Why we get sick one day and not another?

???????????Weather and Resistance to Disease??

An interest in the air (atmosphere) in which we all live and breath seems especially appropriate for all those interested in our body’s organs of respiration. When we are well (healthy) we are almost completely oblivious and unaware of any association with weather. But, when we are ill, some organ, tissue, or any other part of the body is not up to optimal performance, we recognize or feel weather’s impact or effect. The more significant the disease, trauma, emotion or condition, the greater the effect is felt.

We could start this discussion about any of the weather variables or parameters as they are all capable of having an effect, but one of the easiest to understand is temperature. To simplify even more, we will focus on our most frequently recognized impact on our body, warming or cooling. Warming or cooling triggers our reaction at least in part by constricting or dilating some of the small blood vessels about the surface of our body, what we might call the organic receptors in the skin, mucous membranes, or lungs, etc.

To simplify the weather side for better understanding, we’ll focus on the large weather changes. We are all made well aware every night on the nightly news, high pressure, low pressure or the transition area between we call fronts. We purposely label them warm or cold.

The cold air masses (polar) are truly cold in the winter season but more akin to cool or cooler in the warmer months. Whatever the season, the cold (cool) air mass is typically categorized as a heavy, dense air mass to which our bodies react by increasing insulation. The peripheral (outer) blood vessels near the skin contract conserving heat loss. Our blood pressure rises, and our venal blood itself tends to become more alkaline as our tissue become more acidic (less alkaline).

Then, as the air mass moves, temperatures start warming and this entire process rebounds or pendulates back toward usual levels. Blood vessels dilate and the blood itself becomes more acidic as it picks up CO2 and lactic acid from the tissues they serve.

Future low-cost optical techniques can be used to detect blood volume changes in the microvascular bed of tissue at the skin surface. The physiological wave may be attributed to cardiac changes in the blood, and with each heart beat could provide indications of respiration, sympathetic nervous system activity and thermoregulation; potentially valuable information about the cardiovascular system. Add weather, and it adds a level of predictability beyond observation.

As you probably guessed, pendulation of this type is both ongoing and constant. The body changes constantly and is a different entity every day. Not to be outdone, so does the weather. While weather induced changes can be subtle and on most occasions too slight to matter, for a body struggling with other stresses, it could be just enough to trigger consequences.?Blood PH reflects on all of the body’s systems. Sometimes even a slight deviation from normal can affect the arteries, the heart, muscles, the brain and many other organs. ?It can contribute to overwhelming the body leading to serious consequences, even death.

?From my blog at https://thepatientandweather.com

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