Coughing and breathlessness are actually enough. With respiratory diseases such as COPD, some things don’t work as they used to. On hot days, the lungs also have to help regulate the body temperature. But this puts additional strain on the respiratory system. According to scientists at the Charité, this increases the risk of death from chronic lung diseases by up to 43%. Alternative: spend the summer in an apartment or house with air conditioning? No barbecue, no city stroll with ice cream, no exercise in the fresh air? This cannot be the solution! Apart from the fact that a summer under air conditioning is very expensive and increases CO2 emissions. So what to do?
PROTECT YOUR LUNGS - STAY COOL
E.COOLINE cooling clothing offers a mobile, simple, and affordable solution for heat problems. Unlike air conditioning or stronger medications, E.COOLINE cooling clothing is the natural alternative. It helps you stay healthy and cool throughout the summer. The lungs are relieved of the otherwise necessary thermoregulation through natural body cooling. This helps with breathing.
It is important to take preventative measures to cool your body right away. Wear an E.COOLINE cooling vest on hot days. If you don’t know in the morning whether it will be hot? No problem: you can simply take a cooling vest with you anywhere, already activated. Or you can activate the vest on the go. Water is usually available everywhere, or you can simply take a small bottle with you. Activated in 5 seconds, the cooling is always with you.
So: simply put it on or take it with you and enjoy the summer for hours anywhere. With E.COOLINE, you’ll always feel cool and stay dry. The cool vests are also washable, hygienic, and odor-neutralizing. Simply wear them instead of or over your regular clothes.
SPORT FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Can it be that sport is dangerous in respiratory diseases? Certainly not! Many studies show that physical activity is especially important for chronic lung diseases such as COPD or asthma and strengthens lung function. However – this can end in hospitalisation in summer or in hot countries. In an emergency, it can also lead to death if the lungs fail. Therefore, in these cases, exercise in summer or as a general preventive measure with a cooling waistcoat or cooling T-shirt. You sweat less, the body and especially the lungs are protected and the risk of heat is reduced. But which sport is the right one?
Walking, cycling, hiking or other moderate sports have a very positive effect on physical and mental performance – an important topic in respiratory diseases. Team sports with extreme performance pressure tend to have less of an effect, whereby it always depends on the intensity. The main thing is exercise – even in summer. It would even be counterproductive to spend the summer indoors because of the heat risks predicted for COPD, for example. You can also exercise outdoors. However, E.COOLINE cooling functional clothing is recommended on warm and hot days. If you don’t know whether it will be hot in the morning? No problem – you can take a scarf, cooling baseball cap or even a waistcoat or T-shirt with you wherever you go, and you’ll have a bottle of water with you anyway.
HEAT RISK IN COPD OR ASTHMA
Heat problems can be prevented by avoiding excessive sweating and regular cooling.
THAT MEANS CONCRETELY:
Do not exercise when the ambient temperature is too high (especially in summer at midday or when the sun is blazing).
In summer, protect yourself from the heat by wearing headgear.
Avoid overexertion: It is better to do endurance training at a reduced intensity.
Sport in the water keeps you cool.
Cooling by having cold drinks and sucking ice cubes.
Slowly cool down by showering after physical exercise and cold foot baths.
Cooling with cooling clothing such as E.COOLINE.
HOSPITALIZATION DUE TO THE HEAT?
Some people with respiratory diseases such as COPD react with breathing problems, especially in high temperatures, which often leads to extensive complaints and even hospitalisation. According to recent studies by Charité Berlin, the risk of death increases by up to 43%. Cooling with cooling clothing is particularly important when it comes to such problems. Exercise itself is important for lung function and staying indoors for weeks is rather counterproductive. Therefore, if you suffer from respiratory diseases, you should by no means abstain from outdoor physical activity, but pay attention to the following rules:
- Start slowly
- Überlastung vermeiden, evtl. Sportintensität senken
- Take some breaks
- Take magnesium
- Drink a lot
- Wear cooling clothes
VACATION IN GREENLAND ONLY?
Respiratory diseases are no reason to avoid traveling to warmer countries. However, these countries should not be too hot and the humidity should not be too high. The lungs, along with the sweat glands in the skin, are needed for the body’s thermoregulation and this can overtax the lungs at high temperatures. A discussion with your doctor is important, as is a good self-assessment of your own strength. Important: Bring E.COOLINE cooling vest and cooling baseball cap.
Always cool everywhere with the Repower Vital cooling vest and the Repower cooling shirt vest from E.COOLINE
AVOID EMERGENCY IN HEAT
During heat waves, emergency admissions for patients with chronic lung diseases increase significantly. Due to climate change and the increasing risk of heat stress, measures must be taken to reduce this risk.
During the summer of 2012, for example, this heat stress led to a significant increase in COPD-related emergency admissions in Berlin. During the study period, a total of 335 emergency admissions for patients with COPD exacerbations were recorded. Since then, summers have become even more extreme. Cooling with E.COOLINE cooling functional clothing also supports lung relief in respiratory diseases.
