Good advice Wheelchair,
On the other side of shivering, I too have been to the point of heat
exhausting. It sneaks up on me, but im easyer to cool than get warm. Im
going to try Merrills advice and start checking my BP when cold, but I take
medidrum 3 times a day so I don't know.
Silas
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Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] this is crazy
In a message dated 2/12/07 1:49:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I couldn't sleep without my heating pad. I use it every night (unless
it's over 80 degrees in the house). However, the heating pad I use
has a timeout function. After an hour's use, it turns itself off. To
start it heating again, you have to turn it off, then turn it back
on. Also, I only use it on top of my shoulders, where I do feel the heat.
Win >>
Sounds great, WIN. I also hope that the low temp doesn't exceed 95
degrees.
You don't need to have any organs overheating.... and shutting down.
Consider that your normal body temp is around 99 degrees. Go up by 5
degrees
and you are both sick and a candidate for the other side.
If your body temp drops 5 degrees, you can still survive for a very long
time.
During the summer, it comes more obvious. People dying from being
overheated
and watching the Med Techs trying to cool the body down to prevent the
organs
from shutting down. Its not a very pretty sight.
W
