Do solar flares make your pain worse?

[David Berg]

An email list I'm on for people with central pain tracks when major solar flares are happening. At least some of the people on that list believe the flares cause a spike in their neuropathic pain. Has anyone here noticed that happening?

[alan]

Not this boy. Time ticking by makes my pains keep getting worse, but, other than having an illness, I've not noticed anything else that aggravates them.

[Bspill1]

I don't know when the last solar flare was but my nuero pain has been pretty bad for the last week or so. I just figured it was the changing weather. Getting a little cooler here at night.

[Spadfan]

Hmmm, I wonder if they would notice anything if they didn't know the flare had occurred. Sounds like a lot of BS to me. Is Art Bell on this list?

[David Berg]

Here's a short quote from one letter on the list I was talking about, talking about possible effects of solar flares:

" as you can see from the posts i posted yesterday an x flare is esp
one to look out for. not only do they cause weather that hurts us. from higher humidty but the magnitic waves in themselve can trigger pain levels esp if they hit anywhere on earth near us. not so much if they hit other parts of the earth. i know very little excpt what i read . i just like to inform members in case they can not come up with any particular reasons why they are experiencing higher levels.

as you read in our defintion as many things can trigger us and this one
is so unseen most times. i think it helps to know its a possibility. "

Another member posted this as well:

"Yes, my pain levels definitely soar when those solar flares are
flaring, I don't know what they are doing up there or how it works,
but they do a number on me! Wow, I can't believe it, but it's true.
I really don't know about any studies either, but I can certainly
verify its existence. I agree, it would be interesting to read more
about this subject. However, I am better than most meterologist in
predicting the forecast also"

I won't deny the possibility of solar flares having some kind of influence. Of course, most people don't track when they're going on and wouldn't associate intermittent symptoms with them.

[Lindox]

Hmmm, I wonder if they would notice anything if they didn't know the flare had occurred. Sounds like a lot of BS to me. Is Art Bell on this list?

I was wondering what the difference would be if you were absolutely sure of it.

Doesn't make sense..when work should be done in
like helping the pain to be controlled without becoming a damn drug addict.. no matter what is going on in the atmosphere.

[Spadfan]

I was wondering what the difference would be if you were absolutely sure of it.
Doesn't make sense..when work should be done in
like helping the pain to be controlled without becoming a damn drug addict.. no matter what is going on in the atmosphere.

All the ancedotal stories in the world are not going be any kind of proof as to whether the electro-magnetic energy released when a solar flare has occurred affects pain one way or the other. There would have to to be a some sort of controlled experiment performed before any credance could be given one way or the other. Put me in the camp that says the outcome of such an experiment would show that it has little or no affect. They do cause beautiful aurora displays though and disrupt communications.
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