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Heat Intolerance Tips For People With Sarcoidosis

Heat Intolerance and Sarcoidosis suffers. No one likes being sick and  sensitive to heat, let alone being diagnosed with something  that may last for years on end with no real cure. Sarcoidosis is a disease just like that.

What Is Sarcoidosis

Officially, it is a collection of inflammatory cells in different parts of your body. These collections are called granulomas and are typically found in your lungs, lymph nodes, eyes, and in patches on your skin. The clusters can also spread to other organs within your body. While treatment is possible, sarcoidosis is a chronic and often lifelong disease.

Side Effects  of Sarcoidosis

Some common symptoms of sarcoidosis include a persistent dry cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath. Another important side effect that develops is heat intolerance, or the inability to handle higher temperatures. People experiencing this combination often have “attacks” when they become overheated, and their fatigue can magnify. This increased sensitivity can cause many issues for patients, including major lifestyle changes in order to accommodate the symptoms of their disease.

 Managing Heat Intolerance

As frustrating as it can be, the sarcoidosis and heat intolerance combination doesn’t have to be the key turning the lock to a prison. There are ways of preventing attacks and managing the side effects, which puts you back in control of your life.

The first step in this is finding out what your triggers are. Is there a certain temperature that you just can’t tolerate, or is there a gradual increase in your symptoms after a point on the thermostat? Once you know where that line is, you can start working around it.

When it comes to planning activities, you can try to schedule them earlier in the morning or later at night. Missing events completely all the time will have you feeling lonely and left out, but if you are at least able to make a portion of them, it’s a step in the right direction.

During times when you are outside, you can try things like dressing in lighter colors. Dark colors will absorb more heat and end up making you miserable. Instead, try investing in lightweight shirts that are pale in color. You can always accessorize with brighter jewelry, hair, and shoes to keep your wardrobe looking fresh.

Another tip is to attempt to stay in the shade as much as possible when you’re outdoors. This allows you to enjoy nice weather without the sun beating down on you. You should also make sure you stay hydrated, and take frequent breaks to reassess your situation. Head for safety before things get out of control.

A final tip is to use cooling wraps or cooling garments like the one shown here.

Sarcoidosis Information

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Sarcoidosis What Is It?

Sarcoidosis is a disease involving abnormal collections of inflammatory cells that form lumps known as granulomas.

Bodily Systems Effected By Sarcoidosis

The disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph nodes. Less commonly affected are the eyes, liver, heart, and brain.   Any organ, however, can be affected.

Bone, Joints, And Muscles

Sarcoidosis can be involved with the joints, bones and muscles. The pain occurs most frequently in the ankles, followed by the knees, wrists, elbows, and the joints of the toes and fingers.

Joint Pain Relief: Ice/Heat

Signs And Symptoms 

The signs and symptoms of sarcoidosis  depend on the organ involved.   Often there are no, or only mild, symptoms.  When it affects the lungs there may be wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, or chest pain.

The Cause 

The cause of sarcoidosis is unknown.  Some believe it may be due to an immune reaction to a trigger such as an infection or chemicals in those who are genetically predisposed. Those with affected family members are at greater risk.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is partly based on signs and symptoms, which may be supported by biopsy. The diagnosis should only be made after excluding other possible causes of similar symptoms such as tuberculosis.

 Statistics

The risk of death is between one and seven percent.  There is a less than five percent chance of the disease returning in someone who has had it previously.

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In 2015 pulmonary sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease affected 1.9 million people globally and they resulted in 122,000 deaths.

It is most common in Scandinavians but occurs in all parts of the world.

In the United States risk is greater among black as opposed to white people.

It usually begins between the ages of 20 and 50. It occurs more often in women than men.

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Therapeutic Garments-Wraps

Therapeutic Garments-Wraps

Kelley’s  Therapeutic Garments-Wraps can be used for pain. The majority of our products are made using a patented method to create multi-pocket assemblages called WhatEver PocKits®. You can buy a  kit to ease your pain or your pet’s pain. Yes, we do have therapeutic garments for pets too. The kits help you ease pain naturally. Our WhatEver PocKits® are ideal for therapeutic, rehabilitative and general uses. They are proudly made in the USA. Our mission is to bring attention through our therapeutic garments to alternative methods of dealing with pain and keeping the body strong, vibrant and healthy.

To use our therapeutic garments for pain relief, you can just insert ice or heat packs into the pockets of the assemblages. If you want to use our therapeutic garments for rehabilitative purposes, you can insert exercise weights into the pockets of the assemblages. You can also just put in things you’ll need while maintaining an active lifestyle such as water bottles, sports drinks, cell phones and more.

When To Use Our Therapeutic Garments-Wraps  As A Cooling Kit?

Outdoor activities, especially those that you participate in during the hottest times of the day and year, could lead you to overheat, become fatigued, perspire excessively, and more.

Cool compresses or other cooling devices can relieve many of the symptoms related to overheating.  It’s a common and accepted medical practice to add cooling elements like ice to ease body discomforts.

Our therapeutic garments provide places for you to include these elements with ease so you can continue being your active self without stopping.

If you are already injured, the optimum time to cool the area is immediately after the incident occurs. Our therapeutic garments, combined with cold packs, can relieve muscular discomfort caused by physical activities that require the extended use of the arms and legs.

When to Use Our Therapeutic Garments-Wraps  With Heat?

Over time, the value of heat treatments for easing or preventing pain in muscle tissue has been well proven. Muscles that tend to cramp, for example, can benefit from the application of heat before strenuous exercise. This enriches the blood supply to the appropriate area. When you have localized injury or pain, which may be caused by torn muscles and connective tissues, our therapeutic garments can provide heat to the area. This will speed up and enhance the healing process.

Other Uses for Our Therapeutic Garments-Wraps

Our therapeutic garments can help you when participating in outdoor activities by being a great location to keep things you need such as water and hydrating fluids. They will remain cold. You can also insert cell phones, keys, glasses or other items into the pockets of our kits.

What Kinds of  Therapeutic Garments-Wraps Kits Do We Sell?

You can buy a wide variety of therapeutic garment kits from Kelley’s Therapeutic Garments. They can help with:

• Joint Pain Relief
• Back Pain Relief
• Neck Pain Relief
• Shoulder Pain Relief
• Strained Muscle Pain Relief
• Menstrual Cramp Relief
• Headache Relief
• And more.

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Wraps For People and Pets

Wraps For People and Pets

Wraps For People and Pets: Our therapeutic  wraps are designed for people and their pets. The  wraps are trimmed with reflective material, so you and your pet can be seen by moving traffic, when out walking at night.

To use as a cooling  wrap simply insert the ice/heat packs into the pockets of the wrap.

You and your pet can now be seen out in public without wearing a medical looking wrap.

When Should Ice Be Used?
For the greatest benefits, use ice after exercise and not before. In the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation (Feb/1994), a study on the ankle was conducted to see if ice should be used on an injury before exercise. The finding showed decreased temperature reduces the joint  sensitivity and thereby alters joint position sense, exposing the joint to possible injury. In conclusion, cooling a body part prior to athletic performance is  “probably a bad idea.”

It was once believed the use of ice was only beneficial in the first 24 hours after an injury. Recent scientific studies have shown the benefits of ice over the long term. During the initial stage of an acute injury (within 24-48 hours), or during the chronic stage (after 48 hours) ice can be very beneficial in promoting wellness.

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Therapeutic Kit Configurations

Therapeutic Kit  Configurations:  Prior to using the detachable reconfigurable modular pocket assemblage as a therapeutic device, the user inserts hot or cold packets into the pockets where heat or ice is needed on the body, for use as rehabilitative device, weights are put into the pockets where toning or strengthening is needed for the body. To accommodate the varying sizes of the users and the many configurations additional straps are necessary. The additional straps have a loop and a hook attached to opposite ends of the additional straps.

Configuration Video

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