Flare humidity

[Jane424]

it is a miserable cold day today and to me feels damp, though the humidity is only 66%. I feel rheumaticy. My pelvis and shoulders ache, but am confused as how can it feel s achingly damp with low humidity? We have had it in the 80s and 90s last summer. I also have MS and am trying to sort out which is which before I see my GP again, Thanks, Jane

[PMRpro Ambassador]

By my standards 66% is high humidity! It affects my PMR and when it is even higher, it is worse. It isn't just the humidity though - the whole weather pattern can contribute. But pelvis and shoulder aches are very much part of PMR and maybe you are having a bit of a flare for some reason too?

[Jane424 in reply to PMRpro]

Change of season? My husband says we are low humidity and turned off the dehumidifiers, so thanks. Jane

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Jane424]

I wouldn't know about dehumidifiers - even if it is 90% humidity outside, no aircon of any sort here! And they are the exception in the UK where I imagine the humidity is highish most of the time given the climate.

It just occured to me to look it up and found this

weather.gov/arx/why_dewpoin...

iaq.works/humidity/indoor-h...

science.howstuffworks.com/n...

where they say equal to or above 65% humidity is considered high. Under 50% is low, But that is all more linked to skin comfort and relates to temperature.

[Jane424 in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks so much. That is really interesting. We are in Ontario and last summer we had good dehumidifiers running in the house and I got through it well, As soon as my husband tuned them off, without my knowing, I developed rheumatic symptoms although by then the humidity outside was down to 60-70%.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Jane424]

Which is still pretty high even if he doesn't think so. That was sneaky - but if you didn't know, you do have a bit of proof that it affects you.