If I'm out side I can breathe just fine but indoors when it is warm my sinus sell, and either i sneeze a lot or my nose runs. bottom line is i can't breathe. anyone have and idea as to why or a way to help?
2007-12-16 00:18:03 · 9 answers · asked by Kayne 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
When it is warm the cappilaries in your nose dialate to radiate heat. Most people don't realize that this is an important function of the nose! When this happens the tissue swells from the extra blood. When it is cold, they constrict to conserve heat opening up the air passages.
2007-12-16 00:23:08 · answer #1 · answered by Charles C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warm air results in swollen nasal passages. cold air allows you to breath more freely...
The job of the nose is to warm and humidify and cleans all air coming into the respiratory passages.
Obviously, the enviroment can affect the breathing passages. Cold air takes the heat and moisture out of the capillary passages and causes them to shrink a bit. And gues what??? You are able to breath abit better....
Warm air doesn't take the warmth out of the nose...result-you are suffering from something that is going on.....Perhaps a cold, or an allergy.....
if it is an allergy, perhaps some clariton might help. DO NOT GET AN OVER THE COUNTER NASAL SPRAY. They can be addictive. Talk to the doctor...if it doesnt clear up on it's own in a couple of days...
2007-12-16 13:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by Admiral_d 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The cold air shrinks your sinus and the hot air makes them swell. You need to keep you heat as low as you can stand it. At night is when it is the most important.
See your doctor. He can help you out with that problem.
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2007-12-16 08:55:53 · answer #3 · answered by asleep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat can cause mucous in your system to flow, but cold causes the membranes to freeze and close up, for a while any way. That also makes it more difficult for your body to heat the air before it enters your lungs causing respiratory problems lower in your lungs and in your trachea. The membranes open up when your body heats up inside causing a runny nose.
2007-12-16 08:23:22 · answer #4 · answered by cavassi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dilation of the blood vessels serving the sinus varies acording to the air temperature - so swollen in summer, not in winter.
2007-12-16 08:21:30 · answer #5 · answered by Bilbo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am guessing that the hot air is humid causing it to become swollen as well as a mix of pollen in the air when it is warm. When it is cold, everything freezes over, including pollen.
2007-12-16 08:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Starwarsrocks! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as warm vs cold,
when the body is hot it supplies more blood to the 'surface', causing swelling. When it's cold it sends more to the 'centre', to keep the heat in. Ever been swimming in cold cold water? Shrinkage?
So Maybe the cold helps by contracting your sinuses?
2007-12-16 08:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by girabbit85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air may be too dry in your house. Invest in a humidifier. You can get one at the local drugstore for about $30.
2007-12-16 08:21:27 · answer #8 · answered by e_d_ellis2004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For treatment You can try this:
http://www.sinus-treatments.info/sinus.html
2007-12-16 08:22:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋