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See also: Cooling Vest

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.


Reasons Taken

150 patients in the community are taking or have taken Heat avoidance.

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Heat avoidance or how long patients were taking Heat avoidance before stopping.

Currently taking Heat avoidance

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Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 23 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 7
Moderate 36% 5
Slight 14% 2

Heat intolerance

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 13% 3
Mild 26% 6
None 61% 14

Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, I love the sun but now must avoid, anxtiety

Summary results are based on 23 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 23)

  • mark61
    Sensation: Mild
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • mark61
  • by mark61
    Sep 02, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Heat intolerance

  • jmscout
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 17, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

See all evaluation results for Heat avoidance



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