Infrared Sauna while taking Antibiotics (Mino.)?

The sauna is different than the sun.

Just go very slow with the sauna. I would just try it for a few minutes to see how you do.

I could not do it at all. I had a horrible time with a WARM shower. I had to take cool showers or baths from the time I got first got lyme. I could not handle heat at all.

So please go very slow and test it systematically.

Hello yes i did a sauna the other day was ok, while on antibiotics, then did one the other night and felt to hot hard to fall asleep and my heart was racing, i guess it really doesnt agree i do better with warm baths. be careful it may hit you hard, only stay in breifly.

I've done infrared saunas for 12 years? I had mercury poisoning and my ND recommended it. I can't imagine life without it, but I've gotten very used to it (spoiled even). We own one and I use it now 5 times per week if I don't alternate ozone saunas.

I did the sauna always, even thru abx. The only stipulation I read was don't do the sauna with a fever, which might affect some folks who are really sick.

Start very low & slow. You also still get benefit even with the door open. It's the light that detoxes you the most even though you can't see it. I started out for 5 minutes at 100 degrees or so... then worked up gradually. Since I started the herbs I can't last as long...

My current session is 35-40 minutes at 145, but I get a great sweat so it's perfect, even with the herb herx.

It is an intense and wonderful tool for detox. Just drink lots of water and be smart about how you feel.

Hello, skimlatte87 - a belated welcome to our community!

Because you are new here, it would be helpful for you to take a look through the thread at the top of the page titled: "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's packed full of useful information.

In addition to the detox section in the New to Lyme thread, there is another website with great ideas:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Detoxing is so important when we are treating Lyme disease and co-infections. We need to flush out the toxins that are created when bacteria dies-off.

I encourage you to start with a few ideas...and then every few days add in another one...until you are doing multiple methods on a regular basis.

Please feel free to share your story...and/or ask any questions you have.

Great group of people here.

Hi, I have taken abx not the kind your taking but others and have used an infrared sauna. I took have a hard time sweating which is a new thing within the last six months.

My son has a Finnish girlfriend and she suggested I drink a lot of water with sea salt prior to taking a sauna, then dry brushing and taking as hot of a shower as I can. While I'm in the shower I turn the sauna on as high as I can. After 30 minutes in the sauna, I am finally sweating. I also take water in the sauna with me and drink plenty of water afterward. I put a little sea salt in each glass.

I grew up with a sauna and we always took a cold shower afterward and then a warm one where we washed the sweat off of our skin and hair. So I still do that and it gives me a great feeling.

I'm usually exhausted afterward but it really helps me to feel better the next day.

Hi MinnieM, welcome!

I don't know about the infrared sauna - if it would cause the same reaction as the sunlight when we're taking doxycycline (and minocycline...although mino doesn't affect me as far as sun sensitivity goes - like the doxy does) .

I suggest before spending much time in the sauna, you test it out for maybe 5 minutes....and if okay...then increase to 10 minutes...

Maybe someone will come along and can answer your question.

Thanks. The difference between the infrared wavelength (near in particular) and the UV wavelength though is not that big. Plus, other frequencies can also be damaging when taking these drugs and it is why they don’t allow people to have skin treatments like IPL or laser while on these drugs. These are based on wavelengths longer than UV light (closer to the infrared spectrum). Near infrared light especially is focused more on the surface of the body there is a recent review paper on Pubmed that says it’s effects are not produced through heat. Anyway was just hoping to hear from someone who has taken these drugs and done infrared saunas at the same time. And I’d be particularly interested in knowing if anyone has done near infrared saunas while on them. That’s helpful to know though that you find you are less sensitive to mino than doxy. I’ve taken doxy as well and was quite sensitive so maybe I’ll be less so with mino.

That’s great re mino! Yes I had a similar experience on Doxy except I would burn even quicker. Just walking to the car I would get really tense and anxious about my skin because it would be so irritated from the sun. Even wearing a hat my face would get red and sore just from the indirect light in a short period of time like that. It was awful. I was on it for about six months along with clarithromycin then azithromycin and atovaquone/Mepron.