Is there a seasonal component?

[drz]

Just wondering if season changes had anything to do with when you crashed or flare? So far my crash and worst flare both happened in the Spring.

Any others notice any seasonal influence on their GPA condition?

[Psyborg]

I'm kind of limited, but so far I've had one in Spring and one in Summer. Honestly I think it has more to do with surgeries I had both times than anything else for me.

[delorisdoe]

My doctor takes the month of july off so maybe not in july as much??

[Chris G]

My doctor takes the month of july off so maybe not in july as much??

You're killin' me Leigh........

My most recent flare started sputtering in the spring, but didn't smack me full force until November. My first flare started in the fall (late sept), and escalated faster.......also by November. I also had what I guess was a mini flare the year before that - eye symptoms, and some sinus......that was December/January. Hmmm, fall/winter......a possible patern?

[elephant]

Mine was a fall/winter flare too.

[Palmyra]

Ohhh...drz,,,,

We live in such a broad spectrum of the English speaking world...I am sure there are many environmental influences that aggravate flares...and they will vary according to the environment. My daughter lives in South Central Texas, where heat and humidity rule and are quite pronounced at the time. She is also on a targeted path of international travel, so minor viruses are exposed to her on a daily basis via the many metropolitan citizens mulling about. I live in Dallas, several hundred miles away, and a respiratory bug is hitting Texas...it is moving 100 miles a minute, and hitting the immunosuppressed the hardest. She lives in Austin, a hub of travel and international interaction, and she is suffering from an upper respiratory infection as we speak.

Wet cold months seem to hit the hardest, but it depends on what virus/bacterium is circling the globe. Infectious disease docs need to be added to your/our list of specialists. Once immunosuppressed, they can be of great help.

Just my thoughts,
Palmyra Jane

[Sangye]

All my stuff hits the fan in hotter weather.

[Kami]

I read somewhere that most people in the United States are diagnosed between October and December and come from a rural area. Don't remeber where I read it and I don't know how true it is but I have always wondered because I fit that to a T.

[Kimbangu]

When I was diagnosed the Rheumatologist told me that ( from what he had seen) most new diagnoses were in the 4th quarter of the year, and predominately from people who lived in agricultural areas. This perception was reinforced when they wheeled me into the Renal unit. The Senior nurse looked at my notes and said 'It's that time of year again, is it". When I asked her about this she said they wouldn't see a new Wegener's case for months, then it seemed like a group would come along within a relatively short period of time.

This does not seem to be a general rule , but maybe just for my area though. It's not like these people would be making it up?