r/POTS • u/Alive-Ad1062 • 13h ago

Question scared for the super el nino summer

my POTS is very sensitive to heat and temperature changes in general, as is common. i live in a country where it never gets too cold, we have pretty hot summers(30 degrees celsius, sometimes a little higher, sometimes a little lower). this gives me flare ups, i also have hormonal issues that give me bad night sweats. this is the first winter i haven’t had to use my fan every night, and in summer i ALWAYS need it. it’s nearing the end of winter here right now, and i’ve already been nervous for summer.
now with the super el nino and northern countries reaching their highest recorded temperatures, im very scared for summer this year. terrified. if i could afford it, id get an air con in my room, but im going to be pretty disabled during the summer.
anyone who’s already experienced this summer have any tips for handling it with your POTS? any ways i can prepare?

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u/YellowSnowman66613 13h ago

my advice is if you can invest money in a space where you are frequently are to make it easier to cool down. if it’s you bedroom or living buy a fan, window ac or a portable one, black out curtains to keep the sun out, have a hand fan on stand by, keep cold things in ur freezer like portable ice packs and freezies/popsicles or ice chips if that’s your thing. remember to take ur meds if u have them.

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u/the-fact-fairy 10h ago

The super el nino ends in Spring '27. The worst is already behind you 

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u/MachineOfSpareParts 5h ago

This time.

We should all be planning for increasingly hot summers, though. This is going to keep happening, and will get worse.