Stating that an increase in joint pain is observed with the cooling of the weather, Denizli Private Tekden Hospital Neurosurgery Specialist Op. Dr. Yasin Levend Özçelik stated that the increasing pain complaints in cold weather with rainfall should not be attributed only to the seasons and that patients should not avoid the examination.
With the arrival of the winter months, air temperatures started to drop. Stating that there is an increase in the complaints of people with back, neck, knee and joint pain in the winter season, Denizli Private Tekden Hospital Neurosurgery Specialist Op. Dr. Yasin Levend Özçelik explained the health problems and treatment methods that may be experienced. Emphasizing that the discomforts caused by the loss of the functions of the tissues in the body will disturb more in cold weather, Neurosurgery Specialist Op. Dr. Yasin Levend Özçelik said that the increasing complaints with cold weather will cause citizens to apply to physicians more frequently.
“Increased pain complaints in cold weather should not be considered as an increase in the disease”
Stating that joint pain complaints will be affected by humidity and precipitation along with cold weather, and that pain and vascular and nerve compression will occur in the first movements of the patients when they get up in the morning or after being inactive for a long time, Op. Dr. Özçelik said, “I would like to warn our patients about the issues related to Brain and Neurosurgery. Especially in patient groups with arthritis, nerve compression, canal narrowing and old hernias, they will see their complaints increase when the weather gets cold, especially in damp cold, especially in cold temperatures with increased humidity and precipitation. The increase in these complaints will be more in the mornings when they get up. After a long period of inactivity, it will be more when they first start to move. I should tell them in advance that they should not consider this as an increase in their illness, but that it is due to the increase in pain in this wear and tear process with the effect of the season. However, of course, this does not mean that nothing is happening, that it is completely due to the effect of cold.”
“You should definitely go to the control in case of discomfort”
Stating that patients should not neglect the controls by attributing their pain to the winter season, Op. Dr. Özçelik said, “The change in the complaints of our patients may be related to the change in the character of the disease. Rather than the intensity of the previous pain, is it in the form of squeezing, knife stabbing? Is it in burning style? Is it tingling? The weather will get colder, you will have some increase in your complaints, especially in the morning in humid environments, but do not attribute this entirely to winter. If there is an increase and change in the character of your disease, do not neglect your control.”
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