What the Recommended room temp? suffer from Empysema and RBILD.

[Latte]

Also is walking at night a good idea? and having a hot shower before bed a good idea?

[als1uk]

when the lungs dont react well any change of temp is bad but what i would say hot house to cold winter nite is very bad i always start gaging and choking! the same happens when on holidays tho aircontioned rooms to the heat out doors the lungs dont react and the same feature happens! i have emphysema and fibrosis and thats what it does to me! hope that was helpful

[Lynne1955]

I suspect we are all different. I prefer my rooms to be on the cool side and find that very cold or very hot weather affect me most. I always have windows open for fresh air and don't have heating on all the time.

Lynne xx

[libbygood]

I prefer cool rather than warm, I have to have a window open a wee bit. The weather at the moment suits me. Like Lynne we don't have the heating on all of the time, couldn't do with heating on during the night even when it's cold, it dosn't seem to affect my breathing sleeping in a cool bedroom.

Lib x

[O2Trees]

I have seen it written on various sites that for us with copd, rooms should be 20 degrees in the day and 18 at night. For me it works ok for rooms to be heated to 18 in the day and 16 at night. Everyone's different. But also important, as per previous post, to air your home regularly to get rid of build-up of condensation, moulds and chemical compounds which all houses have.

jean

[phillips1]

About 20 years ago my parents (both in their 80's) were advised by various doctors to keep the sitting room temperature at 68 degrees farenheit in old money during the day. I myself like it at 27c in the day and 18c at night. But I have always felt the cold, even when young. Bob