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Winter’s dry air can create a variety of breathing difficulties for the approximately 4.6 million children with asthma or other respiratory conditions in the United States.
But does cold, wet weather actually make you sick? Not really, experts say. Not really, experts say. But cooler temperatures and dry winter air can affect your body in surprising ways.
Hypothermia has two main types of causes. It classically occurs from exposure to cold weather and cold water immersion. It may also occur from any condition that decreases heat production or increases heat loss. [1] Commonly, this includes alcohol intoxication but may also include low blood sugar, anorexia and advanced age.
Rates of asthma have plateaued in the developed world since the mid-1990s with recent increases primarily in the developing world. [289] Asthma affects approximately 7% of the population of the United States [203] and 5% of people in the United Kingdom. [290] Canada, Australia and New Zealand have rates of about 14–15%. [291]
A 1960 study on the Alacaluf Indians shows that they have a resting metabolic rate 150 to 200 percent higher than the white controls used. The Sami do not have an increase in metabolic rate when sleeping, unlike non-acclimated people. [14] Aboriginal Australians undergo a similar process, where the body cools but the metabolic rate does not ...
You won't be infected with the common virus just from battling the rain and icy air of winter alone.
An evaluation of respiratory rate for the differentiation of the severity of illness in babies under 6 months found it not to be very useful. Approximately half of the babies had a respiratory rate above 50 breaths per minute, thereby questioning the value of having a "cut-off" at 50 breaths per minute as the indicator of serious respiratory ...
In children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses such as those that cause the common cold. [22] Exercise or intense use of respiratory system—the effects of which differ somewhat from those of the other triggers, since they are brief. They are thought to be primarily in response to the exposure of the airway epithelium to cold, dry air.