My sister was diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis).?

Question

She is considering moving from the Northeast to a warmer climate, just because of her disease. I've read that warm baths and warm temperature can cause relapses by decreasing nerve function. But cold temperatures can increase spaciticity. I'm confused...please help!!!

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Answer 3

Before true diagnostic tests for MS were invented, physicians used to place patients in a hot tub to see if their symptoms worsened, and then take them out to observe symptoms ease. Warm temperatures seem to cause existing symptoms to worsen, but does not incite more disease activity, nor does it cause more nerve damage. It can also cause fatigue, one of the most common of all MS symptoms.

Cold temperatures can indeed increase spasticity, but not in all patients. Spasticity is one of the great enigmatic and unknown symptoms of MS. While cold may trigger tremendous spasticity in some people, in others it has no effect. For some, they don't even know they have any spasticity.

I would say test each environment out. Is she moving away from the Northeast to get away from the cold because of spasticity problems? If not, moving to avoid spasticity may not be the best course of action, as you may end up "replacing the pain in your head with the pain in your arm," or trading one problem (spasticity) for another (fatigue, depression, and lassitude, which can all be triggered by warm weather).

Your lifestyle contributes more to your well-being than the climate in which you live. If you keep physically fit to avoid fatigue, perhaps incorporating yoga for relaxation and perhaps massage to avoid spasticity, your climactic choices may not factor in as much as you think.

I know this may not help much (because it's a very non-committal answer), but hopefully I gave you enough to chew on and discuss with her.

HTH, good luck!