The main causes of leg pain on rainy days are synovitis, rheumatism, rheumatoid disease, lumbar disc herniation and so on.
1. Synovitis: generally have a history of leg trauma, when it rains because the weather is humid, the temperature decreases, resulting in ischemia of the synovial tissue of the leg, resulting in leg pain symptoms.
2. Rheumatism, rheumatoid: due to the usual not pay attention to warmth, resulting in long-term leg cold, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, including the manifestation of leg pain. Generally, the pain is obvious in a damp and cold environment or on rainy days.
3. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation: most patients have a history of recurrent episodes of lumbar pain and a history of lumbar pain accompanied by radiating pain in the lower limbs. The cause of leg pain and numbness is mainly due to lumbar disc herniation compressing the spinal cord and nerve roots in the spinal canal, and the pain is aggravated when lifting heavy objects or being stimulated by cold and damp environment. On rainy days, because of the lower environmental temperature, resulting in lumbar disc herniation symptoms worsen, will leg pain more obvious.
The symptoms of leg pain on a rainy day alone are not enough to determine the cause, but need to be combined with the characteristics of the medical history and other test results to make an accurate judgment, and it is recommended to clarify the cause of the disease under the guidance of a doctor.