Does HEAT make your symptoms/fatigue worse?

[ChristieJP]

Since many auto-immune diseases get worse in hot weather (MS, for example), I started wondering today if Crohn's is the same way. Especially as relates to energy levels.

I live in the Arizona desert where it's VERY hot in the summer. I went up north into the mountains today and I felt more energy than I have felt for MONTHS . . . I can't help but wonder whether part of that is because it was in the high 60s instead of being 107 as it was this last week in the Phoenix metro area where I live.

What do you think?

-Christie

 

[Clash]

Someone just posted a study about this. Here is a quote and source/thread:

According to a new study published on Aug. 13, 2013 in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, heat waves may cause inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to flare up.

source

Link to thread:
http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=54757

 

[Dunbar]

I know it does for me, yuck. All these years I just thought I was supposed to be on a wet rock somewhere, but it turns out Crohns is the culprit, whoknew I moved to a cooler climate and things were better for awhile however I now truly believe in climate change as each summer gets hotter and drier. I guess the Yukon or NWT are my next move.

 

[Dackelmann]

I'm inclined to agree- I left Perth in Western Australia for a 2 week holiday in NZ where it was cooler and I felt a little better for the respite of heat- since returning ( it's 38 degrees today) and I work outside it didn't take long for massive cramping and the most unreal fatigue to take hold. My brain has fogged up and lost my wallet somewhere between yesterday and today. My doctor signed me off work for two weeks - there is no way I could even ride the motorcycle across town to get work let alone be labouring while constantly crawling to the toilet and back out into the heat. I am so lucky my doctor takes this seriously.