Arthritis and Raynaud's disease

[Scáthach]

considering that it's the coldest day ever, dicuss..

[Menydh]

It's 21ºC out here. Freezing cold!

[Siegmund]

Originally Posted by Scáthach

considering that it's the coldest day ever, dicuss..

Freezing here as well. You must be suffering, ouch.

Originally Posted by Mynydd

It's 21ºC out here. Freezing cold!

Yes, yes, the weather where you are is quite beautiful always, as I well remember. No need to remind us, really.

[Perun]

It's almost spring here. But much of the cold air did have an effect on my asthma.

[Gil]

It's not cold during the daytime but when the wind blows it gets REALLY cold REALLY quick. Also during the afternoon alot of thunders and flashes and **** going on... it's thunderstorm season.
I don't have arthritis but my knee joints tend to hurt just before the weather changes (from hot to cold and from cold to hot).

[IlyaMuromec]

Ouch! An attack of Raynaud's Syndrome can be a categorically unpleasant episode; while rivaled in intensity by Tic Doloreux, it is nevertheless an asault on the pleasure centers of the human body. While either primary or secondary, it is caused by dialation of blood vessel in certain extremeties--wearing mittens helps--above all stay warm... R.S. often accompanies Rheumatoid Arthritis Sjoergren's Syndrome and SLE(Systematatic Lupus Erythematosus).. Each of these co-maladies has its own nuances and symptoms, but the vascular complications of the extremeties, along with ulcerations, etc. are common in R.S.

Many doctors believe that the most effective and safest drugs are calcium-channel blockers, which relax smooth muscle and dilate the small blood vessels. These drugs decrease the frequency and severity of attacks in about 65% of patients who have primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon. These drugs also can help heal skin ulcers on the fingers or toes.
Other patients have found relief with drugs called alpha blockers that counteract the actions of norepinephrine, a hormone that constricts blood vessels. Some doctors prescribe a drug that relaxes blood vessels, such as nitroglycerine paste, which is applied to the fingers, to help heal skin ulcers. Often, patients with the secondary form will not respond as well to treatment as those with the primary form of the disorder.
I am not at home in sunny Southern California, but i am enjoying ambient temperatures of about 31-33 degrees C. that said, my heart goes out to anyone suffering from R.D. and/or R.A.
Ilya Muromec

[Scáthach]

ick, the alpha blockers are hell!!

[Dr. Solar Wolff]

Originally Posted by IlyaMuromec

Ouch! An attack of Raynaud's Syndrome can be a categorically unpleasant episode; while rivaled in intensity by Tic Doloreux, it is nevertheless an asault on the pleasure centers of the human body. While either primary or secondary, it is caused by dialation of blood vessel in certain extremeties--wearing mittens helps--above all stay warm... R.S. often accompanies Rheumatoid Arthritis Sjoergren's Syndrome and SLE(Systematatic Lupus Erythematosus).. Each of these co-maladies has its own nuances and symptoms, but the vascular complications of the extremeties, along with ulcerations, etc. are common in R.S.

Many doctors believe that the most effective and safest drugs are calcium-channel blockers, which relax smooth muscle and dilate the small blood vessels. These drugs decrease the frequency and severity of attacks in about 65% of patients who have primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon. These drugs also can help heal skin ulcers on the fingers or toes.
Other patients have found relief with drugs called alpha blockers that counteract the actions of norepinephrine, a hormone that constricts blood vessels. Some doctors prescribe a drug that relaxes blood vessels, such as nitroglycerine paste, which is applied to the fingers, to help heal skin ulcers. Often, patients with the secondary form will not respond as well to treatment as those with the primary form of the disorder.
I am not at home in sunny Southern California, but i am enjoying ambient temperatures of about 31-33 degrees C. that said, my heart goes out to anyone suffering from R.D. and/or R.A.
Ilya Muromec

Ilya, perhaps you could narrow that band of good weather down a bit. Southern California this March was pretty cold as a whole. Central California, especially in the mountains, has been glacial. For the last five years we have had two winters, Dec. to March (cold and dry) and March to June (cold and wet). There is four feet of snow at my summer house now. Yesterday was the first day of real Spring at my winter residence, less that 1000 meters in elevation. With the jet stream overhead for weeks and rain every other day, my arthritus has been acting up.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Siegmund

Yes, yes, the weather where you are is quite beautiful always, as I well remember. No need to remind us, really.

Yes, I was in the Canary Islands at the time when I wrote that. The average temperatures there lie between 21ºC and 26-28ºC all year round. While there, I read some report produced by some expert doctors saying that the weather in those islands is among the best in the world for your health.

Perhaps. But there was something in it that I didn't quite like. I wouldn't know how to explain, but I didn't feel comfortable in that weather. I can feel alright in very hot as well as very cold temperatures. I usually adapt very well. All I need is a good degree of humidity in the environment (I can't stand dry areas very well).

[Milesian]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

Perhaps. But there was something in it that I didn't quite like. I wouldn't know how to explain, but I didn't feel comfortable in that weather. I can feel alright in very hot as well as very cold temperatures. I usually adapt very well. All I need is a good degree of humidity in the environment (I can't stand dry areas very well).

It's the opposite for me. I even prefer the sauna to the steam room
I remember being in Florida and it was a nightmare. Humidity hardly ever below 90%. It had me feeling tired a lot of the time, clothes always felt damp, and the rest of the time felt as if I was being suffocated. Give me the dry desert anyday

[Gil]

Oh man, what I wouldn't give to be in Gerês (northmost Portugal) or anywhere foggy and fresh. I'm wearing just a pair of longshorts (also known as boarder shorts or "corsarios" in Portugal) and i'm sweating like a pig.