Storm asthma
During a heavy rain with the wind case, the present epidemic of asthma. The most famous was the outbreak of asthma in 2016 in Australia. Huge numbers of people at one time fell ill. Hospitals could not cope with the influx of injured. It was a real disaster.
Storm asthma happens during flowering grasses. Pollen grains contain in their cells microscopic starch granules. It is understandable - grains are inherently adapted to store starch.
So heavy rain the pollen swells and explodes like popcorn. Wherein each of pollen grains released several hundreds of microscopic granules of starch the allergen inside.
Strong winds during the storm carried the small pellets over long distances, and the descending air currents pinned them to the ground. Where people inhale them.
Each starch granule size of less than 3 micrometers. This means that the pellets do not stay our upper respiratory tract, and fly deep into the lungs. There they cause a strong allergic reaction.
In the terrible storm in 2016 in the Australian city of Melbourne sick several thousand people. Ten of them could not be saved.
It is interesting that the Australians who live in the Southern Hemisphere, expected this fall?
Migraine
People with migraines often complain of bad weather. Nobody knows exactly how the weather can trigger a headache. Maybe the fact atmospheric pressure, or maybe just the mood is spoiled. In any case the specific means by a migraine yet. It is useful to keep a diary to find out what kind of weather changes trigger headaches. In these critical days more is better to sit at home and not to seek adventure.
Rainy weather and pain in the joints or back
There is even more interesting. Americans recently analyzed the medical records of several million elderly people and it turned out that during wet weather the number of visits to the doctor did not increase. They've got a national health care program for people over 65 years.
Many believe that dampness and cold are bad for the joints, but in fact medical treatment in such days are not treated more people than usual. The results of this study published in 2017, and it seems that there is nothing new to be found.
Personally, I am faced with complaints of pain in his knees and rather cold in young people. I about it even has a separate article.
The fact is that some variants of knee pain occur even pain, but rather discomfort. So sverbyaschim sensation in the joints, like a cold. Therefore, people say that they have frozen joints.
There is another interesting feature. The pain appears in a sitting position. Young men in thin pants sit somewhere in the transport. In this case, actually freeze your knees, because sitting on them stretch pants. And at the same time appears to sverbenie under the kneecap from sports injuries. After that, people are starting to believe in the harm to the cold. In fact, it is impossible to chill the joints.
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