for October 2007: How do changes in the weather affect persons with EMS?
Often, a person with EMS will write to me or a group for EMS persons and comment on how they feel since weather changes set in, or they will ask if others are bothered by certain symptoms in different types of weather. I believe I asked a question about this one time, at least, on one of the Surveys I have on this Web site. Generally speaking, it seems to me, most persons with EMS have trouble adapting to weather changes from warm/hot to cool/cold and will say that they are experiencing a “relapse” or “worsening of symptoms” at that time of year or when that situation arises. A few persons with EMS, however, claim that cold weather does not bother them at all; generally, I have observed that these people live in colder states such as Minnesota or Michigan, etc. Many persons with EMS are extremely bothered by humid weather, or damp and rainy weather. In some ways, I suppose these complaints are typical of people who have any rheumatic disease.
Often, a person with EMS will write to me or a group for EMS persons and comment on how they feel since weather changes set in, or they will ask if others are bothered by certain symptoms in different types of weather. I believe I asked a question about this one time, at least, on one of the Surveys I have on this Web site. Generally speaking, it seems to me, most persons with EMS have trouble adapting to weather changes from warm/hot to cool/cold and will say that they are experiencing a “relapse” or “worsening of symptoms” at that time of year or when that situation arises. A few persons with EMS, however, claim that cold weather does not bother them at all; generally, I have observed that these people live in colder states such as Minnesota or Michigan, etc. Many persons with EMS are extremely bothered by humid weather, or damp and rainy weather. In some ways, I suppose these complaints are typical of people who have any rheumatic disease.
