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Barometric pressure

qualitygal — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:42:59 GMT

If this is going on today, it's killing my back. It feels like a spring wound up tightly. I don't know if there's any truth in this. That BP can affect parts of the body.

Anyone?

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panda1234 — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:25:51 GMT

I have heard that when that pressure drops, it causes pain for those with arthritis. I believe that is why people move to a warmer, dryer place to avoid this.

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chvall99 — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:33:51 GMT

I consistently get a headache with barometric changes. My husband says he can always tell when a major weather front is approaching by watching me! On those days inhaling moist steamy air and using heat packs seem to help.

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AuntG — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:36:50 GMT

When it drops extremely low, I get a headache.

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sgraham30 — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:15:49 GMT

My sinuses always hurt whenever there's going to be rain or snow. It feels like someone is pressing hard on the skin underneath my eyes.

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wonderfulworld — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:28:50 GMT

From what I understand a drop in barometric pressure causes tissue swelling. Also, higher altitude and flying also, which is a change from sea level pressure.

I have ear issues and my ears ring more when the pressure is lower. My ears also seems to feel more fullness, too.

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jlkz — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:45:04 GMT

In September, there was 20-point drop in barometric pressure when we were up in the mountains. The room spun so fast that I could not left my head from the pillow...very scary. Nausea and clamminess ensued. It lasted for about an hour.

I couldn't look sideways or down without the spinning starting over again. Next morning I was at the doctor's office. After a few simple tests, she said that the ears and nose can react violently to the pressure change.

For me, the source of the problem was the inner ear crystals which got free and sent signals to the brain, causing the spinning.

Another poster here echoed the doctor's finding: BPPV. Or, Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo. If anyone encounters this, you can Google " Epley Maneuver " to stop the spinning. Hope you never have to use it.

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Fressa — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:52:24 GMT

I have a reconstructed leg from the toes to the hip and when the bp rises the pain is a true "challenge". I often joke that I should have been a weather person because I can predict when we are in for a major storm or weather snap. My doctor told me that I would feel "discomfort" when the bp rose, some other types of surgeries, illnesses feel it when it drops. This is the first year in many that I have had so many days of "discomfort". I can block out quite a bit of pain and have a high tolerance but at this point it is well beyond that point.

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ALRATIBA — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:57:22 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
If this is going on today, it's killing my back. It feels like a spring wound up tightly. I don't know if there's any truth in this. That BP can affect parts of the body.

Anyone?

There is something to that. In 2003 a physical therapist told me to expect pain and discomfort during certain weather conditions. Again in 2013 - another physical therapist told me the same thing ... different body location!

One of my friends is a retired doctor. She and I have similar arthritis problems - we often laugh about our matching aches and pains! Our remedies include: Tylenol, heating pad, soak in a tub of hot water with a bit of epsom salts, and move around as much a you can so you don't stiffen up! I have an exercise routine that the therapist gave me to ease my back pain.

Usually, the mornings are worse ... once I'm up and around I can manage most of the day.

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:56:33 GMT

I have severe arthritis all over my body (hands are a mess) my back hurts so bad and I can tell the minute the pressure starts acting squirrely.....my daughter used to think I was crazy but now she asks me about the barometric pressure. Ha!

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151949 — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:00:49 GMT

This is the reason many people like living in the desert.

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hckynut — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:17:36 GMT

I have read studies that drops in temperatures and drops in barometric pressure increases pressure inside the joints. For myself, with arthritis from 3 missing lumbar discs/3 crushed cervical vertebrae/job related finger arthritic pain, along with many sports related injuries, I cannot say this has much to do with temperature changes or drops or lower barometric pressure.

I find mine more related to the activities I have done, but I will say, extremely cold weather does increase these problems, but I relate that more to lower blood temperatures, which in turn effect muscle movements(contraction and extension)until I am sufficiently warmed up.

As always, every person's body as individual as fingerprints.

hckynut(john)

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happycat — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:01:57 GMT

Oh, there is definitely something to it, I get migraines when the a front is coming. Sometimes, I feel like I don't even need to watch the weather.....

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Desertdi — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:20:29 GMT

@151949 wrote:
This is the reason many people like living in the desert.

No alligators, either (!)

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Moonchilde — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 02:18:05 GMT

I have experienced sinus pressure and pain with barometric changes for many years - half my life at least. My knees have been complaining as well the last 5-6 years. That still "surprises" me because while I expect it with my sinuses I still don't routinely expect it with my knees. Guess I should start expecting it!

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ANewHue — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 03:33:37 GMT

Well I know how BP affects me. I have Fibro and I can tell snow is coming up to three weeks away. I'm also affected by thunderstorms and cold. 98 per cent of my illness (Fibromyaliga) is weather related and it stinks.

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Mmsfoxxie — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:29:44 GMT

Ohhh! This might be why my bones are talking to me more lately. I exercise almost everyday (since May) so I was wondering why the last couple of weeks my stiffness is worse.

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x Hedge — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:48:26 GMT

@hckynut wrote:

I have read studies that drops in temperatures and drops in barometric pressure increases pressure inside the joints. For myself, with arthritis from 3 missing lumbar discs/3 crushed cervical vertebrae/job related finger arthritic pain, along with many sports related injuries, I cannot say this has much to do with temperature changes or drops or lower barometric pressure.

I find mine more related to the activities I have done, but I will say, extremely cold weather does increase these problems, but I relate that more to lower blood temperatures, which in turn effect muscle movements(contraction and extension)until I am sufficiently warmed up.

As always, every person's body as individual as fingerprints.

hckynut(john)

Yes, @hckynut, I think its the little bursea (did I spell that right?) sacks around the joints that react. They're filled with fluid.