 Poster: A snowHead
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I had a bizarre thing happen to me today. The weather was abysmal but I thought I'd have a quick morning ski so I popped up to the local by myself. Due to the freezing conditions for the first time ever I donned a standard Polyester neck warmer and whilst going up on the chair I raised it to cover my mouth and nose. About 30 seconds later I started coughing and lowered it. Things then got bad and in the next two minutes my breathing became so restricted I nearly blacked out. I could do nothing but try to keep calm so if I did collapse into unconsciousness at least I would stay on the chair where the lift operator would hopefully see a body on the chair and take action. It is a very slow lift and after a few minutes I regained some semblance of normal respiratory function and was able to unload normally.
I still feel very ordinary with very restricted breathing and it was very unsettling episode. Has anybody heard of, or experienced anything similar?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not a medical person but it sounds very similar to the severe allergic reaction I once had to a field of oil seed rape but I have no idea if polyester or perhaps something that had been applied to the neck warmer might have that effect
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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if its been washed could be soap residue?
if its new it could be some lubricant applied during the manufacturing process
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Nothing applied to neck warmer. It is not new either. I can't see how it could be something intrinsic to the fabric though. I might get it sent off to the lab for analysis
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Juddernaut,
You can develop allergies over time or wash products can change forumations
It could be temp induced asthma?
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Juddernaut, Have you ever had asthma? I believe it's possible for cold air to trigger such an attack, see this
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| Juddernaut, Have you ever had asthma? I believe it's possible for cold air to trigger such an attack, see this |
I was wondering that. I had bad asthma about forty years ago as a kid but have been generally fit as a fiddle since. I never ever go to the doctor but I am going to make an exception in this case and get checked out especially after reading how many people die from asthma.
When I was a kid I used to get a wheeze during an asthma attack but this time I didn't get a wheeze. Just read that; "Experts call this the ‘silent chest’ and it is a danger sign of a severe asthma attack" javascript:emoticon(' ')
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Juddernaut, sounds like maybe something either temp or perhaps a washing byproduct could have triggered the asthma
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... it's also possible for hot air to induce such an attack. I once drank a flaming cocktail, and had a similar reaction (though with wheezing). No more firey drinks for me.
Alternative - I had a horrible chest infection a few years back. For a few weeks after it, I'd still cough now and then, which could bring on a bronchospasm. These were terrifying, as I just couldn't breath, suddenly. But also went away if I stayed calm and kept trying controlled breaths.
(Oh, and I'm not asthmatic - just these are reactions that can happen anyway.)
Either way - something interfering with breathing = reason for a doctor. Dying limits the amount of skiing you can do.
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Juddernaut, do you get hay fever? This is linked to asthma and this can be linked and brought on by changes in diet. I'd suggest a trip to the docs, he/ she may prescribe you with a blue inhaler, will likely never use I but if needed its there. I once had a wheezing but since I gave up drinking beer I discovered it must have been a wheat allergy, never been back since I gave it up. It was just a case of elimination, but suggest something must have triggered it, more likely something you ate differently (salmon, grapefruit etc) for breakfast. Ironically my mild asthma was much improved a altitude and I never used to suffer with the clean alpine air but as soon as I got home t UK it came back.......probably full of beer, I wheat at the time also! Now I've lost a lot of weight it's gone totally, could this also be an issue, pressure on the organs is a factor......don't want to sound rude, just telling it as I found it!!
Best to get to the docs, better than croaking on the lift..... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Or.....Maybe you need a new Merino buff?!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Never use your buff to wipe up the coke dust.
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Maybe has nothing to do with the buff. I might have another sniff for 10secs and see what happens. Might want to keep an insulin syringe handy.
ps I am not a doctor and do not accept any liability resulting from the above.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Maybe has nothing to do with the buff. I might have another sniff for 10secs and see what happens. Might want to keep an insulin syringe handy.
ps I am not a doctor and do not accept any liability resulting from the above.
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Wonder how the test went? And I do hope that it was an adrenaline (epipen), not insulin syringe that you had handy??
Just to reassure you, you almost certainly didn't have 'silent chest', but most likely a transient bronchospasm either to mould spores in the neck warmer, or as suggested, chemicals from washing.
Hope you're better now.
tb
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