Humid weather can have an adverse effect on the lumbar spine. Long-term in a humid environment, may induce lumbar spine diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar disc herniation and lumbar muscle strain, etc., for patients with lumbar spine disease, the condition may be aggravated.
1. Rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis is a kind of allergic disease, the whole body joints may appear redness, swelling, heat and pain and other inflammatory manifestations, the weather is humid, blood vessel contraction leads to poor circulation, resulting in patients with the body of the inflammatory factor of the local aggregation, may exacerbate the clinical symptoms, the rainy day may appear lumbar pain symptoms.
2. Lumbar disc herniation: in cold or humid conditions, the contraction of small blood vessels throughout the body, lumbar muscle tension and spasm, so that the pressure within the intervertebral disc increases, which may cause rupture of the annulus fibrosus, lumbar disc herniation. And there are patients with lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle contraction, spasm, will cause and aggravate the symptoms of lumbar pain.
3. Lumbar muscle strain: lumbar muscle strain, also known as functional lumbago, is the lumbar muscles and their surrounding fascia, periosteum, chronic injury inflammation, mainly manifested as lumbar or lumbosacral distension, soreness, etc., wet and cold will induce lumbar muscle contraction, resulting in lumbar muscle strain further aggravate the clinical symptoms.
Patients with lumbar spine disease should not be in a cold and humid environment for a long time, it is recommended that patients pay attention to warmth, but also through the appropriate hot compress physiotherapy, promote local blood circulation.