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Originally Posted by courtyard
So far, no one has mentioned the problems you will have living in very humid conditions. Your joints will start to ache, and by the first month you will be limping around. In five years, you will not have the use of your hands either. After arriving here from California, I started limping right away, 2 people on my block had achilles tendon issues, and another needed a hip operation. What a coincidence! Could this be the weather? Look it up; humidity causes painful joint problems.
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It is unlikely that joint aches are caused by heat and humidity, since these are recommended treatments for joint pain by such sources as the Mayo Clinic. They recommend hot baths or showers, and heating pads for joint pain.
I did as you suggest and looked it up. I found, "According to Dr. McQuillan, arthritis patients feel an uncomfortable pressure in their joints on days of high humidity and low barometric pressure, especially just before a storm. A drier climate means a minimum of pressure."
Now, first, it is arguable that it is the barometric pressure change which causes the pain, not the humidity. And, second, the reference is to patients who already have arthritis; it doesn't suggest that humidity
causes arthritis.
In any event, you have gone a bit too far in asserting that the OP
will be "limping around by the first month."
Personally, I feel that the heat and humidity tend to keep me flexible. The only pain I have is related to an injury, with no other joint pain. Genetics may also be involved.