"The Cold got in my bones"
"The Rain makes my joints hurt"
2007-09-14 06:41:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Tehehehe! I meant "tale". I can't spell worth a darn.
2007-09-14 06:58:05 · update #1
No. It is, in fact, true. When it gets extremley cold outside, the marrow in your bones will ache if not protected properly.
As will your joints when air pressure drops. You know how if you go scuba diving, they tell you not to get on an airplane for a certain ammount of time? It's because your joints cant handle the change in pressure. People with arthritis, gout, and other joint problems can feel storms comming, because the change in airpressure hurts their already damaged joints.
Pretty cool, huh?
2007-09-14 07:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not an Old Wives Tale at all. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, I can feel rain in my bones. The pain gets worse. We had a cold snap and for the first time in my life my knee got chilled clean through to the bone. No matter what I did I could not get the chill out of my kneecap. It was COLD & PAINFUL! It stayed that way for hours!I put a patch on my knee, I used a heating pad, I used BenGay, I finally got rid of the COLD PAIN by sitting in a hot tub of water. I hope I never get chilled clean through the bone ever again. I only have one knee because I am an amputee on the other side.
2007-09-14 14:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Old wives have tails? Oh, you mean "tale", like a story. :) I don't think it's an old wives tale. I've known a lot of people who have bone or joint problems and they feel worse when the weather changes. So I think there is something to it.
2007-09-14 13:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by somebody 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not an old wives tale........It is a fact the tightening of the joints is due to the changes in the barometric pressure caused by the changes in the air temperature/moisture in the air.
2007-09-14 13:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No they are not. in fact there is scientific studies to back them. when the barametor (see I cant spell either) pressure goes down, or rain approaches, those with arthritic conditions do feel it. I know this from first hand experience. I have Lupus, so when rain is coming, I have a couple days notice.
2007-09-14 14:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by christibro40 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think so. Some people who have joint problems experience pain when the atmospheric pressure drops prior to a storm. And the cold I think just makes you achy because it stiffens joints up.
2007-09-14 13:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by ck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
old wives tail? when does women grow tail?
:)
2007-09-14 13:47:30 · answer #7 · answered by miss understand 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋