BBC News: Cold Weather Misery For Arthritis Patients
Like many people, Nila Patel is feeling stressed about the prospect of entertaining her extended family during the Christmas holidays – but her concerns are exacerbated by the fact she has rheumatoid arthritis.
The 26-year-old, from London, is hosting a family dinner with her mother, but her fingers are badly deformed and her condition makes domestic [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy really likes items that are not only functional, but that are whimsical as well. They need not always be humorous in nature. Just as long as they are designed with design in mind, I love them. (It must be the design student that still exists inside of me.)
So this past year, when [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy is glad to be heading into warmer weather. Winter this past year not only started a month earlier, but it also ended a month later. On top of these two extra months of winter, temperatures were much lower than usual – and, it snowed much more than usual. While most of my [...]
RheumaBlog: Rain Dance
It’s raining, it’s pouring, The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and bumped his head
And couldn’t get up in the morning.
Water is falling from the gray sky here in the Sierra mountains of Northern California. I’m not an old man, I didn’t bump my head, and I got up this morning, but oh, I’m [...]
Arthritis Foundation WPA: Weathering Arthritis
Some people insist it is more reliable than the 5-day forecast; others swear it is an old wives’ tale. I remember my boss telling me that when he was young, he thought arthritis meant that his grandmother could predict when it was going to rain. So what IS the truth about weather and arthritis?
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While Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy is moving into a warmer season, he knows that most of you are heading into autumn and winter. In addition to the leaves changing colors and pumpkin spice coffee being served in every coffee shop, the colder weather also brings in increased risk of getting a cold or a flu. (And [...]
“We change, whether we like it or not.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy currently finds himself surrounded by a lot of changes. Don’t worry, though – these changes are for the better!
Winter has passed, and I am now officially in Spring! (Well, if we want to be really technical I have to wait until tomorrow [...]
Our Joints And Weather
If you know someone who swears they can predict the weather based on their joint pain, you might want to grab your umbrella the next time they tell you it’s going to rain.
“There is definitely something to it, although it is difficult to prove, because we can’t control barometric pressure,” says Dr. Nancy Nowlin.
Nowlin’s Lawrence [...]
