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Why would knuckles swell in bad weather?
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Weather causes pain?: Increased pain has been associated with slowly falling barometric pressure. You will notice that in a storm system coming in fast you are fine. Its that front that takes days to come in that gets you. There is also fair weather pain from a high pressure area moving away from you. The mechanism is completely unknown. Swelling might be inflammation from the same mechanism or just feels swollen.
Answered 12/9/2013
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