Question about the cold

john in la · Mar 21, 2018

I watched a movie the other day that insinuated that you could take a normally healthy human and threw exercise such as running and exposure to very cold air would cause them to die from pulmonary hemorrhage (bleeding from the lungs).

Is that even true????
Explain.

And by the way....
The final scene from the movie really hits home when you are married to a woman that has Native American in her background.
"While missing person statistics are compiled for every other demographic, none exist for Native American women"

grandpa Love · Mar 21, 2018

Don't know about the cold. Don't plan to find out. It's 45 degrees here today and that's cold enough. Lol

JDEM · Mar 21, 2018

We saw the movie too. I read afterwards that the way the lung-freeze was shown in the movie was nonsense. So, who knows? I have some American Indian in my blood line and I certainly feel the cold. No frozen lungs though.

dpendzic · Mar 21, 2018

Very cold air has a bad effect on the lungs, more so if your breathing hard--one of the reasons that people shoveling snow in the cold have heart attacks , deprivation of oxygen getting to the heat muscles

Philip d · Mar 21, 2018

I've had friends working up north and it can get extremely cold. The danger is with low humidity and no wind it doesn't feel nearly as cold as it really is. Problems can happen where you stay outside too long and you can freeze a spot on your lung which can lead to serious pneumonia.

ss55 · Mar 21, 2018

Hypothermia is a common danger in cold weather: loose too much heat, no energy, frostbite, fall asleep and never wake up again. I've never heard of pulmonary bleeding from the cold but that does not mean it isn't possible.

Crazy Horse · Mar 21, 2018

An interesting topic, and we seem to have our share of news items on a lot of tragic stories up here with regards to these girls and women. This article below mentions there is no "national" database on missing persons, so it sounds like no group or individuals has statistics available. However, with the disproportionate number of indigenous females who suffer tragic lives (and endings) in one way or the other, there are some statistics available in the general topic area. I suggest reading the information in the link below. It's becoming news nowadays but was ignored for the most part for a long time .....
More Information Here Canada

jon f mn · Mar 21, 2018

It is absolutely true! Because my lungs are already damaged I'm very suseptable to it, so whenever I go out when the temp is below zero I wear a scarf my wife crocheted for me to breath through to warm the air. The very cold air, breathed in hard and fast, can freeze the lungs causing them to bleed. Since so much blood is there, it is easy to bleed to death.

Ken Macfarlane · Mar 21, 2018

People do outside exercise things down to about -33 C that it gets here, I've not heard of that causing lung problems but I've read in areas further north they tend to stay inside until its above -35C.

David G · Mar 21, 2018

I get asthma if I exercise too hard out in the cold, need to warm up air with scarf or something.

kcm.MN · Mar 21, 2018

Makes one wonder how these folks survive!!
https://www.treehugger.com/culture/coldest-village-earth-gets-so-cold-thermometer-breaks.html

Steve@Advance · Mar 21, 2018

Seems I remember seeing arctic explorers, mountain climbers, on a documentary that had some type of breathing tube that drew air from inside their shirt to prewarm the air.

Also hear going from indoors, especially after drinking hot liquid, can crack teeth!

Hope I never have to find out!

grandpa Love · Mar 21, 2018

Good reason to stay in Alabama!

steve706 · Mar 21, 2018

When I was in the military, our job was deploying on NATOs northern flank in Norway and frozen breathing passage and lungs was a big issue. It was an offence not to wear your mask that covered up the nose and mouth when doing anything that required physical exertion, failure to do so could result in a charge of self inflicted injury. You can feel the cold in your lungs sitting in a snow hole in subzero temps at three in the morning, no other feeling like it, not fun.

GeneMO · Mar 21, 2018

(quoted from post at 11:34:12 03/21/18) I watched a movie the other day that insinuated that you could take a normally healthy human and threw exercise such as running and exposure to very cold air would cause them to die from pulmonary hemorrhage (bleeding from the lungs).

Is that even true????
Explain.

And by the way....
The final scene from the movie really hits home when you are married to a woman that has Native American in her background.
"While missing person statistics are compiled for every other demographic, none exist for Native American women"

I watched the same movie.

Ted in NE-OH · Mar 21, 2018

Try it then you will know for sure.LOL

Steamboat · Mar 21, 2018

About 40 years ago I rode snowmobile for several hours at high speed and near zero temp. I must have damaged my lungs because It actually hurt to breath for about 5 days. After that I always used something to cover my mouth.

Bob in SD · Mar 21, 2018

Are you not saying the name of the movie on purpose? There's a recent movie out that I'd like to see, which I'm guessing is the one you're talking about. I don't see many movies, but was thinking of getting this one one of these months.

Elton Fancher · Mar 21, 2018

I saw that movie. Pretty good.

Traditional Farmer · Mar 21, 2018

I bet they hope Algore is right!

WayneLee · Mar 21, 2018

What is the name of this Flick?

kcm.MN · Mar 21, 2018

I'm also curious to know what movie this is.

john in la · Mar 21, 2018

I did not think the name of the movie was important for my question.

If you want to talk about the movie though that is fine.
Wind River is the name.
I thought it was a very good movie and recommend it.
I watched it on Netflix.
While not a documentary it is based on true events.
It is based on the story of women abduction on Indian reservations.

ajhbike · Mar 21, 2018

Wind River

sms · Mar 21, 2018

According to the article in the link, No. I have walked at -40 and skied at -36 with no problems, however due to the windchill skiing at that temperature I wanted my face covered so I was breathing through a mask.
Running in cold temperature.

Bob · Mar 21, 2018

DAMN, that's scary!

Sure glad I didn't know that growing up in northern North Dakota, had I known, I'd be dead for sure!

showcrop · Mar 21, 2018

I watched that movie also, and from my pre-hospital medical training, yes it can happen but only at a much lower temperature to an otherwise healthy person.

kcm.MN · Mar 21, 2018

Although the name of the movie isn't relevant in answering your question, I certainly appreciate being able to go and view a movie that "[i:8b3af255bc]so far[/i:8b3af255bc]" sounds like it might be worth watching.

As for your question, I couldn't answer it even though I've experienced temps cold enough to swiftly cause damage to the body. My personal record was -50.6F, which was where we live now and about 13 years ago. Had every heater in the house AND the gas oven AND burners going trying to keep the house warm. Walked outside for a few minutes just to experience that kind of cold. I can tell you, as much as I love the cold, that was too cold for me!

About 25 years ago, spent several months in Finland just south of the Arctic Circle. Worked with a tourist outfit who took tourists out on sled dog trips. Don't know what the coldest temps were there, but I would guess in the mid -40'sF. I remember one time it felt like ice crystals were forming in my throat when out on the trail and running hard. Was a bit unsettling for someone who flew from SE Texas to way up there. That was the first "real" winter I'd ever experienced.

Looking forward to the movie. Thanks again.

SDE · Mar 22, 2018

I was in Alaska during a winter month. Someone had told me that an individual ran from one building to another when it was really cold and he died from sucking in the very cold air.

oldsarge · Mar 22, 2018

Ft.Yukon,AK,1964,-70 degrees! As an experiment,took an electric coffeepot out of the motor pool door and poured it out,froze so fast that the ice was still warm!!..................................................gtm

GVSII · Mar 22, 2018

(quoted from post at 12:21:11 03/21/18) It is absolutely true! Because my lungs are already damaged I'm very suseptable to it, so whenever I go out when the temp is below zero I wear a scarf my wife crocheted for me to breath through to warm the air. The very cold air, breathed in hard and fast, can freeze the lungs causing them to bleed. Since so much blood is there, it is easy to bleed to death.

Your lungs will hurt for days after being subjected to this.

Kansasredneck · Mar 22, 2018

And still tasted like it was strained through a dirty diaper?

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