does weather changes affect COPD patients and if so how?

Answer 1

yes it does, my mom has COPD and every time the weather changes she ends up in the hospital. The heat and humidity really bother her but when it gets cold, thats when she has most of her trouble

Answer 2

Heat and humidity are very bad. If the humidity is above 50% I have a problem breathing outside. Temperature over 70 is not good. The extreme cold in the winter is bad, but I don't think as bad as the heat/humidity.

I maintain the temperature in my home at about 69 or 70 degrees. It is very difficult to breathe when it is warmer. If I cook or bake this time of year or when it becomes colder out, I have to turn on the central air. Many nights it has to run all night.

The ideal climate for anyone with COPD would be cool air 65 to 70 and NO change in the seasons. We could do so many more physical things outside. That would be wonderful.

I was at the far end of my yard during the summer doing light weed pulling. It kept getting hotter and I ended up literally crawling back to the house. I thought I was going to die in the yard. You just cannot breathe. When you can't breathe, you panic and that makes it worse.

Answer 3

Yes.

Humidity makes it difficult to breathe as the lungs are over moist to begin with so they don't lose a lot of moisture through respiration when the air itself is moist.

Cold dry air eases or helps breathing for the opposite reason. That's why people with COPD do well in air conditioning in the summer.

Answer 4

Yes! It is the change in the barometric pressure that does it!

I have Cystic Fibrosis and asthma