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====== Baths ====== | ====== Baths ====== | ||
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- | Taking a hot **bath** or shower (or spending time in a hot room) can lead to increased body temperature and cause blood vessels to dilate, which lowers blood pressure and can cause lightheadedness | + | Patients who tend to get lightheaded |
+ | Raising body temperature too high could raise blood pressure to a level that could result in confusion, nausea, drowsiness or dizziness. | ||
- | ===== Hot baths increase immunopathology ===== | + | Patients should not use hot tubs with temperatures above 104 degrees.</ |
- | Some MP patients may decide they want to increase their rate of immunopathology. For them, there is the option of taking hot baths, which can lead to increased tissue perfusion of antibiotics. This, in turn, can cause increased bacterial die-off and immunopathology. This is particularly helpful if a patient' | + | ===== Hot baths may provoke lightheadedness or dizziness ===== |
- | For patients who decide to take a hot bath to speed immunopathology, | + | Taking |
+ | Marshall Protocol (MP) patients with this concern should take warm instead of hot showers or baths and try to keep the bathroom cool. Ending a warm shower with a short period of cooler water can prevent congestion in the tissues and may even relieve pain. | ||
- | ==== Words of caution ==== | ||
- | Body temperature should not be raised by more than a couple degrees | + | ===== Hot baths may increase immunopathology ===== |
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+ | Hot baths can lead to increased flow of blood in all tissues of the body. Especially the tissues typically | ||
===== Epsom Salt baths may be palliative ===== | ===== Epsom Salt baths may be palliative ===== | ||
- | Epsom Salts are a combination of magnesium and sulfate (MgSO< | + | Epsom Salts are a combination of magnesium and sulfate (MgSO< |
However, if you have a lot of sensitivities, | However, if you have a lot of sensitivities, | ||
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===== Notes and comments ===== | ===== Notes and comments ===== | ||
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