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Does anyone else flare when it rains?

samj_92
ok so I know this sounds like an old wives tale or whatever but I swear every single time there's a storm coming my whole body goes haywire. like BEFORE the rain even starts. my shoulders, my hips, even my hands. I've had fibro for going on 7 years now and at this point I can predict the weather better than the local news lol does anyone else deal with this? my rheumatologist kind of shrugged when I mentioned it but it's SO consistent at this point I can't believe it's coincidence. barometric pressure maybe?? I dunno. just wondering if I'm losing it or if this is a real thing

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robert_t

It's absolutely a real thing. Barometric pressure changes affect the pressure in your joints. There's actually decent research on this — not just anecdotal. I've been tracking my RA pain against the barometric pressure for about 2 years now and the correlation is unmistakable. You're not losing it. Your body is basically a very expensive, very painful weather instrument.

christineM

Same here. I can feel a storm coming about 12-24 hours before it hits. My hands swell up and my neck gets so stiff I can barely turn my head. My husband thinks I'm exaggerating until he checks the forecast and goes "...oh." I've started just telling people I'm a human barometer and leaving it at that lol

karens_knees

my knees predict rain better than any app. seriously. when they start aching for no reason i check the weather and theres always something coming. ive been doing this for like 6 years now and its been right almost every time my doctor said "theres no clinical evidence" for it and i was like ok well theres THIS evidence *gestures at entire body*

headcase_lol

migraines too. low pressure systems are my nemesis. I can tell you with about 80% accuracy when rain is coming within 24 hours based on how my head feels not a superpower I asked for but here we are

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realtrevor

Yep, happens to me too. I actually started writing it down a while back — just simple notes, date, what hurts, what the pressure was. After a few weeks it was really obvious. Drops below about 29.8 inHg and I'm toast. The annoying thing is there's nothing you can really DO about it. Can't exactly control the weather. I just try to plan lighter days when I see fronts coming.

momof3dogs

yes yes yes. and not just rain — temperature swings too. we had a day last week where it went from 45 to 72 and back to 50 and i was basically useless the whole time. my body cant handle the rollercoaster

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