The cold weather may affect nerve damage. “Neuropathy, like most chronic pain, often gets worse as temperatures drop. Blood flow slows in your outer extremities when your body is exposed to cold. The change in barometric pressure due to temperature drops and intensifies pressure on the nerves, which send pain signals to the brain”, from a Google snippet. The change in barometric pressure is due to the temperature drop, which intensifies pressure on the nerves, which send pain signals to the brain. Your perception of pain will increase as the nerve signals slow down the pressure. Also, soft tissues become firmer and tighten in the colder weather, thus resulting in painful muscle spasms. Basic precautions in cold weather conditions Keep yourself covered: The joints and overall body should be protected with warm clothes so that the temperature around the joints does not decrease. The layering of clothes: Rather than wearing one thick wool cloth, multiple thin wool layering with...
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