Can as asthmatic's body react to a pressure change or temperature drop while!


Question: I've noticed I start having trouble breathing as the temperature drops at night, OR if a pressure change is occurring. However, I'm in my house. Is it possible for an asthmatic react to an outside condition (like temperature or pressure drops) while being indoors?


Answers: I've noticed I start having trouble breathing as the temperature drops at night, OR if a pressure change is occurring. However, I'm in my house. Is it possible for an asthmatic react to an outside condition (like temperature or pressure drops) while being indoors?

Your observation is correct.

But you can do one thing in your home that is to find a comfortable temp and maintain it.

Pressure is slightly more difficult to maintain but it can be done. This is because as a rule inside and out side pressures are almost Identical unless you install pressurized chamber and sleep in it at night, at constant pressure. But good thing is that pressure as a rule changes slightly and slowly.

Where I am we have out side temp change of over 50 degree Fahrenheit over 12 to 24 hour period, on any given day.

There are auxiliary electric heaters that are accurate, use that in your bed room to maintain steady temperature at night. Honeywell and others makes it and is in about $50.00 range, I have it in the bed room and I can set the whole house at much lower temperature but my bed room is at, a set temperature, my comfort zone is around 66 degree F.

My utility company was recommending 70 degrees but have now droped to 68 degrees in their new litterature.

Honeywell does make "heater and electronic air filter combination unit" for few doller more and I suggest that you look in to it and use it atleast in the bed room. I spend most of my time in office and the bed room.

By the way I do have whole house electronic filter "on" 24 hours a day.

Yeah.

I've had a lot of asthma problems because of temperature changes. Sometimes it is cold one day and not as cold the next (hello.. below 30 to zero is quite a change).. when this happens i find I have breathing problems too.

I'm an asthmatic, Yes.

Other things can also effect you.

Like you might need to be propped up in bed, sleeping flat can restrict the breathing of some

Meditation can help you to breathe through attacks and panic attacks. Controlling your breathing will shorten the length of attacks if or when the occur.

absolutly. any change in enviroment can effect the way your lungs expand, try a humidifier at night. to ease the discomfort.

Happens all the time. Most asthma attacks happen indoors and in the late evening along with croup etc.





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