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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / June 2006Weather and climate
Does anyone know if there is anything to that talk about the effects of weather and climate on RA? I keep hearing people, even some who might know, say that the weather is to blame if I ache and it is hot or cold of wet or dry. I have always assumed this was untrue because I keep my joints inside where it is warm and wet, but does anyone have the straight poop, I mean the bird's eye lowdown? "Pope Pie \(Sy Lehrman\)" <jnstewar@midstatesd.spam.net> wrote: >Does anyone know if there is anything to that talk about the effects of >weather and climate on RA? I keep hearing people, even some who might know, >say that the weather is to blame if I ache and it is hot or cold of wet or >dry. I have always assumed this was untrue because I keep my joints inside >where it is warm and wet, but does anyone have the straight poop, I mean the >bird's eye lowdown? I believe it has something to do with change in barometric pressure. >I believe it has something to do with change in barometric pressure. It's really hard to say about the weather. I have kept strict note on the barometer we have and sometimes it doesn't change but I do. Some say it's low barometric pressure, some high, I seem to be affected if there is a major change. I DO feel better in warm weather. One day last summer I spent an afternoon with the folks in my writer's group, sitting in the sun and just 'hanging out', we even talked about writing a bit! The next day I felt wonderful, not an ache or a pain. The "experts" whoever they may be say it has no effect. My RD has said he has been told by so many of his patients that weather has an effect on them that he has to believe it. So now you know as much as I do, nothing. :-) --- Joan > I believe it has something to do with change in barometric pressure. Same with my sinuses .. Stuart I can tell you every time it is 29.8 barametric pressure! that's when I feel my worse! Take care, Vickie B. > Does anyone know if there is anything to that talk about the effects of > weather and climate on RA? I keep hearing people, even some who might > know, say that the weather is to blame if I ache and it is hot or cold of > wet or dry. I have always assumed this was untrue because I keep my > joints inside where it is warm and wet, but does anyone have the straight > poop, I mean the bird's eye lowdown? It sure does mess with the migraines. > It sure does mess with the migraines. And my sinuses .. Stuart Did I say that twice? I must be getting senile .. Stuart > Did I say that twice? I must be getting senile .. > > Stuart Join the group Stuart.. I tend to do that too or send blank posts. I keep my joints inside > where it is warm and wet OTP- But you never hear arthropods complain and their joints are certainly on the outside ! Seriously - I'm stiffer when it is cold and less so when it is warm, but my pain seems to get worse whenever there is a serious change in barometric pressure - or a sudden temperature drop. Peter for me the problme seems to mostly be big changes in barometric changes. My mom gave us a silly thing a couple of years ago - or we thought it was silly but it really does work - a Yankee weather stick. It moves up and down with the air pressure. It's been a good way to prove to us how I feel the weather changes. When I lived in the NC mountains, we had one summer with prolonged really high pressure. A friend told me her RD's office said his patients were really hurting that summer and they attirbuted it to the high pressure. Often when fronts are coming through, I hurt like the dickens. In north FL this was torture as fronts often stalled out and moved back and forth over us - bleh! Here it's torture because we are so far north that fronts come through very fast, with rapid, major changes and do so year round! I need a hermetically sealed cell to live in, but I'd die of boredom in there. Cold can get to me if I let my joints get cold, but as long as I have enough layers on, I do ok. Humidity drags me out too, when it's really high, but that's a recent thing that might be my fibro.  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare I just got back from 2 weeks in Palm Springs, and the temp was about 105 and very dry and it was the first time that I felt great in years, I think the hot dry climate is what I need, just wish I could afford to be there. Becky > Does anyone know if there is anything to that talk about the effects of > weather and climate on RA? I keep hearing people, even some who might > know, say that the weather is to blame if I ache and it is hot or cold of > wet or dry. I have always assumed this was untrue because I keep my > joints inside where it is warm and wet, but does anyone have the straight > poop, I mean the bird's eye lowdown? My rheumy told me that changes in barometric pressure can affect us. Seems to me that what he said (9 years ago, so I'm a bit fuzzy on this) is that if you already have some inflam., the change will make it worse. Also can't remember if it's a change up or down. That makes sense 'cos when I'm feeling good to start with, I don;t see any change with the weather, but if Ihurt, rainy days etc seem to make it worse. Kris >I just got back from 2 weeks in Palm Springs, and the temp was about 105 and >very dry and it was the first time that I felt great in years, I think the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> joints inside where it is warm and wet, but does anyone have the straight >> poop, I mean the bird's eye lowdown? My mother had RA, and I studied climatology, so I may have some information. We lived in NYC and my mother always knew when fronts were passing Chicago. I suspect it is pressure, rather than Temp. or humidity that affects joint pain (not only arthritis). People move to hot dry climates (Palm Springs, Phoenix) or hot wet ones (Florida), but these areas have one thing in common: much fewer frontal passages, i.e., fewer pressure changes. In winter, there are often more fronts, moving faster, than in summer, so people associate relief with heat (an error), though hot areas do have fewer fronts. There is quite a bit of literature on the effects of weather and climate on humans. Check with your local librarian for the correct subject headings to use to find articles and books. I think (my own painful experiences) tropical storms are the worst! Pegleg I would think that it is very similar to allergies. Some people sneeze at a movie of a dust storm, others don't right in the middle of one. What I'm saying is, that since RA is immune related, we are all immune to various things. The medical profession is coming around to accepting that there are some truths in the old wives' tales, except the one about a teething baby getting a fever. Of course, we old wives know better about that. Loujean PS, What I'm trying to say is that probably most people are reacting to the weather. >My rheumy told me that changes in barometric pressure can affect us. Seems >to me that what he said (9 years ago, so I'm a bit fuzzy on this) is that if [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>> joints inside where it is warm and wet, but does anyone have the straight >>> poop, I mean the bird's eye lowdown? |
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