The weather and fibromyalgia

You knew it!  Now it has been demonstrated scientifically.  Fibromyalgia patients feel more aches and pains in cold and damp weather.  Researchers had 955 patients with number of different problems like arthritis and fibromyalgia fill out pain logs.  Their conclusion: "In our study as well as in literature we found that a high percentage of patients (70 percent) perceived that weather conditions influenced their pain and disease. Fibromyalgia patients seemed to be strongly influenced by weather changes. Our study confirms that patients perception on the influence of climate on pain and therefore their disease is an important clinical factor and it should be considered when evaluating rheumatic patients."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18159202?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum