Re: any idea why weather affects symptoms?

[Guest guest]

> OK, so .....weather.....

> This isn't arthritis so why does weather affect our symptoms?

> I live in the Seattle area where winters are gray and wet but the

> white stuff is supposed to stay in the mountains. Not this year!

> I've been hurting badly since last week and wonder if the change in

> weather could be the cause.

> opinions?

I think it's the barometric pressure change rather than the actual

weather. If you study weather information, you'll see how barometric

pressure changes when fronts move through: from high to low, from low

to high. To put it crudely, when the barometric pressure is high,

the air pushes on our bodies. When the barometric pressure is low,

our bodies don't have that pressure on us so react differently.

I would imagine that there are people who react badly to high

pressure, and people who react badly to low pressure.

It's an interesting exercise to look at weather maps, and map out on

a calendar when fronts move through, and how you feel those days. It

can be enlightening. It can really get wild when a hurricane moves

up the coast, or we have a Nor'easter.

And weather is interesting in itself; well worth going to the US

weather site and doing some reading, and studying the daily weather

reports in the paper. It's just - well - *neat*.

Z

[Guest guest]

Many of us seem to react to changes in the weather. I seem to do worse on

days like today when the temp gets mild and lots of clouds and gloom in the

sky. And I don't go out of the house very often, but still whatever's

happening in the weather can make a difference. It has to do with the

barometric pressure. But as in everything, we are all individuals, so YMMV.

Perhaps the snow is stressing you out more because it doesn't happen very

often so it's difficult to deal with? Here's hoping the weather returns to

normal soon.

It's been a freaky January. Here in WI, we've had thunderstorms which I

don't remember ever hearing in January, plus there were tornadoes in our

southeastern most county. Talk about freaky!!! We are always taught that

are tornado season is April-November. We've occasionally had them in March,

but January? Global warming.

Jeanne in WI

> OK, so .....weather.....

> This isn't arthritis so why does weather affect our symptoms? I live in

> the Seattle area where winters are gray and wet but the white stuff is

> supposed to stay in the mountains. Not this year! I've been hurting badly

> since last week and wonder if the change in weather could be the cause.

> opinions?

>

> Thanks!

> a