Weather sensitivity

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Weather sensitivity refers to symptom exacerbation in extremes of temperature or changes in weather.

Prevalence

  • In a 2001 Belgian study, 53.9% of patients meeting the Fukuda criteria and 58.7% of patients meeting the Holmes criteria, in a cohort of 2073 CFS patients, reported weather sensitivity.[1]

Symptom recognition

Notable studies

Possible causes

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See also

References