Cloudy, with a chance of Pain

DavidKlyne replied on 24/10/2019 20:12

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Posted on 24/10/2019 20:12

For as long as I can remember I have heard people saying that they suffer from joint and other pains depending on the weather. Now there has been some research to see if certain types of pain are affected by the prevailing weather conditions. The research was funded by Versus Arthritis (previously Arthritis Research UK). As I understand it people report pain levels via an app which is then overlaid with actual weather details for the area where the participant lives. The idea being to try and understand if certain climatic conditions are more likely to trigger pain. Once that is understood the next move is to understand how that might be translated into new treatments. See here https://www.cloudywithachanceofpain.com/

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ABM replied on 24/10/2019 22:01

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Posted on 24/10/2019 22:01

Sorry, I thought it was another advert for breakfast rolls 'over there'

Jokes apart, David, they are, at last, coming round to understanding what our Old Grannies knew so many long years since !!

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JVB66 replied on 25/10/2019 08:20

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Posted on 25/10/2019 08:20

After all the years of the medical profession being in denial ,at last the those that suffer have been proved correct about pain and how it is affected by the weather

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JohnM20 replied on 25/10/2019 08:54

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Posted on 25/10/2019 08:54

Over many years I have found that it is not the actual pressure level but the process of the change in the pressure. I know it's always changing but when it is a significant change to a high or to a deep low pressure my arthritis warns me of the change. It also affects my wife in a similar way and also her migraines.

Many years ago my brother went to live in the warmer climes of Australia because he suffered badly with arthritis and believed it would be beneficial to him. Whilst there was some immediate benefit, it fairly rapidly wore off over the first couple of years he was there, back to the pain level that it was in the UK.

young thomas replied on 25/10/2019 10:30

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Posted on 25/10/2019 10:30

we know several couples who 'migrate' to the Valencia region from September till Easter as the warmth and laid back lifestyle 'does wonders' for their health.

heading south ourselves in Jan for that very reason...lifes been pretty hectic (and joyful) for the past five months, where weve been shaken out of our retired, rush free lives....

thankfully things returning to 'normal' now (so decorating etc at home) and looking forward to a couple of family celebrations and a holiday in UK before disappearing over the channel...for a very well earned rest

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brue replied on 25/10/2019 11:00

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Posted on 25/10/2019 11:00

Looks like high pressure and humidity are the main culprits. Interesting read. OH had a bad cycle accident when young. Carrying a fishing rod on his bike it got caught in a lorry wheel and he went under the lorry. It badly damaged his arm which has become his "sea weed" or "fir cone" predictor of weather changes (but not the actual weather. ) So I assume we get affected in some way by changes in the air?