I have psoriatic arthritis and also have fibromyalgia. the weather seems to have an effect on how much pain i feel. what do doctors think about this?

We Agree: Weather can definiitely affect pain, particularly in arthritic joints. While warm, humid weather can often help to relieve arthritic pain, cold and dry air seems to aggravate. As weather fronts pass through, the barometric pressure changes can also be felt by people with arthritis. Some people with arthritis will go so far as to move south to warmer areas. Thank you for the question.

Nobody Knows: This is a real phenomenon, and we think it has to do with barometric pressure changes but we don't understand it fully. Moving to someplace that has better weather works for a while, then your body "resets" and the problem returns.

Very real: Your grandmother was not crazy saying she could predict the weather with her rhuematism! slowly falling barometric pressure seems to be the major association. You will notice that in a storm system coming in fast you are fine. It's 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 unkmown.