Summer Weather

[MoKayD]

Does anyone else find they need more frequent B12 injections when the temperature rises. This is my second summer since starting B12 shots and, once again, I feel like my body needs extra B12.

[wedgewood]

I haven’t noticed anything like that , but if you are physically more active in the warmer weather , that would account for a need for more frequent injections .

[MoKayD]

I am outside working in my garden and taking walks during the summer so I am more active. I also wonder if sweating causes B12 to leave the body at a faster rate.

[wedgewood]

There are so many unanswered questions about P.A. So little research has been done . It is, as Martyn Hooper says , a “Cinderella disease “:. I try to avoid the term disease . I call it a “condition “ !!! We somehow struggle on , but it’s so much easier to do so, being on this forum , which has so many good willing and helpful members .

Concerning sweating , I really don’t think that B12 is eliminated through sweat , only the kidneys . But I could be wrong . Hope that you get a more illuminating response than mine . Best wishes .

[MoKayD]

Thank you for your response. I look forward to reading this forum every day.

[Suzibelle]

I'm in Australia and I find that my symptoms seem to return earlier and stronger in summer than in winter. My suspicion is that the heat causes the body to work a little harder to keep cool - my heart rate doing exactly the same exercise at the same rate is higher in summer than winter - causing the metabolism to use things up a little faster. Got no actual scientific proof on that one, though. Could just be that the heat makes you feel more wretched in general!

[MoKayD]

Yes, my experience needing extra B12 during the summer is just anecdotal., but this is the second summer that I have felt like this. Summer in Maryland is extremely hot and humid.

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

I have noticed that heat makes pins and needles in hands and feet worse and/or burning feet - whether on waking on a sunny morning, or having a hot bath, or going for a walk on a hot day. Otherwise, I haven't noticed a difference.

Is it affecting all your symptoms ?

[MoKayD]

During the summer, 2 weeks after my monthly shot my toes start to hurt, my brain gets foggy, the extreme tiredness starts up again and it's hard to catch my breath. I think I'll start having my shots every two weeks and see how I feel.