Can rapid climate change make us feel sick???

Question

where i live, its been really weird unlike other years. its been hot some days, then its turned very cold other days. there was really no transition. now its cold...but i can remember last week that it was still hot, too hot to even be wearing a sweater. i think this rapid change is what causes me not to feel so well, and the same happens to many people around here! we had a very hot summer and now its suddenly so cold. im not feeling so well. i think im going to get sick. i suspect it may be true that its the rapid change thats causign this. is it possible???

heaven...i totally agree! my mood and my emotions arent the same as they were during the summer! weird huh? its not so bad but its strange lol.

ummmm....i dont live in the UK, LOL.

Answer 1

i think it can. i remember one day when i was from LA to fly to Kuala Lumpur, i suffered a bad headache and that my nose was bleeding badly. it was winter in LA and obviously KL is hot. i guess it does affect us. it affects our emotion as well, dont u think?

Answer 2

I suspect they dont mention climate change as its nothing to do with it and they are smart enought to realise that. Anyone who claims global warming is in anyway responsible is simply wrong. The wild fires have been caused by strong winds, tinder dry bush and some fool starting fires. I wouldnt attribute someone starting a bush fire to being the result of climate change, so the US media are correct in ignoring such plainly rediculous claims. Australia has suffered droughts of this scale many times before and worse (shock news - yes even before man started burning fossil fuels there were big droughts in Australia!!!), its not really a factor of rising global temperatures (according to the IPCC AR4 a warmer world is a less arid world), but a factor of ocean currents and trade winds. I read an excellent paper on the causes of the drought recently. Increasing population, more roads through bush and a lack of fire safety awareness are more contributing factors than anything else. I also saw claims in the media that increased co2 from the fire was accelerating the growth of bush down wind which would further exacerbates the bush fire. This has to be one of the dumbest claims so far this year. Yes co2 does enhance plant growth, but over a few days and during a drought the effect would be unmeasurable, but it seems co2 gets the blame for everything nowadays!

Answer 3

Yes. Any sudden remarkable increase or decrease in temperature can make people sick. I know I usually get sick or don't feel well when the weather suddenly changes. I'm not sure why this happens, perhaps it gives our immune systems a shock. I do know that our bodies change and adjust to various temperatures. Like during the summer when it's hot our blood is thinner, and during the winter cold months our blood is thicker.

Answer 4

My body can't get used to the fact that I was sleeping in my flannel nightgown last week and it was 94 degrees in Ohio today! Have you ever had your thyroid checked? My underactive thyroid (treated with daily medication) condition makes me less tolerant of heat but I'm usually the last one to get cold but I'm also somewhat overweight. We get used to temperature changes which are usually gradual but this year the weather is definitely screwy. Wash your hands frequently, especially when coming home, before meals, and after bathroom use, try not to breathe in too much air conditioned air and consider a humidifier in the winter when the air is drier. I honestly don't know the medical answer to your question but I completely agree with you that rapid weather changes are harder on our bodies and I just got over either a mild flu or some other kind of virus which was very early this season. I hope you feel better fast!

Answer 5

One thing which is routinely noted is the change in atmospheric pressure. It creates different effects for different people. But is generally reacted to by most. The greater the sensitivity, the greater the reaction.

This phenomena also has an effect on the blood being circulated to the brain and would easily account for the varying mood changes. Body physiology is a curious study.

Answer 6

What you have described is a typical English summer when 'rain stopped play'.

Climate change is happening and the pace seems to have quickened in the last couple of years. The time-scale has now shrunk from a couple of hundred years down to something like thirty to fifty years. Well within the life-time of anyone under say 40.

Well, I'll be off soon as I'm now 66 - so it's not really my problem, is it? I mean, just how selfish is that? You've got to elect 'young' leaders if you want to overcome the effect of climate change and global warming.

Answer 7

Yes, a rapid change of climate affects severely our body. I mean, when our body passes from warm temperature to cold temperature fastly and many times in a day or in a week, it cna be very dangerous for our health.

The human body needs to have a temperature between 34 and 36 degrees to be normal. When climate alters this temperature, we begin to feel really sick with symptoms like fever, headache and influenza.

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Answer 8

I have SAD, too, so getting into a sunlightless area would certainly affect me emotionally, anyway. But I love the autumn, so I'm much more likely to go outside, and get more sunshine that way.

If you already have a virus, or have an impending cold coming on, and then the weather switches drastically, maybe the change might help you come down with the virus, esp if it affects your immune system.

I know SAD affects me emotionally, and that affects my immune system, and I'm more prone to illness--so I'd have to answer yes to your question.

TX Mom
not an authority

Answer 9

Weather does infact alter moods.
The sun can be out, you'll be happy, it starts raining, you feel blue.
Just like when it's hot and turns cold you can catch colds.
And in the summer that's why you get allergies.
The climate can cause you to feel sick, but it's only because your body hasn't adjusted to the weather.

Answer 10

Actually I think this has been a typical English summer. Not too hot, not too cold, plenty of rain, but also plenty of sunshine.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the temperature anywhere in the UK has gone above 30. I seriously doubt whether the climate is making you feel sick. You should see a doctor.

Answer 11

yes, rapid climate or pressure change can make you feel sick or become ill more easily.

make sure you're dressing for the wweather, this is the thing that gets a lot of people in troble where I live, because they don't prepare for the sudden cold and rain so they catch a virus/bug. and take plenty of vitamin C to fight off those gross feelings.