Re: hot baths

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Interestingly enough - when I was in PT school (in the 70s), one way they

" diagnosed " MS was by putting people in a hot tub and seeing if it made them

worse. Probably some of them had mito that were diagnosed with MS. In those

days they had EMGs, (which haven't changed much since then) but they didn't

have all of the MRI, CT scan PET scans and other sophisticated stuff that

allows them to " see " much more.

So here's to improvement in Medical Technology! Anne

PS - I lost my vision in one eye when I was 16 for about 6 weeks. (in the

60's) Never happened again. They told me at the time I probably had MS

(scared my parents and me to death). Didn't start having other " mito "

symptoms though until about 1994. The one exception is the dysautonomia -

I've had that for at least 20 years, because I really had problems with it

when I was pregnant with my first son. They were clueless - put me in the

hospital and gave me fluids - they had no earthly idea what would cause

that. I never connected it to my weakness in my right hand progressing to

all of my muscles until mito was suggested. Even being a PT, I had never

heard of it. Since I learned more (mainly from this site and UMDF articles

etc.) I've picked up on alot of other stuff that I've had for awhile that I

never connected with the weakness - examples, Preventricular contractions

(heart), tachycardia, eye pain, headaches - you name it!

I learn more every day! Anne

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Anne,

Please remember that we don't know if all this things are " caused " by the mito

or if they are just really common with people that do have mito. Kind of a

which

came first, the chicken or the egg.

Anne Tramposh wrote:

>

> Interestingly enough - when I was in PT school (in the 70s), one way they

> " diagnosed " MS was by putting people in a hot tub and seeing if it made them

> worse. Probably some of them had mito that were diagnosed with MS. In those

> days they had EMGs, (which haven't changed much since then) but they didn't

> have all of the MRI, CT scan PET scans and other sophisticated stuff that

> allows them to " see " much more.

>

> So here's to improvement in Medical Technology! Anne

>

> PS - I lost my vision in one eye when I was 16 for about 6 weeks. (in the

> 60's) Never happened again. They told me at the time I probably had MS

> (scared my parents and me to death). Didn't start having other " mito "

> symptoms though until about 1994. The one exception is the dysautonomia -

> I've had that for at least 20 years, because I really had problems with it

> when I was pregnant with my first son. They were clueless - put me in the

> hospital and gave me fluids - they had no earthly idea what would cause

> that. I never connected it to my weakness in my right hand progressing to

> all of my muscles until mito was suggested. Even being a PT, I had never

> heard of it. Since I learned more (mainly from this site and UMDF articles

> etc.) I've picked up on alot of other stuff that I've had for awhile that I

> never connected with the weakness - examples, Preventricular contractions

> (heart), tachycardia, eye pain, headaches - you name it!

>

> I learn more every day! Anne

>

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