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What causes aching limbs when the weather is cold?
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Lack of blood supply: Blood flow decreases on exposure to cold and will cause pain.
Answered 1/13/2013
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Weather related pain: Increased pain has been associated with slowly falling barometric pressure seems to be the major association. You will notice that in a storm system coming in fast you are fine. That front that takes days to come in. There is also fair weather pain from a high pressure area moving away from you. The mechanism is completely unknown.
Answered 12/10/2013
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