Injuries and bad weather

Injuries and bad weather ,The feeling of connection between weather changes and pain is also noted in classical Roman era. Hippocrates first said that many diseases are associated with changes in the seasons.

Old known fact that rheumatoid arthritis pain and tend to occur in certain weather changes. In this case, open the question remains: can we commit time and trauma pain that actually damage and inflammation of those joints and ligaments?

The first publication of documented changes in the sensation of pain associated with weather changes in the American Journal of Medical Sciences in 1887. This report describes the case of a man who has phantom limb pain.

The report concludes that “the approaching storms, falling barometric pressure and rain associated with increased complaints of pain.” This is expressed precisely in arthritis. Most studies on the relationship between weather and pain were made of people diagnosed with arthritis.

Gudja Weinberger and try to correlate pain and activity levels change over time. They instructed 16 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 24 with osteoarthritis, 11 with aggravated arthritis, fibromyalgia and 11 with just aching joints to monitor their pain and activity every day for four weeks.

They found that patients whose pain due to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia were adversely affected by changes in the barometric pressure. In fact, all the groups had grievances to varying degrees, but overall complaints were characterized by precisely these three diseases.

Few well-designed experimental studies investigated the effects of climate change on the pain. Screwed connection attempts to manipulate barometric pressure and humidity in a room with controlled climate created in his lab, and expose patients to their influence.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis report more pain with increased humidity and reduced barometric pressure, but no change in pain when only one condition has changed.

Although often cited, this study has been criticized because of the small number of patients and because of the short time spent in the chamber. In fact only 12 patients for a few minutes have been exposed to artificially controlled microclimate.

Besides surveyed patients reported similar pain and some with osteoporosis, carpal tunnel syndrome and those with serious injuries affecting the skeleton.

Hypochondria or gift?

It should be noted that at the present stage of development of the science of the nervous system in medical environments are increasingly becoming advocates of the idea that most diseases actually have no relation to time and the problem is elsewhere.

Jamison presents a study of all patients with chronic pain (of a different order) and concluded that most of them associate it with time.

Provided that this does nature of psychosis and is very hard to accept for hypochondria, the study concluded that in fact the link is incorrectly installed. More time increased sensitivity to pain in the majority or in certain patients, and they feel the pain that otherwise nervous system would not be affected.

Changes in atmospheric pressure and temperature can increase stiffness in the joints and hinder subtle movements. Change in barometric pressure may cause a transient “imbalance” in body pressure, which may sensitize the nerve endings, and thus to increase the sensation of pain, preceded by changes in temperature or humidity of the environment.

The weather influences the sensations not Disease

Another interesting study is cited in the pages of medicine.com doctors Driver Catherine and William Scheele. To take the most elementary action: moving patients. Group of patients with a time rheumatic pains moves better climate control group remained in place. In the displaced group eventually reduce the pain, but the final effect is: the development of the disease in both groups not affected by the change.

Ie, the climate does not hit directly arthritis, but more likely just sensitises. It is through atmospheric and internal pressure in the body through subtle skin receptors whose sensitivity is exacerbated.

The analysis here does not provide a safe idea to think that physical trauma training necessarily lead to sensitivity to time due to two reasons – are not among the typical diseases with time sensitivity, and actually seems rather speak of aggravated sensitivity of the organism from the time and no exacerbation of disease.

Obviously, it is sometimes possible and call of sports injuries. Some studies reported such cases. However, if you happens is alarming, there are several steps you can take to counteract the danger:

  • Tempering organism – in our website you will find articles on the problems of tempering. In the case wisely annealing would have been hot and cold compresses or “climatotherapy” – climate change with an appropriate and gradual habituation of the organism to a changing climate, instead of abrupt change, leading to pain.
  • Restore the affected area in the prescribed manner – with compresses, reinforcing belts, exercise or rest – according trauma. Do not underestimate the medication.
  • Keep an eye on the weather – so you will be prepared for possible health problems