Sunshine!!!
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Hi All! I have been reading about Auto Inmune Diseases and not mixing very well with sitting in the sunshine, that a 'flare up' can occur!!! Have I been reading rubbish, or us there some truth in the matter!! I'm off to the South of France in 5 weeks time and I usually like sitting in the baking heat !!! Oh dear please don't tell me my sun worshiping days are over!!!!! 🌞🌞🌞 xx
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tina-uk_cwall andrea93419
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Oregonjohn-UK andrea93419
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EileenH andrea93419
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I live in northern Italy, have PMR and we get a fair bit of sun! It doesn't make me flare. In fact - I like it! I don't like excessive heat - but that means humid and over about 28C. Then I just sit in the shade. We were on Lake Garda a couple of weeks ago and it was 34C in the shade and I survived.
So yes, you might find heat hard work but it shouldn't cause a flare - it does in lupus and maybe other A/I disorders but not PMR that I know of. REmember though that pred may make you very sun-sensitive. Factor 50 at least! It does go back to normal - I now go brown again but I didn't for some time, just developed rosacaea on face and decolletee (or however you spell it).
faye______00403 andrea93419
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sitting in the sun brings its own risk. I live in Florida and have
had several skin cancers removed. I avoid the sun like the
plague PMR or not.    Â
david14272 andrea93419
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faye______00403 david14272
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even if that doesn't happen.....Ladies your skin will
end up looking like leather and too much sun will make
you look years older than you really are. It's not worth
it to have a tan for a few months.....
lodgerUK_NE andrea93419
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However when on Pred, I found that horrible itchy rash did not occur and it has not come back either since I stopped pred.
FlipDover_Aust andrea93419
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LisaCACO andrea93419
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carol20979 andrea93419
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lodgerUK_NE carol20979
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