Humidity affecting PMR?

[Jane424]

Does anyone find a correlation between high humidity and increased PMR symptoms? I can get an hourly graph of our local city and find my symptoms during the day closely match. Yesterday, we had 60% humidity and I did quite a lot, then at abut 8 pm my neck and shoulders became very bad. I had no idea till I looked at the chart that the humidity had spiked to 95%. Oddly, this holds even if we have air conditioning on in the house. In Ontario, Canada, humidity is a great problem.

Any thoughts gratefully received. Thanks

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Despite being around for thousands if not millions of years I don’t think humans deal with extremes of weather at all well in the best of times - and throw in the odd illness or two and we’re very often bushed/wiped out/kiboshed - whatever you want to call it! Or just plain kn&@kered ! Apologies to any sensitive souls.

[Jane424 in reply to DorsetLady]

Thanks! But why even when indoors with air con, my symptoms corelate to the hour with humidity charts? How do I get my doctor to believe me?!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Jane424]

Can’t answer that, sorry not an engineer! (son has BA in Engineering and I’m sure he’d try and explain, but as he’s on holiday I leave it for now)..

On a more serious note, I’m guessing it’s might be down to atmospheric differences…even indoors.

[Hidden in reply to Jane424]

Doctors are like Engineers, there are good and bad ones. That goes for plumbers, carpenters, etc you name it.

[Twopies]

Yes, yes, and yes. When the humidity goes up, I feel worse, I can always tell when the mug-o-meter is high because not only do my allergies kick into place but my pmr acts up too. Summers are defo harder for me.

[Jane424 in reply to Twopies]

It's the pits! What confuses me is that I feel it even indoors with air con on. Is there another factor tied to humidity?

[Twopies in reply to Jane424]

I don’t know but I feel it inside too, just like you. I don’t even have to look at the weather app to know, and unfortunately for me, the summers are very humid here—I can’t seem to reduce in the summer. Discouraging.

[Chris_1236 in reply to Jane424]

Do you symptoms track with the barometric pressure as well?

[Jane424 in reply to Chris_1236]

I am not sure as haven't tracked as much, but think so. In fact, think it must as dehumidifying the house doesn't make much difference. I track with the outside readings.

[Bennijax in reply to Twopies]

Ditto. I am suffering in current heat and humidity

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Yup - doesn't matter if it is cold and humid or hot and humid - it is a pain!

There have been research studies that confirm that weather does have an effect on rheumatic disease - and my favourite German weather programme actually does a Bio-weather forecast saying what will be affected tomorrow - BP, various rheumatic problems, concentration and all

What's going on with pressure outside will affect inside unless you are hermetically sealed ...