You may have seen elderly people rub their backs or knees before it rains, saying that it will rain soon after seeing their joints hurt in humid weather. In fact, it often rains really hard after that. When it rains or the weather is cloudy, the elderly or arthritis patients in the middle and middle-aged age groups experience pain in the joints or exacerbation of pain in the previously painful area.
◇ What causes arthritis pain when it rains?
The reason why arthritis pain worsens when it rains is not yet scientifically clear, but it is widely known that joint pain worsens with lower temperature and air pressure and higher humidity.
When it rains and the temperature drops, the joint becomes stiff and painful, the air pressure in the joint expands relatively, and the tissue in the joint becomes active, which makes the joint pain worse. In addition, if the humidity increases due to raining weather, the moisture in the body cannot evaporate, causing joint swelling and pain naturally. In addition, the decrease in sunlight on rainy days can make the pain worse by reducing the mood and psychologically atrophy.
The detailed types of arthritis are very diverse, but the representative ones are ‘degenerative arthritis’ and ‘rheumatoid arthritis’.
◇ What is degenerative arthritis?
Osteoarthritis is a disease that mainly affects middle-aged and elderly people, and it is a symptom that appears due to aging. The cartilage plate that acts as a cushion between the bones and the cartilage that surrounds the bones is damaged or worn away due to degenerative changes that cause bone problems and pain. As the disease progresses, pain gradually appears in the joint area, which is mainly a symptom of stiffness in the knee. In severe cases, it is characterized by pain, burning, and swelling of the knee even after walking for a short time. Early diagnosis and treatment are important because knee cartilage continues to wear and deteriorate if not treated appropriately in the early and middle stages of these symptoms.
◇ What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause caused by abnormalities in the autoimmune system. Rheumatoid arthritis causes inflammation and pain in the joints of the body, including the hands, wrists, feet and ankles. Rheumatoid arthritis tends to develop after physical and mental stress and is known to be more common in women than men.
◇ What is an effective herbal treatment for arthritis?
If you usually feel tingling or pain around your knees or joints, you should suspect arthritis and get an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment before managing your muscles.
In oriental medicine, various oriental medicine treatments such as chuna therapy, acupuncture and medicinal acupuncture treatment, and oriental medicine prescription are performed for the treatment of arthritis. In addition, eohyeol caused by impaired blood circulation is investigated as a cause of joint pain. Eohyeol refers to the turbid blood that does not function normally in the body, and it has been attacked by the immune system and becomes the causative agent of inflammation. As eohyeol attaches to the synovial membrane surrounding the joint and causes inflammation, causing pain and swelling in the joint, it is a herbal medicine prescription that is suitable for the constitution and helps relieve eohyeol. .
Acupuncture relieves tension in the muscles and ligaments around the joint and smooths blood circulation. Acupuncture, which is purified from pure herbal ingredients harmless to the human body, is effective in relieving inflammation and relieving pain. Oriental medicine Chuna therapy corrects the broken bones, muscles, and ligaments around the knee and prevents deformation.
◇ On rainy days, proper indoor exercise is required
Most people with arthritis don’t exercise because they think that exercise will make the pain worse, but proper exercise can help keep joints from becoming stiffer and stiffer. It is difficult to walk outdoors or do aerobic exercise on a rainy day, so it is recommended to do simple stretching indoors, home training, or indoor exercises that increase flexibility and muscle strength while less straining the joints, such as home training or swimming.
If you do simple gymnastics indoors in the morning and evening for about 30 minutes to soften your joints, you can effectively reduce joint pain, and massage with warm water is even better for your joints. Also, the joints are sensitive to temperature and moisture, so it is important to maintain the proper temperature and humidity to relieve pain. It is recommended to avoid too cold wind and to keep the proper indoor temperature and humidity within 50%.
Written by Hidak Medical Correspondent, Director Mo Min-ju (oriental doctor)
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