RE: age of msa, short of breath and a question>tenacity

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tenacity

thank you very much for your reply. this does help.

gp said she felt this had to do mostly with msa, and

about the muscle ridgity and things, i sure do have

that, i just never relized it could make temp go up.

i have so much to learn.

thanks to EVERYONE. pam, bill, jbf, vera, 2 barbs,

debbie, amy, rose, just everybody thanks so much for

helping this newbie understand some of the finer

aspects of this thing.

wanda

--- Deborah Setzer tenacitywins2@...> wrote:

> Wanda,

>

> I have a normal body temp of 97.4 but if I do

> anything, including taking a shower, my body temp

> rises. If I am active at all during the day it

> might

> rise to 101.0.

>

> I spoke to my neurosurgeon about this and his

> explination was that my muscles are constantly rigid

> and working against each other. Exercise and/or

> movemnt forces them to work even harder which

> through

> kinetics, causes body temperature to rise. He says

> this is common with people with MSA and/or PD+

> syndromes.

>

> After my DBS, while the device was in place. My

> body

> temperature returned to my normal 97.4 until I

> developed the staph infection in my brain. Since

> the

> DBS removal, I have only had a normal temp for about

> 3

> days. It mostly stays between 99.0 and 100.4.

>

> Hope this helps explain part of it for you.

>

> Tenacity

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