janice victorov
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Went to puerto rico for a week had a great time. Although I noticed being in the hot sun caused some pins and needles in hands/legs?
Anyone else expience this?
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janice victorov
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up?
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bcb1200
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The sun is good IMHO. It gives you necessary vitamin D.
Watch out if you are on Doxy.
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Did you get the "pins & needles" while still IN the sun?... or shortly after you "took shade"? ----- A little sun is good. Lots of daily sun is... Not so good now, esp. if you're light-skinned. This is due to the stronger UV-A components of sunlight- because of ozone layer thinning- as you travel further from the equator.
The folks in Australia & New Zealand have it the worst, though. You don't hear too much about the "ozone hole" now, but it's still there. Just not as dramatic as it was a few years back.
Most importantly, build up to longer exposures if you DO have to be out in the open. And wear some good-Q sunscreen. Posts: 1233 | From Dover, NH | Registered: Sep 2008
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If you are on Doxy, be very careful. It can cause photosensitivity.
A couple of weeks after I started Doxy, I went for a long walk on a sunny day. I wore a hat and sunscreen. But at the end of it my lips and hands were tingling with pins and needles. I didn't know what it was until I read about Doxy causing photosensitivity.
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the sun helps me a lot. it activates immune cells. but you have to be careful with some med, not only doxy, but also plaquenil.
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Yes, it's good for you if you're not on doxy. Lyme patients often have low vitamin D.
I read something about vitamin D being a strong booster of the immune system that can have a major antibiotic effect. If so, then suddenly getting a lot of sun could maybe cause a bit of herxing.
But if you're on doxy, a doxy burn can feel tingly or cold, or otherwise different from a "normal" sunburn, and it doesn't necessarily get red. Happened to me, so I didn't recognize it as a burn at first.
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sun makes me feel so great that I swear last summer I became somewhat addicted to it. It was the only thing that made me feel better.
I am white with freckles but tan dark in about 2 seconds. I was crispy by the end of last summer. Went to the pool every weekend and then to the beach for a week around Labor Day.
I have toned it down a bit so far this summer... worried about looking like Magda from Something About Mary when I get older, not to mention skin cancer.
This year I have a dry sauna and it helps me pretend I'm baking in the sun, so I go out much less often, and just supplement with vitamin D.
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Simply put... without sunlight... everything dies.
: ) So dramatic I know
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randibear
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i can tolerate the sun but not the heat.
texas heat can be brutal. it's the high temps taht get me.
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