Why does body metal ache in the rain?

Question

I have a rod in my knee and it aches when it rains outside. I have heard other people say the same about metal they have in their body.

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Answer 1

Rain means barometric pressure changes.

The plates/screws/rods/etc don’t behave the same way in the pressure as the normal bone does so you become very aware of it.

Source: six screws and a plate in my wrist since 19 and a dozen years of being a weather station since.