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Posted 2/3/2017 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
I am sick and feeling sorry for myself. I have a sore throat and my chest hurts and I have a dry cough. Not sleeping well either because of it, dad blast it! When I get a cold, it lingers so stinkin long. Takes a few days to build and then hangs around and around. The rest of my family feels crappy for like a day. I've always thought it was because I had autoimmune stuff but now I believe it is due to Lyme. If I could get a fever I'd probably be able to get rid of it like a normal person!
I can remember a few years ago I got really sick and actually did have a high fever. I felt chilled so I took a steaming hot bath and when I went to get out, I thought I was having a stroke, I couldn't speak normally - very slurred speech, I couldn't walk - felt like the ground was heaving up and down. It was so weird! And now I look back and think, AH, probably a major herx!
So I got my infrared sauna and it's amazing and I love it, reminds me of the wonderful dry heat of Arizona. But even though I set the temp to 140 and was in there for like 25 minutes as the temp built from 120 to 140, my internal temperature reached a max of like 99.3. I think I understand why that klinik in Germany does the hyperthermia thing. But hoo boy, that's got to be brutal!
Posted 2/3/2017 5:21 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, please do be careful and stay well hydrated while using a sauna! And be sure to not stay in too long so that you don't end up with a major herx.

We can commiserate together - I have a head cold too, and everyone else in the house has already gotten over yours, but I had this wonderful intensification of my head cold symptoms again last night!! UGH! Fortunately, it may have just been a boost that my immune system was feeling from the things I've been doing this week to help it, as I do feel a bit better today.

I hope you feel better soon too!!
Posted 2/3/2017 9:12 PM (GMT 0)
First, to both you and Traveler, feel better very soon!!!

Couple of hints for the sauna... put electrolytes back in... I simply use pink salt in good, clean water to replace them... but some folks prefer magnesium solution like Natural calm. Just make sure you're getting the good stuff put back in.

Also, do not use the FIR sauna if you have a fever. It's fine to use if you are sick, but not if that includes a fever... it's one of the contraindications.

Enjoy the wonderful benefits and heat!!! I couldn't live without mine at this point... I'm completely addicted and get cranky if we're super busy and I don't get enough sauna time in a week, LoL...
Posted 2/3/2017 9:24 PM (GMT 0)
You undoubtedly should have limited your first time (and your next time) to a shorter time period.

www.tiredoflyme.com/infrared-sauna-and-lyme-disease.html

Also, and I don't have the link for where I read this, but you should also start out with temps lowered to 105F-110F, for the same above reason.



And always keep in mind that the longer you're in there and the more heated your body gets, your own cell walls begin to die right along with the spirochetes. I MUST find that link.
Posted 2/3/2017 9:53 PM (GMT 0)
The question in my mind is, While we know that borrelia die at temps of 106F., does that mean that is the temp of our body core as well? And how much time is necessarily involved in this action?


articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-20/health/ct-met-heat-science-20110720_1_extreme-heat-heat-stress-heat-exhaustion
Posted 2/3/2017 9:57 PM (GMT 0)

julymorning said...
You undoubtedly should have limited your first time (and your next time) to a shorter time period.

www.tiredoflyme.com/infrared-sauna-and-lyme-disease.html

Also, and I don't have the link for where I read this, but you should also start out with temps lowered to 105F-110F, for the same above reason.



And always keep in mind that the longer you're in there and the more heated your body gets, your own cell walls begin to die right along with the spirochetes. I MUST find that link.

I know, it just felt so good...I love love dry heat. I thought that I'd hate the sauna because I pictured a steaming sweat box. But it's dry and warm and lovely. I will ease myself into it though.
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