i like to take slightly more than warm baths. i love a good soak.
so last night i filled the tub with pretty warm water and just soaked.
when i got out, i felt ok, but looked down and both feet were beet red, almost purple. they didn't hurt. they were just colored.
wth???
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Heat dilates blood vessels, making them wider, larger, or more open. That increases circulation. It's a good thing.
In a hot bath, feet don't have anywhere to run and hide. Blood vessels are closer to the heat source than, say, deep inside your body and we see the effects more so on the feet. -
Posted by sammy (Member # 13952) on :
My feet turn beet red when they are warm. They are usually icy cold and purple/blue/gray looking. Bad thing is that I don't sense that they are cold any longer, I can only feel that they are cold when I touch them with another body part.
It's weird because my feet don't respond to cold but they are hypersensitive to heat. Water that feels warm to my hands and rest of body feels scalding hot to my feet. Bummer because I used to love super hot baths too. Now I can't take them.
So enjoy a super hot relaxing bath for me!
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- sammy,
First, to clarify, super hot baths can be very hard on anyone with lyme. Cozy warm is best. Some can tolerate hot but most simply cannot, and should not.
Regarding water that feels warm to your hands and rest of body feels scalding hot to your feet. -- you might want to be sure your blood glucose is where it should be.
There may be some diabetic nerve damage (or damage from lyme, etc.) for feet to respond in pain to a water temp that does not bother the rest of your body.