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sheetal

Legs Pain after bath

Hi, I am facing lot of the pain in both legs , numness after bath? I think whenever my legs come in contact of water that time I am facing that type of the pain. Anyone facing the same problem like me? what should I do for this problem?
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@janep
@janep
 

Hi <a href='https://shift.ms/community/people/sheetal/' rel='nofollow'>@sheetal</a> -make sure your bath water isn't too hot- I really struggle to have baths at all these days as the heat makes me feel awful. There's something known as Uhthoff's phenomenon ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhthoff%27s_phenomenon) which sounds like what you're experiencing and refers to a temporary increase in symptoms caused by an increase in temperature and probably contributes to why flu is so awful for us! Hope it's gone away again now xx

@reddivine
@reddivine
 

Couple of things spring to mind. First as said above; don't have the water too hot. MS can cause sensitivity in extremities for either/or cold and heat. For me its cold in my feet. Makes go tingly. 2nd; could be the fact they are horizontal for a period of time and then suddenly, they have to get vertical again. Try showers instead if it continues to be a problem.