Arthritis is a very severe disease affecting a large percentage of the world”s population. It is very common in the portion of the population aged 45 and above .Cold temperatures tend to severely exacerbate the pain of arthritis .

Over the last 45 years of very intelligent observation in 23 countries, we have concluded that cold to extremely cold weather contribute enormously to cause many different types of arthritis. For example in Australia which is a vast continent , people who live in the Southern states of Victoria and Tasmania have much higher cases of arthritis compared to the warmer States of Queensland,Western Australia & the Northern Territory.

We know of many cases of arthritic patients from the Southern states that obtain remarkable improvements when they move to Queensland .Queensland enjoys an average of 8 hours daily sunshine each year .

Adult asthma is often linked and has some form of connection with allergies and accompanied by other allergic reactions such as hayfever

Victoria has around 3 to 5 hours daily sunshine each year .The three most common arthritis diseases are called rheumatoid arthritis ,osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis .All three forms are very painful and distress to the sufferer .Many arthritis sufferers have such severe symptoms that they tend to resort to taking very strong painkillers twenty four hours daily.