When the weather affects your health: A new study from the Gemelli Clinic shows the connection between weather data and migraine attacks. ORF meteorologist Christa Kummer suffers from weather sensitivity and investigates the matter scientifically to the bottom.
One day cold and wet, thick fog and the next warm and foggy. Weather changes in autumn cause problems for many people. When the weather changes, many people often feel it in their bodies for days in advance. Statistically, one in three people is ‘weather sensitive’, and of these, more women than men. Older people more than young people. Those affected often suffer from migraines, fatigue, sleep disorders or joint pain as a result of the weather change. Weather sensitivity is not an illness, but it feels like one.
It is not imaginary either. A new study from Rome has shown the link between weather data and migraine attacks. Researchers from the Gemelli Hospital collected data from patients who came to the emergency room with severe symptoms and found that the number of emergency room admissions was directly correlated with the increase in temperature compared to the day before. The researchers hypothesized that any variation in weather parameters affects the excitability of the trigeminal nerve (this cranial nerve carries sensory information from the face to the brain), facilitating the onset of attacks.
Source: Krone
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