Guest guest Posted April 26, 2002 Report Share Posted April 26, 2002 My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E. [ ] Temperature and Pain Has anyone else noticed feeling hot (even in really cold situations) whenever pain is accelerated? For example it could be freezing but due to being in pain you feel like you are in a mild sauna? thanks for any info. hugs, ali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 Ronnie, Inflamed joints *do* radiate more heat than surrounding tissues. The first time a rheumatologist felt me knee to see if it felt warm to him (it did) surprised me, because up until then I had thought the " warm " sensation was purely psychological. I wouldn't be surprised if you could measure the temperature difference with a thermometer. -- Ron > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 My problems started in my feet and the very first symptom, which I didn't know was a symptom at the time, was an inability to tolerate any heat on my feet. I couldn't wear socks and heat blowing from the car heater is excruiating. I thought I was going crazy. I have worn open toed shoes without socks for the past 3 winters (and we have cold winters here in Eastern Washington) because I can't stand the heat. It also exacerbates the pain, especially at night. We keep our house about 64 degrees all winter (my poor husband, Saint , nearly freezes) and I sleep with my feet outside the covers. So, for what it is worth, you are not alone or going crazy. Cheri [ ] Temperature and Pain > > > Has anyone else noticed feeling hot (even in really cold situations) whenever pain is accelerated? For example it could be freezing but due to being in pain you feel like you are in a mild sauna? thanks for any info. > hugs, > ali > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 Ronnie wrote: > > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel hot as if they are >radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E. > > >>ali wrote: >>Has anyone else noticed feeling hot (even in really cold situations) whenever pain >>is accelerated? My PA is also primarily in my hands. I don't notice any kind of a difference tempwise when the pain (tenderness, aching) is more than usual. --Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 Hi, I'm tired of all the symptoms. Can someone make them go away? -Meghan > > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel > hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 I wonder if I could map it withan IR spectrum camera? I have one available. R.E. [ ] Re: Temperature and Pain Ronnie, Inflamed joints *do* radiate more heat than surrounding tissues. The first time a rheumatologist felt me knee to see if it felt warm to him (it did) surprised me, because up until then I had thought the " warm " sensation was purely psychological. I wouldn't be surprised if you could measure the temperature difference with a thermometer. -- Ron > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 In a message dated 4/26/02 8:07:33 PM US Eastern Standard Time, alicat1976@... writes: << Has anyone else noticed feeling hot (even in really cold situations) whenever pain is accelerated? >> Ali - I get tremendously hot and sweat like mad when I'm in pain. I guess it raises your blood pressure or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 If the gradient can be set down to maybe .1 degree increments it might be effective to map the heat. I'm not sure what you might gain by having that map as you already know where it hurts and I suspect the redness and swelling will closely correlate with the additional heat in affected areas. But that is not the reason I post this time. What this discussion has made me think of is; " Why does the effected spot get hot? You have to burn calories to make heat right? So what is happening to the metabolism of that spot to burn the extra calories? Right back to defect in fat metabolism. [medium chain fatty acids, aracidonic acid, prostaglandin G2 and leukotreins, thromboxane] Orin In a message dated 4/28/02 12:24:38 PM Central Daylight Time, ronevans@... writes: > wonder if I could map it withan IR spectrum camera? I have one available. > R.E. > [ ] Re: Temperature and Pain > > > Ronnie, > > Inflamed joints *do* radiate more heat than surrounding tissues. The > first time a rheumatologist felt me knee to see if it felt warm to > him (it did) surprised me, because up until then I had thought > the " warm " sensation was purely psychological. I wouldn't be > surprised if you could measure the temperature difference with a > thermometer. > > -- Ron > > > > > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel > hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2002 Report Share Posted April 28, 2002 Maybe, just possibly, that is why it is called inflammation? [ ] Re: Temperature and Pain > > > Ronnie, > > Inflamed joints *do* radiate more heat than surrounding tissues. The > first time a rheumatologist felt me knee to see if it felt warm to > him (it did) surprised me, because up until then I had thought > the " warm " sensation was purely psychological. I wouldn't be > surprised if you could measure the temperature difference with a > thermometer. > > -- Ron > > > > > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel > hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Orin, It's my understanding (and this may be incorrect), based off the autoimmune nature of the disorder, that the heat and redness are caused by the bodies white blood cells, essentally, having a cartilige destroying party in the affected joint. The heat and reddness are caused by the same factors that cause this reaction when you have an infection. From the way it was explained to me, the body is confusing the protien code of cartlilige with the protien code of a virus (or some other matter that initates an immune responce). The heat, I was told was caused by the destruction of those protien codes, as is the inflamation. This destruction uses energy, and heat is released as a by-product. Well, that's my possibly incorrect .02 Additionally, I have a question. I've been wanting to keep the x-rays down to a mild roar ( I plan on haning children w/i the next few years, and the radiation makes me jumpy about that) but now, I'm looking at every bump and callus on my hands, this strange horrible pain I get in my hips as though I'm having symptoms in places other than my neck. I've seen, in a skeletal radiology book (for the sake of your sanity, don't go down this road. Books like this are rather unsettling) and seen symptomatic hip structures. If anyone has affected hips, please tell me how it started, and what it felt like. Due to where the ovaries are, I don't want to get this area x-rayed until I've had 2 children. I'll just deal with the pain, but having a bit to work with as far as what it could be would ease my mind. I don't know of other things that could cause this splitting pain (it feels like the joint between my hip socket and my leg bone and being driven apart by a wedge every time I put pressure on it, and there is the occasional nerve pain) Thanks! Angie [ ] Re: Temperature and Pain > > > Ronnie, > > Inflamed joints *do* radiate more heat than surrounding tissues. The > first time a rheumatologist felt me knee to see if it felt warm to > him (it did) surprised me, because up until then I had thought > the " warm " sensation was purely psychological. I wouldn't be > surprised if you could measure the temperature difference with a > thermometer. > > -- Ron > > > > > My PA is primarily in my hands. When I am in a flare my hands feel > hot as if they are radiating heat. It is a strange sensation. R.E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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