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People with good lungs can sometimes experience problems with
breathing in the heat. No wonder those of us with lung diseases have such a struggle.
Here's a timely article which outlines some good tips for coping in very hot weather, and it even lists off quite a few medications which may contribute to how your body reacts to the heat and/or sunlight.
How to beat the heat
Wishing you cool breezes today!
Huggz,
katzma ;o)
Hey, did the sun just come out or did you smile at me?
Put a cold towel on your head and your whole body will feel cool...especially if your bare feet are sitting in that pan of cool water! In the winter, we lose most of our body heat through our heads; in the summer, we can cool our bodies with cool heads.
PennyPA
Sit in front of a fan and do as little as possible (assuming you don't have air conditioning, as we do not).
Also, be sure to drink lots and lots of liquids, particularly water -- dehydration can be a serious problem.
We, too, are suffering from very high humidity here in west Michigan -- and it appears it will continue for several more days. It's miserable, I commiserate with you!
Shirlee-MI
You can still do this-
just put a bunch of ice cubes in a big bowl and set in front of fan.
Linda
We are what we think
I did this for a pet rabbit we had. I froze a gal jug of water and just cut off the plastic and you have a block of ice. Works good. Sarah-MN
I thought it was a law of physics that if two objects are closer in temperature, they'd take on each others temperature faster..... ergo to cool coffee use tap water rather than ice cubes.
Using this theory, I drink oodles of 'cool' water which seems to help.
Breathe well,
tek/ca
breathing in the heat. No wonder those of us with lung diseases have such a struggle.
Here's a timely article which outlines some good tips for coping in very hot weather, and it even lists off quite a few medications which may contribute to how your body reacts to the heat and/or sunlight.
How to beat the heat
Wishing you cool breezes today!
Huggz,
katzma ;o)
Hey, did the sun just come out or did you smile at me?
Put a cold towel on your head and your whole body will feel cool...especially if your bare feet are sitting in that pan of cool water! In the winter, we lose most of our body heat through our heads; in the summer, we can cool our bodies with cool heads.
PennyPA
Sit in front of a fan and do as little as possible (assuming you don't have air conditioning, as we do not).
Also, be sure to drink lots and lots of liquids, particularly water -- dehydration can be a serious problem.
We, too, are suffering from very high humidity here in west Michigan -- and it appears it will continue for several more days. It's miserable, I commiserate with you!
Shirlee-MI
You can still do this-
just put a bunch of ice cubes in a big bowl and set in front of fan.
Linda
We are what we think
I did this for a pet rabbit we had. I froze a gal jug of water and just cut off the plastic and you have a block of ice. Works good. Sarah-MN
I thought it was a law of physics that if two objects are closer in temperature, they'd take on each others temperature faster..... ergo to cool coffee use tap water rather than ice cubes.
Using this theory, I drink oodles of 'cool' water which seems to help.
Breathe well,
tek/ca
Hi -We have AC one in my Bedroom and one in the Kitchen -- Apartment is nice and cool. I drink plenty of water etc. I`m remembering the (olden days) when I was a kid -- Oh my lord --we didn`t even have a fan--we took cool baths and we children had hand fans . I for one couldn`t stand the heat-- and those were the days before the Salk Vacine for Polio. Mom made us stay in the house- doors and windows open.
She wouldn`t let us go to Public Swimming Pool She warned us about Polio-of course we didn`t believe her till a neighbor Girl Doloris was stricken with it-- she suffered so! but, thankfully she lived --lost the use of her legs. Shocked all of the young people on our street. I can`t remember what year it was ,but there was an Epidemic of Polio that year.
Well I was in Hosp. now I`m back on 5 mg of Pred--- I was sick of being over weight so I am on a diet --I have lost 5 pounds. My only exercisees are walking back and forth in the house and stretching--walking in place. Little things add up. Stay cool, Drink Gator Aide ,S`posed to keep our Elictrolites up, Good breathing,
Kay
Other than just don't move...
Go to bed earlier, and get some exercise early in the morning...It's beautiful at early hours.
Split the exercise in several portions of time. Put a fan facing you on your choice of machine torture, treadmill, bike, whatever. Fans today are cheap and we can have a few scattered around. It doesn't actually reduce the temperature, but it feels cooler...
Coolers, as in old fashioned, had a water source infront of the fan...as the water evaporates, it's cooling. Horrors to think of, but some Grandparents hung wet sheets on window frames. (After all, it isn't practical or affordable to try to cool a house more than about 20 degrees below outside temps....and for most with AC, 80 is about the most affordable. Higher than that, and the shock value of indoors and out will be enough to keep you inside.
It isn't cheaper to turn AC's off and then try to recool an area or house...in the end, it's working harder (argue with our Electric co., not me)
When you come out of a shower, put on a robe and SIT...until dry...rubbing is work. You could sit somewhere other than the steamy bathroom, too.
Most folks feel better with a fan moving the air, even with an AC...it may be better to blow it past you, but moving air helps.
Ice Cream will NOT make you cooler...it contains sugar, a carbohydrate, which will quickly turn to glucose...Think frosty, light flavors, little sweetner, plenty of ice for illusions.
Search for cool things on the computer, to see: Anthabasca Glacier in Canada isn't going away, and it's fun to travel online.
If you have some E Tanks (I do for power outage)...put one on your back seat, and save the conserver and small tanks for when you get there...more time in your destination...It's hard to run the e tank out, believe me. I have a regular regulator for emergencies that can serve as an e tank back up. That way you only use your conserver, getting in your vehicle, and when you are at your destination. (Yes, there are advantages to compressed gas.Most O2 companies will spare you some tanks for power outages...we just never know, and they can't tell)
Anyone seen a beanbag checker board for an armchair lately?...one gets tired of TV, reading...They once had small ones with several different plug like pieces for cars, etc.
Hope others have some suggestions, too for ways not to loose our cool. Remember, stress hurts the breathing...lets find ways to get around it. Has everyone found Refdesk.com, I hope...window on the world..
Chris M.
A easy way to cool off if you feel overheated is to run cool water over the insides of your wrists or elbows. Also you can place a wet cool cloth across the back of your neck. Of course, the best thing is not to get overheated in the first place. Fall is just around the corner.
Karen-SC
They probably have a name, but I know them simply as those squirt bottles with fans on them. My wife and I just sit on the deck under a patio umbrella and squirt each other.
John O.
Or along the same lines, a Mister. You hook a garden hose up to it and it sprays a very fine mist over you as you sit there...so fine that you don't even feel wet...but it cools you off rather well.
Penny-PA
Listening to my local radio station while desperately trying to do my treadmill, they played Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" for us! What a cool picture that conjured up. Guess we could all put our Christmas CDs in!
Jeanne-MA
I noticed at Avon.com that they had these things that you can put around your neck and it keeps you cool all day. They also have pillows that stay cool as well. I thought it was a good idea, so I am going to buy one to see if it works. I'll do anything to keep cool!
Melanie-VA.
Since having a battle with being dehydrated last year and winding up in the hospital with hyponatremia--sodium levels in the blood got very low--I do what's necessary to keep fluid levels right. In these very hot days we can perspire a lot of fluid away without becoming thirsty. Drink plenty of water. An easy and unscientific way to check yourself is to watch the color of your urine. When it gets a good deep yellow, it tells me I'm losing too many minerals and need some water. A bottle or two of water usually brings the pale color back fairly soon.
Also, light or white color clothes help--if you live in the south particularly, a white car is cooler--so the next one you get, look for white or light color.
In the car, we always carry bottles of water in a cooler along with those plastic things you freeze in the freezer.
This summer, because my skin is getting thinner and thinner, I have taken to wearing long sleeve shirts and find that in the sun they are actually cooler than having the sun beat down on my arms as long as I think cool, pace myself, and walk calmly.
Stay cool everybody. We are all in the high 90s and 3 numbers before the week is out. Chris must have gotten fed up with this Arizona weather and sent it away.
Wes
It seems we had a brief reprieve from the heat yesterday and this morning, but now it's back and tomorrow (they say) will be worse. If anyone else has some tips or ideas to share, please post them, I'm posting a page of pictures I assembled to give a sort of "mind vacation" from it all. (here's the link- Frosty Pictures)
Another tip I learned comes from a 22month old girl who was playing with the plastic ice pack that goes in her mothers lunch bag to keep the food cold. She put it on the floor and was stepping on it, first with one foot, then the other saying "cold, cold" I tried stepping on it and immediately got a cramp in the arch of my foot, but then I sat down and put just the ball of my foot and my toes on it and it was heavenly! I'm thinking of freezing some water bottles just for this purpose.
I learned when I burned my hand once is that a bag of frozen peas makes a great ice pack.
I think that would work for that back of the neck thing that someone else mentioned?
And if you don't mind looking like a darn fool, it's very effective placed on the top of your head....
Karen
She wouldn`t let us go to Public Swimming Pool She warned us about Polio-of course we didn`t believe her till a neighbor Girl Doloris was stricken with it-- she suffered so! but, thankfully she lived --lost the use of her legs. Shocked all of the young people on our street. I can`t remember what year it was ,but there was an Epidemic of Polio that year.
Well I was in Hosp. now I`m back on 5 mg of Pred--- I was sick of being over weight so I am on a diet --I have lost 5 pounds. My only exercisees are walking back and forth in the house and stretching--walking in place. Little things add up. Stay cool, Drink Gator Aide ,S`posed to keep our Elictrolites up, Good breathing,
Kay
Other than just don't move...
Go to bed earlier, and get some exercise early in the morning...It's beautiful at early hours.
Split the exercise in several portions of time. Put a fan facing you on your choice of machine torture, treadmill, bike, whatever. Fans today are cheap and we can have a few scattered around. It doesn't actually reduce the temperature, but it feels cooler...
Coolers, as in old fashioned, had a water source infront of the fan...as the water evaporates, it's cooling. Horrors to think of, but some Grandparents hung wet sheets on window frames. (After all, it isn't practical or affordable to try to cool a house more than about 20 degrees below outside temps....and for most with AC, 80 is about the most affordable. Higher than that, and the shock value of indoors and out will be enough to keep you inside.
It isn't cheaper to turn AC's off and then try to recool an area or house...in the end, it's working harder (argue with our Electric co., not me)
When you come out of a shower, put on a robe and SIT...until dry...rubbing is work. You could sit somewhere other than the steamy bathroom, too.
Most folks feel better with a fan moving the air, even with an AC...it may be better to blow it past you, but moving air helps.
Ice Cream will NOT make you cooler...it contains sugar, a carbohydrate, which will quickly turn to glucose...Think frosty, light flavors, little sweetner, plenty of ice for illusions.
Search for cool things on the computer, to see: Anthabasca Glacier in Canada isn't going away, and it's fun to travel online.
If you have some E Tanks (I do for power outage)...put one on your back seat, and save the conserver and small tanks for when you get there...more time in your destination...It's hard to run the e tank out, believe me. I have a regular regulator for emergencies that can serve as an e tank back up. That way you only use your conserver, getting in your vehicle, and when you are at your destination. (Yes, there are advantages to compressed gas.Most O2 companies will spare you some tanks for power outages...we just never know, and they can't tell)
Anyone seen a beanbag checker board for an armchair lately?...one gets tired of TV, reading...They once had small ones with several different plug like pieces for cars, etc.
Hope others have some suggestions, too for ways not to loose our cool. Remember, stress hurts the breathing...lets find ways to get around it. Has everyone found Refdesk.com, I hope...window on the world..
Chris M.
A easy way to cool off if you feel overheated is to run cool water over the insides of your wrists or elbows. Also you can place a wet cool cloth across the back of your neck. Of course, the best thing is not to get overheated in the first place. Fall is just around the corner.
Karen-SC
They probably have a name, but I know them simply as those squirt bottles with fans on them. My wife and I just sit on the deck under a patio umbrella and squirt each other.
John O.
Or along the same lines, a Mister. You hook a garden hose up to it and it sprays a very fine mist over you as you sit there...so fine that you don't even feel wet...but it cools you off rather well.
Penny-PA
Listening to my local radio station while desperately trying to do my treadmill, they played Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" for us! What a cool picture that conjured up. Guess we could all put our Christmas CDs in!
Jeanne-MA
I noticed at Avon.com that they had these things that you can put around your neck and it keeps you cool all day. They also have pillows that stay cool as well. I thought it was a good idea, so I am going to buy one to see if it works. I'll do anything to keep cool!
Melanie-VA.
Since having a battle with being dehydrated last year and winding up in the hospital with hyponatremia--sodium levels in the blood got very low--I do what's necessary to keep fluid levels right. In these very hot days we can perspire a lot of fluid away without becoming thirsty. Drink plenty of water. An easy and unscientific way to check yourself is to watch the color of your urine. When it gets a good deep yellow, it tells me I'm losing too many minerals and need some water. A bottle or two of water usually brings the pale color back fairly soon.
Also, light or white color clothes help--if you live in the south particularly, a white car is cooler--so the next one you get, look for white or light color.
In the car, we always carry bottles of water in a cooler along with those plastic things you freeze in the freezer.
This summer, because my skin is getting thinner and thinner, I have taken to wearing long sleeve shirts and find that in the sun they are actually cooler than having the sun beat down on my arms as long as I think cool, pace myself, and walk calmly.
Stay cool everybody. We are all in the high 90s and 3 numbers before the week is out. Chris must have gotten fed up with this Arizona weather and sent it away.
Wes
It seems we had a brief reprieve from the heat yesterday and this morning, but now it's back and tomorrow (they say) will be worse. If anyone else has some tips or ideas to share, please post them, I'm posting a page of pictures I assembled to give a sort of "mind vacation" from it all. (here's the link- Frosty Pictures)
Another tip I learned comes from a 22month old girl who was playing with the plastic ice pack that goes in her mothers lunch bag to keep the food cold. She put it on the floor and was stepping on it, first with one foot, then the other saying "cold, cold" I tried stepping on it and immediately got a cramp in the arch of my foot, but then I sat down and put just the ball of my foot and my toes on it and it was heavenly! I'm thinking of freezing some water bottles just for this purpose.
I learned when I burned my hand once is that a bag of frozen peas makes a great ice pack.
I think that would work for that back of the neck thing that someone else mentioned?
And if you don't mind looking like a darn fool, it's very effective placed on the top of your head....
Karen
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