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====== Baths ====== | ====== Baths ====== | ||
+ | <note warning> | ||
- | 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 light-headedness or dizziness ===== |
- | For patients who decide to take a hot bath to speed immunopathology, | + | Taking |
- | ==== Words of caution ==== | + | from an article in [[https:// |
- | Body temperature should not be raised by more than a couple degrees | + | < |
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+ | Marshall Protocol (MP) patients with this concern | ||
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+ | ===== 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 more poorly perfused by blood like nerve, joint and skin. This, in turn, can cause increased bacterial die-off and immunopathology due to better perfusion | ||