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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / April 2005Arthritis and the Weather
How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? Bonnie > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? > > Bonnie Doctors differ in opinions about this. My personal opinion is because of the change in air pressure, which changes the "pressure" within our bodies, and especially within our joints. Smokie Darling (Annie) - who is an excellent prognosticator of bad weather (48 hours in advance) in the Fall and Winter. > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? > > Bonnie Rainy weather doesn't seem to affect my joints one way or the other, but they get quite stiff they get cold. Keeping myself a bit too warm (esp. at night) seems to help me. Bonnie- My old ortho used to tell me there are sensors in a person's joints that tell you where your body is and they also react to barometric pressure. He said that is why a person can close their eyes and still manage to touch their nose--the sensors. Jan O' > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? > > Bonnie it's the barametric pressure changes that get to me. i can tell the day or two before, when a weather change is coming. doesn't matter if it is good or bad weather change. both have the same effect on me. kate > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? > > Bonnie > it's the barametric pressure changes that get to me. i can tell the day or > two before, when a weather change is coming. doesn't matter if it is good > or bad weather change. both have the same effect on me. same here. I've always figured the changing air pressure exerts changing pressure on your body and the parts of your body that are already irritated/inflamed really feel that change. Between my inflamed joints and the previously broken bones and my husband's old rib injury, we make quite the couple when there's a big weather change underway! LOL the way we talk sometimes, you'd think we're old or something! LOL, from the eternally young-  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare It's funny, but weather changes have a direct impact on the pain of Fibromyalgia too. Nanny >> it's the barametric pressure changes that get to me. i can tell the day >> or [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > sometimes, you'd think we're old or something! LOL, from the eternally > young- Bonnie Brien wrote and asked: > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? The changes in atmospheric pressure - when the weatherman says the barometer reading is lower or higher than the day before - affects some people with some types of arthritis. Since I was first diagnosed in the 70's, I have never had a reaction to weather changes - sunny or rain, snow or desert heat. ... The older I get, the better I used to be. > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? > > Bonnie Either the changes in barometric pressure or the increased viscosity of the synovial fluid (when the temperature falls, the synovial fluid gets a bit less viscous, making it harder to move the joints that are further from the torso). Cheers, Ari Signaturespammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ Looking back to even my teenage years I've had a lot of pain and stiffness in cold weather. Now this year was very cold here and the pain got very bad. When I asked my first rheumy why I have pain on cold days she said it's because of the inflamation. Don't know what that means. > How come arthritis hurts on bad weather days?? > > Bonnie My fingers are aching today........... Bonnie |
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