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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.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Heat intolerance | 70 | 46% |
| Fatigue | 27 | 18% |
| Other | 10 | 6% |
| Slow my MS progress | 6 | 4% |
| General health | 5 | 3% |
| disease-related symptoms | 5 | 3% |
| Pain | 2 | 1% |
| Mobility | 2 | 1% |
| Uhthoff's phenomenon | 1 | <1% |
| Vision | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Heat avoidance or how long patients were taking Heat avoidance before stopping.
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)
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- mark61
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by mark61
Sep 02, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Heat intolerance
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0 helpful marks
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- jmscout
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by jmscout
Sep 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
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0 helpful marks