Often people associate their poor health with changes in the weather - temperature changes, an impending storm, fall or an increase in atmospheric pressure. We decided to check if there is a scientific evidence of the dependence of our health on the weather or is it more likely to be self -hypnosis.

On the Internet Can find Not one A dozen tips, How cope with With weather dependence. About future changes in the weather and related manifestations in well -being warn even Leading weather forecasts and weather forecasters. Media Publishing messageson what days weather dependent people are better refrain from loads. For certain reasons for poor health, even the terms are invented: "Baric bottom" call too strong a drop in atmospheric pressure, and "Baric saw" - His jumps. Usually weather dependent People List The following Symptoms associated with the weather of malaise: headaches, migraine attacks, nausea, weakness, dizziness, increase or decrease in blood pressure, insomnia or drowsiness, joint pain.

In the international classification of diseases of the 10th review There is no mention weather dependence, Not planned the introduction of the term in the 11th version, the transition to which It has begun In our country since 2021. However, a simple understanding of the school course of physics suggests that, for example, a change in atmospheric pressure (that is, pressure from the outside) should somehow affect the blood pressure arterial (that is, the pressure inside). Scientists conduct many research to determine whether weather conditions affect our well -being, and if so, how.

Large study Specialists of the University of Manchester in the UK. For 15 months they observed the well -being of 13,000 volunteers with chronic pain. Participants evaluated their daily level of pain in the application, which had access to their GPS data, so that the scientists later had the opportunity to compare data on well -being and weather phenomena. As a result, more than 5 million pairs of messages were registered in the system: about the level of pain and the weather at the time of the assessment. Researchers noticed that on days with high humidity, low pressure and strong wind, the participants evaluated the pain experienced as a more intense.

At the same time, the observations of British scientists contradict the data of American doctors. Overseas colleagues Compared The number of appeals to doctors 1,552,842 patients aged 65, who were made a total of 11,673,392 visits to the therapist. Patients had at least one of the following diagnoses: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, spondylosis, intervertebral lesions or other non -traumatic joint disorders. Scientists wondered whether the number of visits is more on a statistically significant value in the days with bad weather. As a result, out of more than 11 million appeals, only a little more than 2 million (that is, 18%) fell on days with precipitation or falling atmospheric pressure.

More modest in the number of participants (only 200 people), but similar in methodology study demonstrated the opposite result. Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee joint noted constant associations of changes in the pressure and ambient temperature with the severity of pain. A comparison data from 993 patients who contacted Australia’s clinics with an episode of acute back pain, and meteorological parameters on the day of circulation did not show any pattern again.

Moreover, all researchers in their conclusions are far from categorical: neither the presence of correlation, nor its absence can be considered, in their opinion, an exhaustive answer. Further studies are necessary to establish the fact of the presence or absence of the dependence of an increase in the joint pain on the weather.

Dr. Robert Schmerling from Harvard Medical School suggeststhat such conflicting data can be explained by the peculiarity of the human psyche: “People have a wonderful feature to remember when two things happen or change together (for example, rainy, cloudy weather and joint pain), but less attention when these events do not occur together. That rainy day when you did not feel better or worse, it is unlikely to be so noticeable that you will remember it. ”

It is important to note that in relation to some diseases there is a established dependence on the weather. For example, specialists of the Majo clinic is definitely Confirm The connection between the exacerbation of depressive states and the weather, noting the growth of appeals in late autumn in days with poor weather and decline in spring and summer, as well as on more sunny days. There is also data On a similar dependence regarding the deterioration of cognitive functions in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

In addition, there are consistent data on the connection of the weather and migraine attacks. Scientists from the above -mentioned Clinic Mayo Markthat weather changes can affect the synthesis of some substances in the brain and their balance, this primarily applies to serotonin. Japanese scientists also Noticedthat even minor atmospheric pressure fluctuations provoke exacerbations of migraine in patients. This is associated not only with chemical imbalance, but also with quite physical patterns. There are four sinuses in the bones of the skull: paired (maxillary and frontal) and unpaired (wedge -shaped and cave). A change in atmospheric pressure leads to a change in pressure in these sinuses, which is subjective to the patient as a headache. Increasing air humidity, in turn, provokes An increase in the amount of mucus produced by the sinuses lining the sinuses, which is also felt as an unpleasant and painful feeling localized in the head. Specialists of the American National Fund of the Headache They think Weather responsible for 50-60% of all income migraines.

Thus, neither in the medical card, nor the hospital doctors will enter as a diagnosis as a diagnosis, however, weather changes can accurately provoke headache, exacerbation of mental disorders and deterioration in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. But the relative one can or not be joints and bones to whine in bad weather, there is no scientific consensus yet.