Effects of meteosensitivity on health

Abstract

Introduction. Once the weather changes more and more people complain on their health status. At the same time others are not affected at all. Meteosensitivity is a reaction of the human body to weather changes. It can be physiological or pathological. The first one it is a normal adaptation to new conditions; when the pathological causes a deterioration of mental and/or physical health. Under the influence of air temperature, atmospheric pressure, air humidity and the movement of air masses, appear following symptoms: tiredness, drowsiness, headache, dyspnea, vertigo, irritability, palpitations, anxiety, joint pain and appear remission cycles of chronic diseases. Aim of the study. It is meteosensitivity a real disease or an imagination? What is meteosensitivity and meteo resistance? How youth reacts to weather changes? Materials and methods. The materials used for this study: 1. The book “Meteosensibility” by Svetlana Dubrovscaia; 2. The scientific article “From physiological to pathological meteosensitivity”; 3. Various web sites. Methods: 1. Survey of views; 2. Questionnaire about meteosensitivity and the symptoms on the weather changes. Results. Studies show that 46% of people polled are sometimes sensitive at weather changes; 22% are certainly meteosensitives, and around 23% don’t think that they are sensitives. About symptoms, 22% of persons are sleepy, 18% - complain of headache, and 60% have other symptoms. Also, in 29% of cases, all symptoms appear when it’s raining, in 28%- at atmosphere pressure variations, and in 17%- when the temperature changes. Conclusion. The fact that around 70% of persons polled are between 15 and 25 years old, and they also confirmed the symptoms, means that meteosensitivity affects not only elders. Also, I confirmed that there are meteosensitives and meteoresistants; and the former confirmed the symptoms described.