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home:othertreatments:baths [09.30.2013] – [Hot baths increase immunopathology] joyfulhome:othertreatments:baths [02.20.2017] – [Baths] sallieq
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 <note warning>Body temperature should not be raised by more than a couple degrees and not over 100 degrees.  <note warning>Body temperature should not be raised by more than a couple degrees and not over 100 degrees. 
  
-Patients who tend to get lightheaded or dizzy should exercise care and take their temperatures to be safe. +Patients who tend to get lightheaded or dizzy should exercise care and take the temperature to be safe. 
  
 Raising body temperature too high could raise blood pressure to a level that could result in confusion, nausea, drowsiness or dizziness.  Raising body temperature too high could raise blood pressure to a level that could result in confusion, nausea, drowsiness or dizziness. 
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 Patients should not use hot tubs with temperatures above 104 degrees.</note> Patients should not use hot tubs with temperatures above 104 degrees.</note>
  
-===== Hot baths may increase lightheadedness or dizziness =====+===== Hot baths may provoke lightheadedness or dizziness =====
  
 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 or dizziness.  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 or dizziness. 
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