Weather and Fibromyalgia are they related? article say's somewhat

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I knosw I can tell day's in advance wether a cold front or we are

going to be getting rain in our are where we live.How abuot you?

Does weather affect uor fibromyalgia?? I fin myslef that cold damp

weather nad very hot weather gets to me.

Below is an article that said it could somewaht affect us. Heidi

Weather & Fibromyalgia Pain: Are They Related?

Cool temperatures, humidity and high atmospheric pressure may be

associated with spontaneous pain among individuals with Fibromyalgia

(FM), new study findings show.

" These results support the belief that weather influences rheumatic

pain, albeit in different ways, depending on the (underlying disease)

and (the patient's) weather sensitivity, "

Reported Dr. Ingrid Strusberg of the Centro Reumatologico Strusberg

in Cordoba City, Argentina, and her colleagues.

Strusberg's team analyzed questionnaire responses from 151

individuals with FM, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.

Osteoarthritis refers to joint inflammation and pain that most

commonly occurs among older adults. Rheumatoid arthritis also

features inflammation and pain, but the symptoms arise from an

abnormal immune system assault on the body's joints.

In the study, participants reported on their pain symptoms and causes

over one year. For comparison, the researchers also looked at 32

healthy individuals. These reports were correlated with

meteorological data for the Cordoba area.

The researchers found that for participants with all three

conditions, pain was significantly associated with low temperature.

In addition, pain was related to high humidity and high atmospheric

pressure among rheumatoid arthritis patients, and high humidity among

osteoarthritis patients, according to findings published in the

February issue of the Journal of Rheumatology.

For those with FM, pain was associated with low temperature and high

atmospheric pressure. No correlation between weather and pain was

found among individuals in the comparison group, the authors note.

" Our study supports the possibility that meteorological factors can

have some effect on spontaneous pain in rheumatic patients. "

Reports Dr. Strusberg's team.

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Source(s):

* Journal of Rheumatology 2002;29:335-338.

(http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2002/02/18/eline/links/20020218e

lin003.html)