Re: Sensitivity to hot air temperatures

[Guest guest]

Jeanie here, my thermometer is all messed up with early menopause. But,

during the cooler months (Oct. - May) my legs are like ice cubes. I have to

be very careful if I am outside in the sold to long and it's freezing temp.

out. I can't tell when my legs are tooooo cold. I'm one of those that has

to use a heating pad to thaw my legs so I can goo too sleep, however, once

my legs are finally warm and toasty I can overheat and have to put my feet

outside of the covers to cool down. (We keepp our room cool) (68*).

During the warm to hot months my legs get really hot and swell up horribly.

In a message dated 3/5/00 6:32:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, liliwigg@...

writes:

<<

Hi Kathy, well I am a CMTer who is just about always hot! Even on some

of our cold days here, I am outside in just a lightweight sweatshirt

(yes, this in Calif!) And no humidity factor here. As for being

sensitive to the sun, well, I for one, love the sun, and in the

fall/winter turn pretty paleskinned, but after about a month of various

degreed sunblocks, I can start to get a nice tan June/July/August.

However, if I am not careful, I can get sunburned in the Spring while

just gardening for an hour - and not remembering I need the sunblock.

Gretchen

KathyH215@... wrote:

>

> From: KathyH215@...

>

> I'm wondering if my sensitivity to hot air temperatures is at all

> related to CMT. I have run " hot " for as long as I can remember. There

> have been articles written relating to sensitivity to cold temps, but

> not too much is mentioned about the other extreme.

>

> There was one article in the CMT International Newsletter last summer

> (6/99) about " Fun in the Sun " , which mentioned how easily we CMTers

> can sunburn and not really know it because of our impaired

> neuromuscular and " thermoregulation " (heat and sweating

> response)system. Is there anywhere I can read more information about

> this?

>

> I would be interested in hearing from other CMTers who are also

> sensitive to heat. I keep the temperature in my apartment cool which

> also keeps me from getting too hot - especially my legs. Summertime

> can be difficult, especially when it is humid.

> >>

[Guest guest]

This sounds like me too....the hot flashes can be a doozy and my PCP

doctor can't figure out why my legs turn bright red and from the knee down

are like icebergs and I can't even feel his hand on my legs. Then at night

they freeze and then I warm up and out they go from the covers. Oh the joys

of having tons of stuff going on.

Donna

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[Guest guest]

This sounds like me too....the hot flashes can be a doozy and my PCP

doctor can't figure out why my legs turn bright red and from the knee down

are like icebergs and I can't even feel his hand on my legs. Then at night

they freeze and then I warm up and out they go from the covers. Oh the joys

of having tons of stuff going on.

Donna

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