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What is Heat avoidance?

Many individuals with MS are sensitive to heat and their symptoms become worse in a hot environment. For these individuals, heat appears to decrease the ability of damaged nerves to conduct electrical impulses, resulting in increased symptoms.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Heat intolerance 249 31 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 88 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 48 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 19 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 15 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 14 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 466 patients currently using Heat avoidance

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 10
Mild
 7
None
 30

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Heat avoidance

Fatigue 13
I love the sun but now must avoid 10
Can't get yardwork done 7
Tremor in hands 5
Anxious mood 5
Loneliness 2
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Heat avoidance (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 50%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped using Heat avoidance

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Heat avoidance

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Using Heat avoidance

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Heat avoidance

Always
 25 46%
Usually
 26 48%
Sometimes
 3 6%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Heat avoidance

Very
 10 19%
Somewhat
 22 41%
A little
 11 20%
Not at all
 11 20%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Heat avoidance

$200+
 2 8%
$100-199
 1 4%
$50-99
 1 4%
$25-49
 1 4%
< $25
 21 81%

Report created on May 24, 2012.