sun burns and swollen ankles

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately, I got bad sun burn on my legs and feet on Christmas

day. So much for not using sunscreen! I was shocked how my body

reacted as I used stay pastey white no matter how much sun I got.

Perhaps my hormones-melatonin are more balanced as I actually reacted

to the sun?! (trying to find the silver lining)

The sun here is really intense so the last few days I have had to use

some sunscreen. Now, I´m just trying to cover up and avoid outside

during peak hours. I´ve also been putting copious amounts of coconut

oil and aloe on my burnt skin. It hurt so bad that in the morning

when I woke up and put my feet to the floor, my legs would sting so

bad because the skin was so tight and the blood going to the legs

would hurt.

Any ways, about 1 day after the sun burn, my ankles started to swell.

My husband was calling them ¨cankles¨ as you couldn´t tell the

difference between my calf and ankle. I´ve NEVER had swelling before.

Do you think this is caused from the sun burn? It is just weird that

it is just my ankles as I burnt my calves, etc. I have elevated my

legs quite a bit to take some of the pressure off. Thankfully, today,

my ankles are only about 20% swollen and are returning to normal but

they stayed swollen for 3 days.

All of this just scared me and was afraid that I was doing something

wrong with food-supplements, etc. I get fearful that it is due to all

the fats I¨m eating but I know intellectually that this isn´t the

case. I read through Bee´s endema article but I think this is

something different.

Just curious if anyone else has had such a reaction. I don´t want to

fly home with puffy ankles as I know that flying can make it worse.

Hopefully by then they will be back to normal.

Thanks so much for any feedback!

Genevieve

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> Unfortunately, I got bad sun burn on my legs and feet on Christmas

> day. So much for not using sunscreen! I was shocked how my body

> reacted as I used stay pastey white no matter how much sun I got.

> Perhaps my hormones-melatonin are more balanced as I actually

reacted

> to the sun?! (trying to find the silver lining)

+++Hi Genevieve. It is very important to limit your exposure to

perhaps as little as 5-10 minutes a day at the beginning, and

progressively increase your time in the sun so that in a few weeks,

you will be able to have normal sun exposure with little risk of skin

cancer. If you are really sensitive you can start by exposing only

your feet and progressively more skin on your legs and then your arms.

+++The rule is to never get burned. However, using sunscreen is not a

good way to limit your sun exposure either. In fact, sunscreen is

generally one of the last things you want to put on your body. That

is because it is a toxic chemical that can cause problems in your

system and increase your risk of disease, including cancer: see this

article: http://tinyurl.com/2u85tx

>

> The sun here is really intense so the last few days I have had to

use some sunscreen. Now, I´m just trying to cover up and avoid

outside during peak hours. I´ve also been putting copious amounts of

coconut oil and aloe on my burnt skin. It hurt so bad that in the

morning when I woke up and put my feet to the floor, my legs would

sting so bad because the skin was so tight and the blood going to the

legs would hurt.

> Any ways, about 1 day after the sun burn, my ankles started to

swell. My husband was calling them ¨cankles¨ as you couldn´t tell the

difference between my calf and ankle. I´ve NEVER had swelling

before.

+++ " Cankles " is funny. That's good your husband has a sense of

humour.

++The reason it hurt when the blood was going to your legs is because

your body was rushing to heal the severe burn, in order to minimize

the damage. Blood is healing, along with other immune substances

that come to the rescue. Both more blood and immune substances cause

the area to swell. Swelling is also important since it helps

immobilize the area so it can heal better.

>

> Do you think this is caused from the sun burn? It is just weird

that it is just my ankles as I burnt my calves, etc. I have elevated

my legs quite a bit to take some of the pressure off. Thankfully,

today, my ankles are only about 20% swollen and are returning to

normal but they stayed swollen for 3 days.

>

> All of this just scared me and was afraid that I was doing something

> wrong with food-supplements, etc. I get fearful that it is due to

all the fats I¨m eating but I know intellectually that this isn´t the

case. I read through Bee´s endema article but I think this is

> something different.

+++The good fats reconstruct all cell membranes the way nature

intended, so they are healthier and better able to handle damage such

as sunburns.

+++Hopefully you will heal before you have to fly home. I wish you

the best my dear.

Luv, Bee