Breathing relief

[micox]

What's the mechanism behind fresh, cold air on your face bringing breathing relief?

[corriena]

im not totaly sure but its something to do with stimulating the nerve endings on your face encouraging nice deep breaths. i know it works realy well for me, i always carry a small fan with me

[stone-UK]

Hi

Hot air is heavy and make breathing difficult, extreme cold can irritate the air ways making breathing more difficult. A gentle breeze of cool air with or without a water spray, although not fully understood helps when having breathing difficulties.

Some reading.

healthcentral.com/article/s...

[O2Trees in reply to stone-UK]

Hi Stone, I dont understand why dilating the airways would make it harder to breathe - I would have thought the opposite. Could you explain that please?

[stone-UK in reply to O2Trees]

Hi

Corrected.

[peege]

I was told during pulmonary rehab that there's some connection between the facial nerve endings and the lungs hence the extra relief of a fan on the face when short of breath.

I've proved to my family that it works when a 3 year old had a sudden asthma attack in a diesel polluted London street. None of us had a ventolin, I grabbed an Evening Standard from a newsstand and fanned her face fir 5 minutes. Couldn't believe it really worked.

[knitter]

I use a small hand held fan too, the cool moving air helps .

But breathing very cold air in winter, or even sometimes when I open the fridge , makes my breathing worse. So cool not cold air works for me.

Also water on my face when I have a shower or a quick wash can make me breathless sometimes.

[gingermusic]

I often even in winter sleep much better when I have a fan on my face during the night. Works wonders for me sometimes

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