How does heat affect pd?

[Opt8]

I'm having increasing shoulder and back pain thru weeks of a heat wave?

[Motherfather]

hi opt8 well hot or cold it dont matter its going to happen what i do is use a massage machine with pads it helps me ,heres a massage thats good it comes with slipper as well its cheap to buy about 20 dollars from china ill send you what i use.regards.

[Motherfather in reply to Motherfather]

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[lauralizzie]

I spoke to my pd nurse and she confirmed heat makes our symptoms worse. i tend to take an extra med to get me through worst, also try to go to somewhere like a cafe or shopping centre with aircon for a couple of hours so your body can cool down for while.

[Bailey_Texas in reply to lauralizzie]

i disagree heat makes my pd better cold drives me nuts.

[Maltipom]

The obvious conclusion here is that everyone reacts differently with PD and as how it reacts to extreme temperature changes. I react negatively to both. Cold temperatures make me so stiff that it's difficult to move.....heat gives me drenching sweats and nausea followed by exhaustion.

[Donzim]

It might be that older people have a harder time cooling off since they don’t sweat much. Cooling off requires energy and PDers have a shortage of that.

[Noella21]

Any kind of discomfort or stress exaserbates your pd symptoms . If you like heat or cold it does not stress you so it likely won't affect you . That applies to most things and explains why some things seem to help certain people with PD and others it makes feel worse.

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