I have an autoimmune issue and the heat always makes it way worse; I think a lot of people find that heat makes their aches and their pains feel better.
But then heat makes my own aches and pains even more painful.
This is annoying. Yes, I figured this out the hard way. This is the reason I don’t have heating pads in our house. If I am experiencing a flare-up then I reach for a freezer pack from the freezer! The frigid cold isn’t very pleasant however at least it helps me start to feel better. I also start hurting whenever the air around me is too hot, and summers are the worst time of year. I stay in our lake house as much as I can in the summer and I keep our A/C on all the time. I love to keep our lake house around 65 degrees all of the time, even in the winter. I love the cold, and who wouldn’t? However, I also suppose that it is worth it in my case. And I would rather be cold than be in pain all the time from my condition. And that’s why my air conditioning is running all the time. I think that is also why no one ever wants to come over and visit me in our house. They are simply too cold when they’re here at my house. I give them blankets and jackets, however no one ever stays in our lake house for more than a couple of hours. On the other hand, though, I also have difficulty going to see anyone else at their house for similar reasons. Their houses are just too warm for me to deal with. And without the A/C on full blast then I start to get pretty achy. That is no fun. Still, I do make social calls to see friends every now as well as then. Then I go back to my beach house when I once again chill out in our nice cold, air conditioned house.