the Effects of Cold Temperature On Health Posted: 07-26-07 20:14pm
I live in the caribbean where the
temperature usually ranges from 75-95
degrees. But the office I work in the
temperature usually ranges from 16-20
degrees. I usually leave the office for
breakfast and lunch so I go from extremely
cold conditions to hot. Before I started
working in that office i rarely had cramps
during my periods now I have them. Could
this be a result of the cold temperatures?
What are the effects of going from cold to
hot environments and vice versa several
times a day?
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Tylanas
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Re: the Effects of Cold Temperature On Health Posted: 07-26-07 20:28pm
palika
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I live in the caribbean
where the temperature usually ranges from
75-95 degrees. But the office I work in
the temperature usually ranges from 16-20
degrees. I usually leave the office for
breakfast and lunch so I go from extremely
cold conditions to hot. Before I started
working in that office i rarely had cramps
during my periods now I have them. Could
this be a result of the cold temperatures?
What are the effects of going from cold to
hot environments and vice versa several
times a day?
I really really doubt the office has the
air conditioning on below freezing
temperatures...
75-95 is Faranheight I assume, yes? Well,
an average air-conditioned building is
between 70-75 degrees Faranheight...
Freezing on the faranheight scale is 32
degrees.
If that scale is Celcius... well 95
degrees celcius is just ridiculously hot,
as in, 5 degrees below the boiling
temperature of water O.o SO I doubt the
Caribbean is that hot. I know it isn't.
However, 15-20 degrees Celcius is pretty
nice if not on the chilly side, as
freezing on celcius is 0.
So.... which scale are you using? Do you
have a sub-freezing office, or boiling air
outside?
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palika
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Re: the Effects of Cold Temperature On Health Posted: 07-27-07 17:17pm
Sorry Eiri
The temperature in my island ranges from
75-95 degrees faranheight and because of
the AC my office temperature ranges from
16-20 degrees celcius (60.8-68 degrees
faranheight). And although that may seem
pretty nice if not on the chilly side, you
have to remember it is pretty hot where i
come from and i have never experienced
winter so i am not used to the cold.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 07-27-07 17:27pm
I think you're probably fine. If you feel
cold, you can always bring a sweater or a
change of clothing to switch into when
you're at work. Also, you can take
vitamins like C and A. Those should help
prevent colds.
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palika
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Re: the Effects of Cold Temperature On Health Posted: 07-28-07 10:47am
I usually wear two sweaters and gloves
when I am at work and so do the other
staff members and we still feel extremely
cold. But that is not really my concern. I
want to know the possible health effects
of going from extreme hot temperatures to
extreme cold temperatures and vice versa
several times a day.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 07-28-07 11:16am
i live in canada, (hello, cold!!) and in
the winter we have the same issue of going
from hot to cold a lot. in the winter it
can be -40 C outside and 20-25 C inside.
in the summer we have the same kind of
heat. right now we are having a lot of
hot weather so it has been up to 47 C with
the humidex and most places are kept at
about 20 C indoors. i've never noticed
any health effect from it. if anything
you may feel dizzy or faint maybe. i
remember being in las vegas and the
temperature differences between the
indoors and outdoors was so huge it was
making me feel nauseous. if you are
really feeling the cold indoors maybe you
could talk to someone about increasing the
temps a bit. it sounds like you aren't
the only one getting chilled. i remember
my mom telling me a few times growing up
not to get a chilled back in the winter
when i had my period but i can't for the
life of me remember if she told me why.
of course there is a big difference
between being chilled from -40 and being
chilled from +20.
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