Does arthritis pain change with the weather?
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Q.My friend insists that her arthritis pain gets worse just before it rains. Is it true that joint pain can intensify based on the weather?Study authors then compared it with rainfall data from U.S. weather stations, analyzing the number of visits on rainy versus dry days. Study authors didn't find any connection between the number of pain-related visits and the weather. In fact, arthritis sufferers were slightly more likely to come in for a pain-related visit on dry days than on wet ones — although the increase wasn't deemed statistically significant.
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