over heating anyone

[artyone]

I am trying to seperate menopause from ra. Does anyone have days were they feel over heated all over. I have hot flushes i mnow what they are like . this is just hot forehead hot all over sweating in bed at night. dont thinkitmenopause 7 years since that started.

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Hi. I think its both.

I am way past my menopause, so my "flushes" are all now blamed on RA.

I have read somewhere that RA can make us overheat but it can also give us the chills. I have met other RA people who, like me, can never get warm again once we are cold. Then suddenly we totally overheat.

I drive my OH completely mad by putting extra layers of clothes on, then suddenly flinging them all off.

So I believe my inner thermostat is shot-to-pieces!

[flowerpot]

hi artyone,am not an expert,but i think it might be down to the ra,as i seem to usually be quite hot,and at night blood turns to boiling oil, unless am going into flare up then i am usually freezing, well thats how it works with me, dont know if its the same for everyone else, would be interested to find out, take care, sue x

[essexgirl]

Oh my god isnt it just so annoying lol one minute im freezing and up goes the heating then the next thing sometimes within minutes turn heating down open doors and windows lol ... then when in bed freezing and snuggling in the duvet then all of a sudden sweating and kicking blanket off .... my other half just gives up on me ... so yes it must be the RA

debs x

[parkie in reply to essexgirl]

Hi, I'm exactly the same; but was told its the steroids, didn't think it could be RA parkie x

[mummygoth in reply to parkie]

I am not on steroids, so not tha for me

[LuckysJoy]

Well I am on HRT so i know those flashes, and Dont really have them, I have had Loads of Flashes since taking some of my new meds for my RA, But I can say yes, for me, Th RA and or treatment is causing this for me x

[lin256]

I've been having hot flashes since I had a steroid injection and had put it down to that. Never occurred to me that it might be the RA. Though the rhumatologist did ask at the first appointment if I had any fevers, so maybe this is what she meant.

[126Jessie]

I have had them on and off, normally when my arthritis is active. The hot forehead feeling and the night sweats. Got a steroid injection two weeks ago and have had even more night sweats . Not sure if it was that or the fact that I was in a bit of a flare? I'm 42 and had a hysterectomy 7 years ago so don't seem to have a menopause connection going on. I find a magicool water spray is good to spray when you are hot and I sleep on nice soft towels and swap them over during the night. Gives you a few days between the joys of changing the bed all the fun that brings! Hope you cool down soon xx

[artyone]

well said pheobe my inner thermastat is shot too lol

[parkie]

Hi artyone. i also have over heating, mainly my chest upwards,( was told that its the steriods!!) I have been known to sit while in the bath or washing with sucking on an icepop.I have fans to cool myself down with, it is such an awful feeling being so hit Parkie

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Hi - this does sound menopausal to me - especially yours Parkie (unless you are a man of course?!). My RA started with this deep heat in my limbs and up back sometimes into my neck. I have it right now in my shoulders arms and wrists. I am either menopausal or post menopausal - will have a blood test next week to determine which. I have never had hot flashes of the type friends and my mum described so assume now that this deep heat is the RA when it's active or maybe after it's been active as it's not unpleasant.

But like others my flares have so far always started with me being deeply, freezingly cold and at the same time bits of me seem to burn inside as if I've been injected with something corrosive that is burning my joints. I'm so muddled still about all this but think perhaps the RA was triggered by hormonal changes to begin with for me?

I did ask about this on the Menopause Matters site but no one else seemed to have hot flashes in their limbs or feet or have raised inflammatory markers with theirs whereas my temperature and escalation of pain seem to correspond. I've also had a few flare ups which have started with my fingers going white and joints going bluish like bruises so, as Phoebe said - inner thermostat is well shot here too! And this was all before I even started on the DMARDs. TTx

[Judi]

Can't remember what 'mediteranean moments' feel like. I assumed my flushes were down to menopause and not RA connected.

After I tried the patches (which didn't work for me) I was put on to tablets: 'Clonidine Hydrochloride' which have eliminated the hot flushes for me completely. Clonidine also help to lower blood pressure.

Judi

[joan_w]

I also have hot flushes during the day and now I have started with night sweats. I am way past the menopause so it is not that. I have asked my Rheumy if it is the effect of my tablets but they don't seem to know (or care). I have also asked my GP and had the same result.

I wish the medical profession would take this seriously as it is so embarrassing when I am at social functions. My make-up is ruined and I have to take a pad of kitchen roll to mop up! I also feel as though my clothes are sticking to me.

When I am gardening or doing anything the least bit strenuous (on the rare times I can actually do this) sweat pours down my face.

Anyone have any tips how to deal with this.

Jo

[oldtimer]

Sorry to say, there doesn't seem any way of curing this. Wear lots of layers, strip off when you heat up and the sweat drips off you. Laugh and say to people "Sorry, just having a hot flush". Carry a large men's hanky to mop your brow - perhaps an elegant fan, if you can find one?

People will think you are just menopausal, which is nice for me as it was a good 20 years ago now!

Open windows and fans are good things to find!

[Maisiemonster]

This has been really helpful as I suffer terribly with overheating and cold limbs alternately. I'm not hitting menopause yet and even though I am carrying two extra stone I try to reconcile that this horrible and embarrassing discomfort is connected to meds and RA. I'm on mtx, sulph and steroids think I'll go and do a bit of research on it.

[SootyB]

I'm afraid it seems to be the case that these inflammatory conditions can turn us into little furnaces! I'm as yet undiagnosed, so I'm not sure what mine is down to, but certainly I find that I am dripping with sweat (or rather glowing brilliantly, as I am a lady) when others have goose pimples. I always bring a desk fan to wherever I work, I sleep with a fan on in my bedroom, and I'm nearly always in a sleeveless top, even when my colleagues are in cardigans.

Sara xx