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Gary Jackson
07-13-2005, 10:00 AM
does anyone find that hot bathes or warm weather will bring on symptoms like anxiety sob or dizzyness?
thank u
Toogoofy317
07-13-2005, 10:54 AM
Living in Florida I constatnly battle the heat! It causes a lot of my symptoms. For me it is the humidity with the heat that does me in.

On the hot shower part it dialates your vessels causing your BP to go down and that can cause symptoms. We just had a discussion about hot tubs with a lot of info on it.


Mary S.
Sarah
07-13-2005, 11:34 AM
heat is horrible. HCM hearts cause poor circulation, so it is hard to cool down.

stay hydrated and in the shade. wear a light-colored hat to the keep the sun off your head and don't exert yourself.

s
Largehearted1
07-13-2005, 01:22 PM
Gary.

The heat and humidity are killer! In our present heat wave I find myself much more symptomatic than normal. I try to drink a lot and stay out of the sun as much as I can.

I walk for exercise and can only do that early in the morning or late in the evening.

Leon
Toogoofy317
07-13-2005, 01:26 PM
Hey Leon,

Why are you starting over at 1 !!!!! You've contibuted way to much to be considered that low!


Mary S.
angall
07-13-2005, 01:40 PM
I can cope with the heat, but its the humidity I have a problem with.
I only have to walk 1 block from where I park my car to where my office is located. I usually don't have a problem with my breathing, but when it is humid, I have to stop and rest a few seconds.

I am also bothered when I go into and come out of a store (such as Wal-Mart, Sears, etc). It is so cold in there when you first enter, then when you're ready to leave your body grew accustomed to the temperature that when you walk out the door...BAM...it is so unbearable to breath.
mtlieb
07-13-2005, 02:05 PM
I hate heat.
I hate humidity.
I miss Montana.
Sarah
07-13-2005, 04:06 PM
Leon may have forgotten his password and had to create a new user-in which case the counter starts over.
nzelich
07-13-2005, 04:24 PM
It's ONLY 116 degrees today! However, It's 15 degrees here in the office.
Eileen2345
07-13-2005, 04:57 PM
I know Nzelich it's only 116 degrees here! I am in the Arcadia area.

It's hotter than the 7th Circle of H**l.
angall
07-13-2005, 04:58 PM
I heard it gets very hot in Arizona, but you don't have much humidity.
Is this true?
Sarah
07-13-2005, 05:52 PM
One of my friends lives in Phoenix and I have to say --hot is hot.

Yes, AZ is a "dry" heat--almost no humidity and Chicago tends to be like a swamp (well, it used to be a swamp, so no big surprise there).

Because we deal with heat by sweating, the increased moisture in humid air reduces the speed of cooling and dry air is going to suck the sweat right off of you.
Toogoofy317
07-13-2005, 07:34 PM
Well,

Today in Fl we had a high of 94 with a heat index of 102 and a humidity of 98%!

I'm in trouble both ways!

Mary S.
Largehearted
07-13-2005, 09:31 PM
Mary.

My e-mail at work booted me off and I had to re-register. Since I could not register at Largehearted (because that is my home address), I became Largehearted1

Thus the 1 contribution on that address.

Leon
Toogoofy317
07-13-2005, 11:53 PM
Ahh, that explains it. Didn't want you demoted of your three well earned hearts ya know!

mary s.
michael obrien
07-14-2005, 08:04 PM
Hi everyone,Its been pretty hot here in N.y to.I can definitely feel a difference when its hot and humid.as opposed to just hot.I dont live far from the city and it seems that the quality of air is just terrible(I dont know how people coped in the 70s when their was no emmissions laws for cars).today was especially bad,but I try and minimize activity during the hottest parts of the day and like leon do my walking in the evening.I hope everyone is feeling good take care mike
mtlieb
07-14-2005, 09:06 PM
Because we deal with heat by sweating, the increased moisture in humid air reduces the speed of cooling and dry air is going to suck the sweat right off of you.

This is very true, and after working outdoors quite a bit in both climates I do have to say that the dry heat does feel a bit better to me. But as much as I miss the semi-arid climate out west, the dry environments are probably just as bad or even worse for HCM'ers because you become dehydrated so much faster. At times you don't even feel yourself perspiring because the sweat evaporates right out of you. There's no sense of fluid loss, and by the time your mouth is dry you are already severely dehydrated.

Jim
Helen
07-14-2005, 09:10 PM
I work in a retirement home as a nurse with no A/C and I find that I having a hard time breathing and I am extremely tired after work (nap times are great) I just keep well hydrated and try to slow down by taking many mini breaks.

Helen
Toogoofy317
07-14-2005, 10:26 PM
Retirement homes witout AC? Isn't that like illegal. I'd die without AC! The storms almost did me in last year and that was just for a few days and alot of rain!

Mary S.
Eileen2345
07-15-2005, 05:16 PM
Right now the current conditions at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are:

107 degrees
Feels like 104 degrees
Dewpoint: 50 degrees
Humidity: 15%

This is very typical for this time of year here in Phoenix. It is hotter in other parts of southwest AZ.
Nothern Arizona is really nice, but you need to go past 5,000 feet elevation to get cooler.

The air in Phoenix is dry, but the air is not heavy. But it is still hot and someone can get dehydrated very quickly.

Everyone here in Phoenix has central air in their homes. It is a necessity.

Stay cool everyone. 8-)

Eve