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07 July 2018 08:00:44
Jan Hughes met the idea of arthritis and weather many years ago when she was a young nurse in the treatment rooms [19659005] "I had the habit of taking the gentlemen I showered and they said to me," Oh, nurse, no, do not get me out, I'm riddled with Arthritis, it will rain, you do not know? and it is certain that it will rain that night or the next night. "
Now that she is suffering from arthritis herself, she said that she would like to know there was really truth in the story.
"Once you have one of these conditions, you start to get more interested in how things affect you," said Mrs. Hughes
"because the drugs are tough, they Assuming that next week I may be wet, perhaps I can start now with my medication so that when the weather comes up, I'm always mobile. "
What do grandmas say? 19659012] External link:
The grannies of the United States think that they can also predict the weather.
The first thing I did in addressing this question was to consult my arthritis expert, my nana.
She immediately took the initiative to consult her group of walkers who, she badured me, was composed of numerous arthritis.
She reports:
"The first thing they said was yes, of course, the weather affects you … it was a very quick answer."
She said that the "older" were particularly convinced. Nana is 79 years old and would certainly not consider herself "old".
"No one said" No "In fact, many said," Oh, my dad used to say that "or" My mom used to say that there is a change to come because all my arthritis spots are playing out. & # 39; "
Although Nana's arthritis has been better in recent years, she remembers well.
"When it's too cold or when the weather changes, you're in pain" We have an extremely cold spell here in South Australia and I've been suffering from a gout attack, which is due to arthritis in my feet.
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Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are two arthropathies and they are very different: rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease while osteo occurs when joints try
both cause pain around the joints and nana is right, gout integrates into the family of arthritis.
What about science?
The scientific community is much less convinced than my nana's walking group.
Manuela Ferreira, Associate Professor, Institute for Bone and Joint Research at the Kolling Institute, conducted a study on the impact of meteorology on osteoarthritis knee.
To avoid bias, the 345 patients were not interviewed directly if the weather had affected their arthritis. Instead, the researchers kept an eye on the pain level of the patients and made a comparison with the time at the time.
The study found no badociation between meteorological parameters and pain.
"What we found is that for people with osteoarthritis of the knee … that it is hot or cold, that it's raining, that it's wet or humid dry, that it's not raining, pain levels are very similar, "said Professor Ferreira.
She said that other studies have shown some badociation, but many of them did not take into account the bias of badociation.
"When patients experience an increase in pain, they are asked," What do you think caused the change in your pain? " And then they say, "I think it was time."
"There is a bit of bias in this type of badociation."
Does this mean that we completely exclude a link between time and the increase in joint pain?
Associate Professor Ferreira said yes to people with osteoarthritis of the knee.
"Perhaps of other types of arthritis or articular arthritis, this could be the case."
"I think we still miss studies in these areas with these conditions."
What about the other types of
I found myself in a number of scientific articles on the potential links between arthritis and time and I 'm not sure about it. have found contradictory conclusions and many different methods, some recent studies to avoid badociation bias: [19659049] Savage et al., 2015, evaluated 133 patients with rheumatoid arthritis for six months and found that Rheumatoid arthritis activity was significantly lower on sunny days and the humidity was low
Neogi et al. 2014 suggests that there is a relationship between high temperatures, low humidity and gout. So, it does not support the badertion of my nana that her gout is bad because of the cold. Sorry nana!
Before telling me why people think that time might be related to joint pain, Dr. Ferreira pointed out that it was something that "people believed there are hundreds, hundreds of" 39, years "
She said that one theory was that cool weather could make joints stiffer, causing pain.
Another was that time was changing your behavior. to make you stay home and not do so much exercise or you could walk slower in the rain.
"But again, when we looked, every time the pain increased, it was n & # 39; There was no badociation with "These are theories, but we can not prove that they are real, unfortunately."
Arthritis Forecasts
Despite all this uncertainty, there have been changes in time are sites that claim to be e able to predict when arthritis might be bad, depending on the weather.
AccuWeather is a site that offers this service in Australia. When I wrote to ask them for more information about the operation of their system, they replied:
Unfortunately, the AccuWeather Arthritis Index is proprietary information and we are unable to share details.
The Arthritis Foundation of the United States website includes a current index of arthritis for places in the United States. United. It is also based on a "proprietary forecast" of AccuWeather.
The website cites a study by Tufts University that "each 10-degree drop in temperature corresponded to a progressive increase in arthritis pain."
"In addition, relatively low, low barometric pressure temperatures and precipitation may increase the pain. "
What to do with this, then?"
My nana was not discouraged when I told her that science did not necessarily support her, and she wanted to know if the scientists themselves had ever suffered.
Dr. Ferreira stated that patients with osteoarthritis of the knee should focus on what they could change: diet and exercise, but not the time
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