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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Can You Feel Me Now?

If you can feel that weather in your bones – it’s not just in your head...

A sudden change of barometric pressure causes our joints to swell. Some of us feel it more than others – especially those with arthritis or a prior injury. If you get a headache before or after weather changes – that’s pretty common too. Dr. Merle Diamond, a headache specialist in Chicago said she was flooded with phone calls a few days before the recent mega storm. The complaints were consistent - she says weather related headaches usually start with some facial pain and sinus pressure, followed up with some light-sensitivity.

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