision on occasion...anyways back to topic.....shortly after my dx in 99 I took a hot bath with "smelly stuff", almost like a bubble bath. It was the most difficult thing to get out of the tub and once I did, i was so fatigued it was horrible. I have not taken a bath since. Hot showers do not do the same to me, fortunately.

[twisterred]

This group is great for feeling normal in our MS world.

You understanding me helps keep me sane.

[MSGina]

Back when...

The Hot Bath was a common test for MS.

[butterfly.girl]

everytime lately when i try to take a hot shower, I feel a billion times worse.. and it sucks because I like my showers as hot as I can stand them.. guess those days are gonna have 2 be over

[rawksea76]

Everyone is so wonderful! It is nice to know I am not the only one. Needless to say I have not taken another bath!

[tommylee]

Everyone is so wonderful! It is nice to know I am not the only one. Needless to say I have not taken another bath!

It's not all bad?

When I am feeling intense stiffness and cannot sleep I take a hot bath.
The hot bath turns me to jelly then I just have to get myself out of the tub and the 12 feet to my bed and...I'm out.

After I cool down there seems to be no lasting effects or damage. Just the same damage as before the bath.