2007-02-15 03:49:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
I have asthma and the cold air causes me to have a wheezy cough. When the cold air is breathed in, it constricts your airways
2007-02-15 11:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by Chelsea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May cause, specially if you tend to breathe through your mouth, or if you expose yourself suddenly to a very cold temp.
Your muscles tend to get contracted on really low temps, this is a reaction to work out the muscles and produce heat to warm you up.
As you may guess your throat also has muscles taking care of it, so either by the cold air going through your throat or by the muscles getting contracted, your airway will get shut or will close a bit.
As when you choke with food or water going through "the wrong door", your body will try to open up this airway by coughing. Since a singly cough will not work, then you get coughing fits.
So try to breathe only through your nose, which guides the air through a conduct adapted to warm up the air as it goes through. When you breathe through your mouth, the air doesn't get warmed up and causes this situation.
Regards, Lifeguard.
2007-02-15 04:11:01 · answer #2 · answered by Lifeguard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really cold temps can aggravate ASTHMA, which could then cause coughing fits.
2007-02-15 04:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by KB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have asthma, the cold can aggravate the airways. In an attempt to keep them clear, coughing can happen.
2007-02-15 04:22:54 · answer #4 · answered by ne11 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me, when it goes below about 25F
2007-02-15 06:32:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋