Many people around the world are impacted by some form of bodily pain. Outside factors, such as weather, are thought to help trigger pain, especially in those who have pain-related conditions. When it comes to human health and comfort, understanding the potential external factors that aide in triggering pain is essential. Identifying such factors makes prevention and treatment of pain more feasible. This study focused on how those who suffer from various pain-related conditions (fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and general back pain) are impacted by different synoptic weather types (i.e., air masses). Synoptic weather types and emergency department (ED) visits for pain in select central North Carolina counties were collected over a seven-year period to determine a potential relationship. Bootstrapped confidence intervals revealed that moist tropical weather types resulted in the highest number of ED visits for each of the conditions examined, while moist polar weather types often resulted in the fewest. The barometric pressure changes associated with transitional weather types, which are often associated with fronts, did not have any significant relationships with pain.

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北卡罗来纳州三角地区不同类型疼痛的天气类型与急诊就诊的关系

世界各地的许多人都受到某种形式的身体疼痛的影响。外界因素，例如天气，被认为有助于引发疼痛，尤其是那些患有疼痛相关疾病的人。当涉及到人类的健康和舒适度时，了解有助于引发疼痛的潜在外部因素至关重要。确定这些因素使预防和治疗疼痛更加可行。这项研究的重点是那些患有各种疼痛相关疾病（纤维肌痛、类风湿性关节炎、骨关节炎和一般背痛）的人如何受到不同天气类型（即气团）的影响。在七年的时间里收集了北卡罗来纳州中部选定县的天气天气类型和急诊科 (ED) 就诊情况，以确定潜在的关系。Bootstrapped 置信区间显示，潮湿的热带天气类型导致每种检查条件的 ED 访问次数最多，而潮湿的极地天气类型通常导致的 ED 访问次数最少。与过渡天气类型相关的气压变化（通常与锋面相关）与疼痛没有任何显着关系。