Hot showers Treatment Report
What is Hot showers?
Hot showers can be very relaxing and soothing to sore muscles and joints. The steam from the shower can be beneficial to the sinuses and help relieve congestion.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Muscle Pain | 52 |
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5 | |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Muscle spasms, neck and shoulders | 14 |
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3 | |||
| Other | 13 |
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3 | ||
| muscle pain, legs, tendons, ankles, hands, wrist and lower arms | 11 |
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3 | |||
| General health | 7 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Personal research
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1 | 50% |
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Other
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1 | 50% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- greysons mom
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
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- greysons mom
- as needed
- since May 06, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Sensation
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips I was afraid of elevated body temp when first diagnosed and nearly fainted in my first shower, so took only cool showers for years. I now enjoy warm/hot sho... See full evaluation
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- Dolanpower
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Little
- Sleep: Some
- Stiffness: Little
- function: Most
- external_stress: Little
- Stickman: little
- Description:F44y
- FM:1y Dx
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- Dolanpower
- as needed
- since Mar 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Muscle Pain
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.