cold windy weather.....

[lucyannie]

just discovered that cold windy weather affects my copd massively, makes me very very wheezy and takes an age before I get it under some sort of control, is this normal?

[Puffthemagicdragon]

I don't think there is a normal with COPD. We all seem to be different. Cold weather doesn't affect me but I've worked outside most of my life. Others on here have said the cold weather affects them.

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Hi my husband is very much affected by temperature. So the cold windy weather literally takes his breath away and then coming back inside and the change of temperature inside causes him problems until he readjusts! A scarf over your mouth might help it does with some people. Take good care. Don't panic it's about learning what triggers the worsening of your symptoms everyone is different. Lots if love TAD xx

[patsymac]

Hi Lucyannie I am hopeless in windy weather, but cold conditions I am usually ok. Try wearing a scarf covering your mouth, I find this helps in windy conditions. X Pat

[Toci]

The cold affects my breathing, even if I stay indoors! Roll on Spring. x

[mustcarryon]

The cold affects me, so does the heat as does the rain. I have terrible problems with them. As the others have said a scarf (silk) to cover your mouth is the best thing. As Toci said Roll on spring.

[O2Trees]

Being affected by the wind is experienced by many people with copd if my Breathe Easy group is anything to go by. I find it very hard, it really does seem to whip the Oxygen out of the air. But also, especially if you are walking into it, you have to expend a great deal more energy than if it wasn't windy, which uses up more oxygen and tires the muscles.

[helingmic]

Like others, I am affected by the cold weather, indoors or outdoors.

Some tips to keep warm.

For outdoors, I bought a merino wool buff and another thicker buff. these are tubes made out of wool (the warmest). You can pass it over your head around your neck, You can hide the top of your head, you can pull it over your mouth. They are very practical to protect your neck, mouth and neck (Outdoors and indoors). and why not, in bed on top of a woollen as the bedroom temperature goes down during the night, and a beanie hat to cover head and ears.

I also wear gloves with "holy" fingers tips. This allow me to carry on wearing them indoors to type on the keyboard.

I have a warming cushion (not the gel one, but the one filled with buckwheat husks - they're some filled with wheat germ). all these fillings can go in the microwave for a minute or 1 1/2 min to get really warm. You can apply them over your clothes or over your vest, thermals, etc. to warm yourself.

Don't mind what other non COPD people might think, because they don't know how much the cold affects us. I had a friend who jeered at my beanie hat and my rain hat. But he doesn't get out and when he does he's taken by car. I don't want to take any chance of the cold getting into me! Make yourself comfy and have a hot chocolate when it's cold, this gets into you and warms up from inside. Cheers, Michael

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Many are affected by the cold temperatures and wind also damp. Check BLf's pages for looking after your lungs in cold weather, weather and your lungs:

blf.org.uk/Search?query=loo...

Keep warm.

Best wishes BC

[onamission]

The wind takes your breath away not nice. Does anyone on hear get the winter fuel allowance I was talking to someone who works in a post office she said you don't have to be a pensioner people with other needs get it and just wondered if anyone got it because they have COPD

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[onamission]

Thank you so much BlakeyC I will look at this our heating bill for winter looks more like a telephone number