[WanderingSoul]

(08-08-2013 11:25 PM)TopPanda Wrote:  

Hi all,

Has anyone else suffered from tropical malaise ?

I'm getting a few health problems that may or may not be related to living in a hot and humid country for too long. First I lived in Southern China for 4 months, now I've been in Bangkok for a couple of months (the world's hottest city on average temperature records).

As a slightly overweight white guy I tend to sweat a lot here, while the local girls I've been dating barely sweat at all .

About 3 weeks ago I started getting really bad pain when walking. I think this is plantar fasciitis, as my symptoms are worse when I first get out of bed. I never had it before despite having to walk everywhere because I've never owned a car. I've bought some decent shoes which seem to help a bit.

But the latest episode occurred last night when I woke up and there was a huge lump in my calf, as if all my muscles had knotted together. I was pretty sleepy at the time, but my leg felt rock solid. That was really scary . I've heard this could be a charlie horse. Maybe workout bros know more about these. It went after a minute or so, but my leg feels really cramped up today.

I just wonder if I'm dehydrated, or lacking in certain salts. I don't know if I could have a sodium deficiency, after all most food I eat here has plenty of salt in it.



I've been eating some of these guys to see if they help:

Drop the extra weight, bro. It is probably contributing to your problems of sweating too much and leg/foot pain. White people will tend to sweat more here than Thais though. They have lived in this climate their entire lives, but it is fairly new to most of us. I sweat less than when I first came here, but still sweat more than most Thai people.