Guest guest Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I've never heard of such a thing. Extreme humidity can cause problems for asthmatics, that's why they put out "Air Quality Alerts" in the summer. The highter the humidity the more ozone/smog gets trapped in the air. But I've never heard of an asthmatic thriving on cold air. I am not trying to be at all rude here, but I think you are confusing an anxiety disorder with asthma. I have both. Anxiety can cause a tight feeling in the chest and shortness of breath. I really think that might be your problem, not asthma. I would google "Generalized Anxiety Disorder" "Social Anxiety" and maybe "Clastrophobia". Yes, most people love warm rooms..especially here in NY where it's barely gotten out of the teens lately! LOL! Good luck! Sue Re: Breathing I'm curious... I have to be in cool air in order to breathe properly. I thrive on cold air. I only once heard someone use the term "heat-sensitive" asthma. A coach. I have not found anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I could get some info. I'm miserable in stuffy rooms and it has made working very difficult as it seems most people love warm rooms and chill easily. Thanks in Advance, D Never miss an email again!Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I have problems with warm rooms too, but it really isn't the temperature. Often a room is warm in winter time because its heated by gas forced air furnaces. I have long been triggered by furnace dust in the air. When I was a kid, I not only would have asthma, but skin rashes. The skin rashes happened whenever the furnace filter was dirty. My father kept that clean and the asthma improved and the rashes disappeared.(this wasn't my imagination because I was four years old and had no idea he was changing the filter to "fix" my rashes)I'm tossing this in there because who knows what might pertain to you. Furnace dust is my top "trigger", always has been. I change my filters every two weeks. I also have my ducts cleaned and treated yearly. Then to up the ante you can cut pieces of furnace filter to the size of each duct outlet in each room and install one just inside, anything that gets past the main one is stopped before blowing into your room. > > I'm curious... I have to be in cool air in order to breathe properly. I thrive on cold air. > I only once heard someone use the term "heat-sensitive" asthma. A coach. > > I have not found anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I could get some info. > I'm miserable in stuffy rooms and it has made working very difficult as it seems most people love warm rooms and chill easily. > > Thanks in Advance, > D > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. > Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I still think you might be confusing air temp, with air cleanliness. Asthma is triggered by allergies and if one of your triggers is dust, then you might just decide that your trigger is warm air, when it has more to do with the furnace blowing your trigger around the room. Sorry is this posts twice, the first time I had an error - so I'm trying a shortened version again."Matt Anders, RRT, AE-C" wrote: Asthma is asthma. What you heard was someone describing their asthma with their main trigger. I would research "asthma triggers hot air" or "asthma triggers heat". You may want to consider claustrophobia as part of your problem. Ask you doctor about that too. > > I'm curious... I have to be in cool air in order to breathe properly. I thrive on cold air. > I only once heard someone use the term "heat-sensitive" asthma. A coach. > > I have not found anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I could get some info. > I'm miserable in stuffy rooms and it has made working very difficult as it seems most people love warm rooms and chill easily. > > Thanks in Advance, > D > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I believe you because I had a similar problem. My father bought special filters for the furnace that are supposed to trap allergens and the like and it helped a lot. My house now has radiators and I have no problems at all. Sue Re: Re: Breathing I have problems with warm rooms too, but it really isn't the temperature. Often a room is warm in winter time because its heated by gas forced air furnaces. I have long been triggered by furnace dust in the air. When I was a kid, I not only would have asthma, but skin rashes. The skin rashes happened whenever the furnace filter was dirty. My father kept that clean and the asthma improved and the rashes disappeared.(this wasn't my imagination because I was four years old and had no idea he was changing the filter to "fix" my rashes)I'm tossing this in there because who knows what might pertain to you. Furnace dust is my top "trigger", always has been. I change my filters every two weeks. I also have my ducts cleaned and treated yearly. Then to up the ante you can cut pieces of furnace filter to the size of each duct outlet in each room and install one just inside, anything that gets past the main one is stopped before blowing into your room. >> I'm curious... I have to be in cool air in order to breathe properly. I thrive on cold air.> I only once heard someone use the term "heat-sensitive" asthma. A coach.> > I have not found anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I could get some info.> I'm miserable in stuffy rooms and it has made working very difficult as it seems most people love warm rooms and chill easily.> > Thanks in Advance,> D> > > ---------------------------------> Never miss an email again!> Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out.> Get your own web address.Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Glad you are doing better. I would love to have a house with hardwood floors only and electric baseboard heat. As for her having problems with the air in the office.. I won't work in anyones office again. I have tried, typically large office buildings have the dirtiest furnace filters and ducts imaginable. I couldn't make it there - I was in fact taken out of my last job like that on a stretcher. The problem of constantly recycled air through filthy systems and the fact that these buildings have windows that never open. I work from home. Hey Sue it is nice to touch base with someone who understands the furnace dust thing. Try explaining that to people who don't have problems. I told a guy once that I'm freakishly allergic to cats (much to my dismay) and he said "I've never met anyone with allergies before". I always felt lucky just to know what mine were. SueNY wrote: I believe you because I had a similar problem. My father bought special filters for the furnace that are supposed to trap allergens and the like and it helped a lot. My house now has radiators and I have no problems at all. Sue Re: Re: Breathing I have problems with warm rooms too, but it really isn't the temperature. Often a room is warm in winter time because its heated by gas forced air furnaces. I have long been triggered by furnace dust in the air. When I was a kid, I not only would have asthma, but skin rashes. The skin rashes happened whenever the furnace filter was dirty. My father kept that clean and the asthma improved and the rashes disappeared.(this wasn't my imagination because I was four years old and had no idea he was changing the filter to "fix" my rashes)I'm tossing this in there because who knows what might pertain to you. Furnace dust is my top "trigger", always has been. I change my filters every two weeks. I also have my ducts cleaned and treated yearly. Then to up the ante you can cut pieces of furnace filter to the size of each duct outlet in each room and install one just inside, anything that gets past the main one is stopped before blowing into your room. >> I'm curious... I have to be in cool air in order to breathe properly. I thrive on cold air.> I only once heard someone use the term "heat-sensitive" asthma. A coach.> > I have not found anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I could get some info.> I'm miserable in stuffy rooms and it has made working very difficult as it seems most people love warm rooms and chill easily.> > Thanks in Advance,> D> > > ---------------------------------> Never miss an email again!> Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out.> Get your own web address.Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. Finding fabulous fares is fun.Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 I am aware of that, but here in the northeast at least, when there is a stretch of extremely hot and humid weather, they always issue alerts. Sue Re: Breathing > Actually, air quality alerts are not due to humidity, but to air > pollution. Here's the explanation for Phoenix (ozone) > http://phoenix.about.com/cs/desert/a/ozone.htm which clearly is not > normally humid! > > I think warm, humid air is wonderful. Dry, cold air on the other > hand. It warmed up to 10 F today! > > My BIL thrives on cold air, and is extremely uncomfortable in hot humid > air. He has emphysema vs asthma, however. > > > Arne > > > > I've never heard of such a thing. Extreme humidity can cause problems > for asthmatics, that's why they put out " Air Quality Alerts " in the > summer. The highter the humidity the more ozone/smog gets trapped in > the air. But I've never heard of an asthmatic thriving on cold air... > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Here in Utah our temperature inversions are the worst in the cold air.Arne wrote: - due to temperature inversions, which almost never occur in cold weather. Happens in Minneapolis, too (in the summer).http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/ozone/ithurts.htm, for example.ArneI am aware of that, but here in the northeast at least, when there is a stretch of extremely hot and humid weather, they always issue alerts.Sue----- Original Message ----- Actually, air quality alerts are not due to humidity, but to airpollution. Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 I am one also that can breath better in cooler houses/temperature. If i go some where and its hot i get stuffed up and breathing is bad and coughing. My house barely gets 60 degrees. Re: Breathing I'm curious... I have to be in cool air in order to breathe properly. I thrive on cold air. I only once heard someone use the term "heat-sensitive" asthma. A coach. I have not found anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I could get some info. I'm miserable in stuffy rooms and it has made working very difficult as it seems most people love warm rooms and chill easily. Thanks in Advance, D Never miss an email again!Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Huh? I was born and raised in Boston and now live in New York and my asthma is under control. No offense meant but think you could use more education as far as Asthma is concerned. Some of what you say doesn't make sense to me. But maybe that's me. *smile* Sue Re: Breathing I had planned a move to Boston but then experienced summer there as well as New York, I immediately learned that it was not possible. I was heart broken but Southern Cal is not a bad place to live. I use to live in Malibu but found the ocean air did not serve me well either. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 With that kind of attitude, I'd be glad to. Sorry I tried to help. Sue Re: Breathing > > > > > > I had planned a move to Boston but then experienced summer > there as well as New York, I immediately learned that it was not > possible. I was heart broken but Southern Cal is not a bad place to > live. I use to live in Malibu but found the ocean air did not serve > me well either. > > > > D > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 It seems illogical to me that anyone would decide that simply because they are able to control their own asthma in a certain place that another person could. Asthma is allergy related much of the time and therefore will vary from person to person, then add the fact that none of us are built identically and well its absurd to ever ever contemplate stating that because something is true for yourself it will be for all. SueNY wrote: With that kind of attitude, I'd be glad to. Sorry I tried to help. Sue Re: Breathing > > > > > > I had planned a move to Boston but then experienced summer > there as well as New York, I immediately learned that it was not > possible. I was heart broken but Southern Cal is not a bad place to > live. I use to live in Malibu but found the ocean air did not serve > me well either. > > > > D > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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