I have systemic lupus and am currently on dialysis. I am also taking medication for high blood pressure and my blood pressure is good at the moment. Therefore, can I use any type of sauna?
I advise against using the sauna in the case of diseases such as visceral lupus and arterial hypertension. The variable temperatures that prevail during the stay in the sauna affect the circulation in different ways, causing the expansion and constriction of blood vessels in short intervals. Changes in the vessels cause changes in blood pressure and changes in blood flow through the internal organs. In this way, pressure that is well-controlled with drugs can be deregulated. Good blood pressure control is essential for the proper functioning of internal organs. Due to the basic disease, which is systemic visceral lupus, there are changes in internal organs - for example in the kidneys, and should not add other factors that may cause changes in the functioning of these organs. Poor pressure control can worsen kidney changes. So I encourage you to do a different kind of activity - I think walking will be a better choice.
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Krystyna KnyplInternist, hypertensiologist, editor-in-chief of "Gazeta dla Lekarzy".
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