Why do my joints hurt when it rains? What should I do?

Many patients have joint pain or worsened pain whenever it is cloudy, windy or rainy, so they think they may have rheumatoid arthritis and are very nervous and scared. Obviously this This understanding is incorrect. We know that joint pain on cloudy and rainy days is a common clinical symptom. This symptom may occur in many rheumatism diseases. It is not just a phenomenon unique to rheumatoid arthritis. The reason why people have such misunderstandings may be related to Usually it is not possible to distinguish between "rheumatism" and "rheumatoid arthritis". The definition of rheumatism is very broad, including dozens of common diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus erythematosus, osteoarthritis, etc., and rheumatoid arthritis is also one of them. In addition, the recently proposed rheumatism-cold disease Joint pain also falls into this category. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease related to hemolytic streptococcus infection. In the acute stage, rheumatic fever mainly manifests as redness, swelling, heat, and pain in large joints, which often affects the heart. Sun Guomin, from the Rheumatology and Immunology Department of Changzhou Second People's Hospital, has data confirming that 90% of rheumatism patients with arthritis symptoms are sensitive to climate change. Some patients can even accurately predict weather changes, often calling themselves "weather stations", "weather forecasters", etc. It manifests itself when the patient's joint pain or swelling worsens significantly when the climate changes suddenly, such as cloudy days, windy or rainy days, or when seasons change, such as autumn and winter, winter and spring. Why do joints hurt on cloudy and rainy days? Modern research believes that patients with rheumatism have imperfect joint and peripheral vasculature and nerve functions, slow and insufficient vasodilation and contraction, slow rise and fall of skin temperature, and peripheral micro-vasomotor impairment and paralysis, so they cannot adapt to climate changes. When it is humid, the stimulation of increased humidity increases the nerve sensitivity of the joints; when it is cold, the blood flow slows down, the adrenaline content in the blood increases, and the globulin agglomerates, causing the viscosity of the synovial fluid in the joint cavity to increase, increasing joint pain. Resistance during activities; reduced air pressure on cloudy days, windy or rainy days can accumulate fluid in joint tissue spaces, leading to a relative increase in intracellular pressure and intra-articular pressure. Many of the above factors cause increased joint pain and swelling. To sum up, joint pain on cloudy days and rainy days is a non-specific manifestation caused by joint inflammation that causes varying degrees of pathological changes in and surrounding tissues in the joints, making the body unable to adapt to climate changes. It can occur in a variety of rheumatic diseases. This This phenomenon is not unique to rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, it is recommended that patients suffering from joint pain on cloudy and rainy days should seek early specialist diagnosis and treatment. In life, many people suffer from joint pain. There are many causes of joint pain. According to age, gender, location of onset, and symptom characteristics, the causes can generally be summarized as soft tissue, cartilage, bone, and inflammatory causes.

Conservative treatment can be used for mild symptoms, and excessive joint activity or heavy objects should be avoided to avoid joint fatigue and further injury. When severe pain occurs during an acute attack, activities should be restricted, moderate exercise or bed rest. Local hot compress, massage, and physical therapy can all reduce symptoms. Take some analgesic drugs and apply some topical analgesic sprays. In severe cases, joint replacement may be considered.

Wish you a speedy recovery!