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Do Climatic Conditions Affect Health While Suffering From Fibromyalgia?
Question: I have fibromyalgia and live in Tennessee. It's brutal with humidity. What's the best area of the US to live and be able to combat fibro (pharmaceutical free)?
Brief Answer:
Best area for low humidity would be the southwest.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I am sorry you are dealing with fibromyalgia. As you probably know, people with fibromyalgia can be set off by different conditions and these can vary from one person to the next. If yours is worse in high humidity, you might try a trip to places in the west or southwest that are more arid yet still have a warm climate.
Some people with fibromyalgia are sensitive to air pollution, so if that is the case with you, you may want to avoid large cities known for this problem.
Other people with fibromyalgia are set off by allergies and allergic type sensitivities and develop increased symptoms after living for awhile in a particular location. So while the southwest and west may be ideal for many, others may develop problems there as well.
You might want to contact the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association to see if there are chapters in any state you might be interested in, and talk with people who live there about what life is like. Here, for example, here is a support group in Arizona that you might make contact with. http://www.YYYYYYY.org/YYYYYYY/browse-support-groups.html
Since you are sensitive to the humidity in Tennessee, is it possible that you have a mold allergy?
Best area for low humidity would be the southwest.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I am sorry you are dealing with fibromyalgia. As you probably know, people with fibromyalgia can be set off by different conditions and these can vary from one person to the next. If yours is worse in high humidity, you might try a trip to places in the west or southwest that are more arid yet still have a warm climate.
Some people with fibromyalgia are sensitive to air pollution, so if that is the case with you, you may want to avoid large cities known for this problem.
Other people with fibromyalgia are set off by allergies and allergic type sensitivities and develop increased symptoms after living for awhile in a particular location. So while the southwest and west may be ideal for many, others may develop problems there as well.
You might want to contact the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association to see if there are chapters in any state you might be interested in, and talk with people who live there about what life is like. Here, for example, here is a support group in Arizona that you might make contact with. http://www.YYYYYYY.org/YYYYYYY/browse-support-groups.html
Since you are sensitive to the humidity in Tennessee, is it possible that you have a mold allergy?
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