Warm weather makes me sick!

Potential-Monke

Does anyone else get even more sick with colds during the summer than the other months? Granted, i'm a sun-hating ginger, and i'm susceptible to chest infections all year round (thank you crappy tonsils which were the initial cause of my 'with me for life' chest infections), and i've no doubt it's the heat causing sweating and then going into a cool work/home environment, the sweat cools down and turns into an infection.

I will also point out that I hate the coming months. Long ass days with stupid warm weather (guess what? Not everyone enjoys the sun!!), and it is usually because of getting sick the whole time.

Am I one of a few that gets more sick the better the weather gets? Is it just my ginger genes that cause this (i know it's Enteroviruses, the 'summer' version of a rhinovirus) or are there others out there, non-ginger, that hate the summer as much as I?

And yes, i'm more than entitled to give out about the hot weather. Just because the vast majority like it, some of us white vampires don't have to.

Walter Bishop

I don't like warm or humid weather, it's a pain in the arse. Just leave it at 17-18 degrees, be grand.

RobertKK

Once I have sunscreen I am happy as sunburn would be the only effect this weather would have on me.

Maybe you have a pollen allergy, OP.

misstearheus

I'm fully convinced I'm allergic to Humidity and any smidgen of heat.

Hector Bellend

have a ****

Rubberchikken

Aw hector, your answer for everything:)

Love the fine weather. Ive had enough of the cold and snow and rain thanks very much.

I do appreciate that the heat doesnt suit everyone but im happy;)

r93kaey5p2izun

Absolutely hate the "good" weather. Sticky humidity, no fresh air, hayfever. My ongoing medical problems worsen significantly. And long evenings of scumbags causing havoc.

Yer Da sells Avon

I'm no fan of humidity, but being beside the sea on a hot day is one of my favourite things. Especially somewhere like Bulloch Harbour in Dalkey or the east pier in Dun Laoghaire, scoffing a Teddy's ice cream.

McMurphy

I had an older lad driving a van for me for a few years, one hot July afternoon he rang me from somewhere in the sunny south east to complain about the van.

"Fcukin disgrace, me driving round the country in this scrap, no air conditioning nor nothin' he said.

Open the windows I said.

'sure they're not even electric windows, can't get the passenger side down unless i pull in and reach over...... Fcukin disgrace.... Me driving around Wexford with the ballbag stuck to the side of my leg' :mad:

I was left with that image implanted in the brain for the rest of the day.

Jimmy Dags

Wouldn’t it be worse if his ball bag was stuck to your arse Johnny.

jester77

Maybe you have hay fever

Harry Palmr

I have a cold of some sort which came on yesterday evening, nothing to do with the weather though. That said the humidity isn't helping my nasal passages.

blinding

Whats the best thing to drink for thirst in hot weather ?

I don’t mean fizzy drinks and crap . Something that works to keep one hydrated and in good working condition .

Its for my workers that I am driving hard........No its for me .

McMurphy

blinding wrote: »

Whats the best thing to drink for thirst in hot weather ?

I don’t mean fizzy drinks and crap . Something that works to keep one hydrated and in good working condition .

Its for my workers that I am driving hard........No its for me .

Water.

Literally the best drink you can have.

Harry Palmr

Cool water and lots of it.

alan1963

Jimmy Dags wrote: »

Wouldn’t it be worse if his ball bag was stuck to your arse Johnny.

Perks of the job, but that's going too far.

Walter Bishop

Don't drink alcohol anyway, lots think it's a thirst quencher and it is for five minutes but it dehydrates you.

Uncharted

blinding wrote: »

Whats the best thing to drink for thirst in hot weather ?

I don’t mean fizzy drinks and crap . Something that works to keep one hydrated and in good working condition .

Its for my workers that I am driving hard........No its for me .

Sea water....with a slice of cucumber.

And of course,some ice....or else it's rotten.

blinding

Uncharted wrote: »

Sea water....with a slice of cucumber.

And of course,some ice....or else it's rotten.

Sickness and possible death:eek:

AllGunsBlazing

Walter Bishop wrote: »

Don't drink alcohol anyway, lots think it's a thirst quencher and it is for five minutes but it dehydrates you.

But on the upside once you're completely bladdered you don't notice the heat as much.

Donnielighto

Walter Bishop wrote: »

Don't drink alcohol anyway, lots think it's a thirst quencher and it is for five minutes but it dehydrates you.

Relative to water, you still net hydrate off it.

MSVforever

Where is this so called "hot" weather? What a scorcher of a weekend. ..lol... listening to some media outlets you would think we are in southern Spain, Greece ....... 20C is just mild. ..... hot starts at 30C +.... ffs. .

aaronjumper

Buy yourself a fan. Sitting down with a cold glass of water with the fan going full tilt is pretty great.

Esel

When I'm hot, other people are sick...

backspin.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

the sweat cools down and turns into an infection.

Ah you're quoting directly from the medical books again i see potential-monke.

Wibbs

MSVforever wrote: »

Where is this so called "hot" weather? What a scorcher of a weekend. ..lol... listening to some media outlets you would think we are in southern Spain, Greece ....... 20C is just mild. ..... hot starts at 30C +.... ffs. .

This. We have some of the mildest weather on the planet. It's rarely too cold and rarely too hot. It's also a climate of breezes so its rare we'd have a day where the air isn't circulating. Other than the damp and rain(which keeps the place nice and green and not short of water like many places) it's not far off a goldilocks climate. Now I like an oul whinge with the best of them, so maybe it's something in the Irish genetics. Or that our weather is so variable around the mild average that we do like to talk and whinge about it. The Brits are the same(and our weather is less extreme than theirs too).

Wibbs

backspin. wrote: »

Ah you're quoting directly from the medical books again i see potential-monke.

His humours sound outa balance. I'd suggest leeches.

brainfreeze

Are you sure you don't just have hay fever (allergic to pollen) OP?

Same symptoms as a bad head cold. Next time it happens go to a chemist and buy a antihistamine and see if that helps.

Cleopatra_

I'm in the UK and it's getting up to 28 degrees and often in the mid to low 20s. I fecking hate it. I have a health condition that means I lose huge amounts of salt through my sweat. I get so tired in this heat due to fatigue from salt loss. My lungs are fcuked so the humidity means they are working even harder to breathe. I feel like I'm in a sauna. My nose is fcuked so my sinuses act up too because of the humidity and pressure and overall I just feel rotten in this weather. Bleh.

vg88

I use to do shifts in the airport 6pm-6am while in college. Summer was soul destroying during these shifts as you started work during the day to see sunset and sunrise. It really ****ed with my body clock coming home and it was bright.

FakePie

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FakePie

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Does anyone else get even more ginger sick with ginger colds during the ginger summer than the other ginger months?  Granted, i'm a sun-hating ginger, and i'm susceptible to ginger chest infections all ginger year round (thank you crappy ginger tonsils which were the initial cause of my 'with me for life'  ginger chest infections), and i've no doubt it's the ginger heat causing ginger sweating and then going into a cool ginger work/home environment, the ginger sweat cools down and turns into a ginger infection.  

I will also ginger point out that I hate the coming ginger months. Long ass ginger days with stupid warm ginger weather (guess what? Not everyone enjoys the ginger sun!!), and it is usually because of getting ginger sick the whole ginger time.  

Am I one of a ginger few that gets more ginger sick the better the ginger weather gets?  Is it just my ginger genes that cause this (i know it's Enteroviruses, the 'summer' version of a rhinovirus) or are there others out there, non-ginger, that hate the ginger summer as much as ginger I?  

And yes, i'm more than ginger entitled to give out about the ginger hot weather.  Just because the vast ginger majority like it, some of us white ginger vampires don't have to.

Added a few more "gingers" to you post.

Reads much better now.

You're welcome.

wakka12

I just hate working in this weather. Its so hot in my office and I still have to wear shirt and chinos. Its so sweaty

Graces7

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Cool water and lots of it.

The water here on the island is always blissfully cold as it is piped from the mainland under the ocean.. Lovely to drink on a day like this .

Potential-Monke

backspin. wrote: »

Ah you're quoting directly from the medical books again i see potential-monke.

Us gingers have a special medial book, ye non-gingers wouldn't even have heard of it.

And I was guessing.

But I was wrong. Turns out it was due to a deficiency in iron, folic acid and vitamin d (no surprise there), which led to a chest infection and sinusitis! In bed for the last 4 days. But steroids are great!

jaxxx

I despise this weather :mad: Gimme torrential thunderstorms any day! :mad:

Oasis1974

Irish people complaining about hot summer days in Ireland heard it all now.

jiltloop

People complaining about beautiful weather is what makes me sick!

It's absolutely beautiful out and the sun makes this country look like one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The whole place is transformed once the sun comes out!

oneilla

Not too long ago that we were all snowed in and about to kill one another for a slice of bread.

jiltloop

jiltloop wrote: »

People complaining about beautiful weather is what makes me sick!

It's absolutely beautiful out and the sun makes this country look like one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The whole place is transformed once the sun comes out!

People see beauty in different things. You see it in the blue skies and the bright sun. It certainly does look beautiful Others though see it in a cool breeze and white snow covered land.
Isn't it wonderful how interesting we all our with our own tastes.

jiltloop

Deleted User wrote: »

People see beauty in different things. You see it in the blue skies and the bright sun. It certainly does look beautiful Others though see it in a cool breeze and white snow covered land.
Isn't it wonderful how interesting we all our with our own tastes.

I absolutely can see that side of it as well, the recent snowy weather also made for stunning landscapes! Personally I think that we get so much grey weather that it's amazing when colour is injected in to the landscape with the sun shining.

I am humble enough to allow people to disagree and like dreary weather as well although I might have a latent disdain for them if I here them complaining about sunshine. :pac::D

murpho999

Amazed at people finding that this is hot weather.

It's pleasant but not that hot.
Under 20 degrees on the east coast.

Have people never been abroad to experience hot weather?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Do Gingers have the ability to produce melanin?

o1s1n

murpho999 wrote: »

Amazed at people finding that this is hot weather.

It's pleasant but not that hot.
Under 20 degrees on the east coast.

Have people never been abroad to experience hot weather?

It's not the heat that's the problem, it's the humidity. I've been in plenty of countries where it's comfortable at 36 degrees when the air is dry. We just don't get that here unfortunately.

Have you ever been in 36 degrees in the Philippines or similar spots in Asia?

You feel like you're breathing in hot water.

murpho999

o1s1n wrote: »

It's not the heat that's the problem, it's the humidity. I've been in plenty of countries where it's comfortable at 36 degrees when the air is dry. We just don't get that here unfortunately.

Have you ever been in 36 degrees in the Philippines or similar spots in Asia?

You feel like you're breathing in hot water.

Yes I have been to Asia and know what you're talking about and humidiity combined with heat is a killer.

I just don't think it's comparable to here. It can be a little sticky at times but I would not regard the last week as very hot or uncomfortable.

Steve F

blinding wrote: »

Sickness and possible death:eek:

...from the Cucumber?:D

Steve F

Wibbs wrote: »

This. We have some of the mildest weather on the planet. It's rarely too cold and rarely too hot. It's also a climate of breezes so its rare we'd have a day where the air isn't circulating. Other than the damp and rain(which keeps the place nice and green and not short of water like many places) it's not far off a goldilocks climate. Now I like an oul whinge with the best of them, so maybe it's something in the Irish genetics. Or that our weather is so variable around the mild average that we do like to talk and whinge about it. The Brits are the same(and our weather is less extreme than theirs too).

Not as damp tho...drier feel to the air over yonder

Harry Palmr

The relative humidity is what messes up Irish heat, no question. My left sinus is blocked to feck because of it. I wake up feeling like I'm short of breath these days.

Potential-Monke

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Do Gingers have the ability to produce melanin?

'Redheads can't absorb sufficient Vitamin D due to low concentrations of eumelanin in their body. This may sound like bad news, but this lower melanin-concentration means that gingers can cleverly produce their own Vitamin D within their body when exposed to low light conditions.'

So we can't produce melanin like others, but we can make vitamin d out of lesser sources. Except me. Can't get natural sunlight in a darkened room...