Barometric pressure

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

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?

panda1234 · ‎04-27-2015

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.

chvall99 · ‎07-02-2011

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.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

When it drops extremely low, I get a headache.

sgraham30 · ‎03-14-2010

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.

wonderfulworld · ‎12-05-2012

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.

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

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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Sir Winston Churchill

Fressa · ‎03-20-2012

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.

ALRATIBA · ‎07-15-2016

@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.

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

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!