Far-Infrared Heat Contraindications and Cautions
If you currently have a medical condition please consult with your doctor before using the Amethyst Bio-Mat.
Please note that Amethyst Bio-Mat can be used without heat (Far Infrared Light). For more information please contact us and we can show you how this works
Prescription Drugs:
If you are using prescription drugs, check with your physician or pharmacist for possible changes in the drug’s effect due to an interaction with infrared energy. If you are taking corticosteroids, you may experience some redness of the skin. Should you experience redness, we recommend that you discontinue the use until you have completed your medication. Should your redness continue, contact your Health Care Professional.
Certain Ailments:
According to some authorities, it is considered inadvisable to raise the core temperature of someone with adrenal suppression, systemic lupus erythematosus, or multiple sclerosis.
Joint Problems:
If a person has a recent (acute) joint injury, it should not be heated for the first 48 hours or until the hot and swollen symptoms subside. Joints that are chronically hot and swollen may respond poorly to vigorous heating of any kind. Vigorous heating is strictly contraindicated in cases of enclosed infections be they dental, in joints, or in any other tissues.
Pregnancy:
In pregnancy or the suspicion of pregnancy, discontinuation of far infrared use is recommended.
Surgical Implants:
Metal pins, rods, artificial joints, or any other surgical implants generally reflect infrared rays and are not heated by an infrared heat system. Nevertheless, a person should consult his or her surgeon before receiving such therapy. Certainly infrared therapy must be discontinued if a person experiences pain near any implants.
Silicone:
Silicone does absorb infrared energy. Implanted silicone or silicone prostheses for nose or ear replacement may be warmed by infrared rays. Since silicone melts at over 200 degrees Celsius, it should not be adversely affected by an infrared heat system, however. It is still advised that a person checks with his or her surgeon to be certain.
Menstruation - SUGGESTION:
Heating of the low-back area of women during the menstrual period may temporarily increase menstrual flow. Once a woman is aware that this is occurring, she can choose to allow herself to experience this short-term effect without worry. Or she may simply avoid using an infrared heat source at that time in her cycle. For the majority of women, Far Infrared Energy massage helps to relieve and minimize the physical and emotional discomfort experienced during the pre-menstrual and menstrual period.
Haemorrhage:
Haemophiliacs and anyone predisposed to haemorrhage should avoid infrared usage or any type of heating that would induce vasodilatation that can lead to the tendency to bleed. Worsened Condition: Should any condition worsen with the use of an infrared heat system, the use of the system should be discontinued.
Paralized or Loss of Feeing:
Far Infrared Heat and Negative Ions can be a wonderful experience and assists however because the body does not have a sensitity to heat, please do not go on the heat settings of the mat without supervision. You may not be able to feel when the heat is becoming too much and the body needs to be moved to another position which happens naturally when you can feel the heat. Be careful about burning yourself and turn around frequently and have someone there who can feel your skin to make sure you are not too hot. We suggest you do not go over 2 orange lights for more than 20 minutes in these cases.
If you experience Pain:
Pain should not be experienced when using an infrared heat system. If one does, the use of radiant heat is clearly inappropriate for the person at that time.