saunas, Bob

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Bob,

If you remember not too long ago you wrote a post about dry heat vs

wet heat saunas. If I remember correctly what you said was that wet

heat stresses an ill person too much.

Your words hit home because I overheated and became quite ill after my

last (wet) sauna. I was using a friends home sauna. To generate

steam I put lots of water on the rocks. I could get myself to pour

sweat in that sauna. I used that sauna many, many times, and loved

it. Usually, afterwards I would experience some nausea ( a sign of

stress). It was just the one time that I overheated (in the evening

after using it in the afternoon), but it was such an extreme reaction

that I am afraid of saunas now.

In a dry sauna I find that I don't sweat, I feel very uncomfortable,

and want to leave. Do you think that there is some way that I could

get myself to sweat in a dry sauna? What about something like biking

for an hour before the sauna (I used to do that before using my

friend's sauna). I notice that other people in the room do seem to sweat.

I also can use a steam room. It is just a room with a steam source

and complete control of time and temperature. The steam condenses, so

it is difficult to tell, but I don't think that I sweat in there

either. Does a steam room such as this help to get toxins out of the

body? Do you have any idea why the steam room seems to be no stress

for me whereas the wet sauna was extreme stress?

Even though I was replacing water and electrolytes while using the

saunas, I don't think that I was using enough, especially sodium.

This may have been one reason why I got so sick, but I'm not sure.

Thanks for any insight.

J