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Is Sleeping with a Fan On Actually Bad for Your Health?
« on: July 28, 2018, 02:47:24 pm »
Is Sleeping with a Fan On Actually Bad for Your Health?
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | July 27, 2018 07:20am ET
 
 

Scorching summer days can be tough without air conditioning, and you might find yourself searching for ways to stay cool, including using a fan at night. But is it healthy to sleep with a fan on?

Some recent headlines have made sleeping with a fan on sound downright dangerous. "Why Sleeping with Your Fan on Could Be Seriously Damaging Your Health," read one recent headline from the Mirror. "Sleeping with a Bedside Fan Could Pose Health Risks," read another, from LifeZette.

https://www.livescience.com/63179-sleeping-fan-health.html
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2018, 02:56:01 pm »
These folks have never been in the mountains.
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2018, 03:11:16 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 28, 2018, 02:56:01 pm
These folks have never been in the mountains.

Or in Texas in the summer.
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2018, 03:23:38 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 28, 2018, 03:11:16 pm
Or in Texas in the summer.

I use fans in my house to move air, of course, and for white sound... but more or less, that just mimics the forest. The mountains always always have a breeze at night, and the wind in the trees is probably louder than your average fan... I can't sleep in dead air. Not just a lack of breeze, which I am accustomed to, but also the sound.
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2018, 03:28:35 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 28, 2018, 03:23:38 pm
I use fans in my house to move air, of course, and for white sound... but more or less, that just mimics the forest. The mountains always always have a breeze at night, and the wind in the trees is probably louder than your average fan... I can't sleep in dead air. Not just a lack of breeze, which I am accustomed to, but also the sound.

Agreed.  I can't sleep in dead, stagnant, humid air.  But all of my rooms, including the kitchen have a ceiling fan.  Standard equipment here.
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2018, 03:38:01 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 28, 2018, 03:28:35 pm
Agreed.  I can't sleep in dead, stagnant, humid air.  But all of my rooms, including the kitchen have a ceiling fan.  Standard equipment here.

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2018, 04:58:55 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 28, 2018, 02:56:01 pm
These folks have never been in the mountains.

Quote from: Sanguine on July 28, 2018, 03:11:16 pm
Or in Texas in the summer.

Or had hot monkey sex. 

Fans are a must.
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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2018, 05:17:38 pm »
Quote from: The Ghost on July 28, 2018, 04:58:55 pm
Or had hot monkey sex. 

Fans are a must.

Ever see a filthy ceiling fan blade?  Built-up kitchen smoke and grease turns them into sticky fly strips...catching soot built up over years.

Yes...some people live like that. 

...same thing with dirty 'cold air return' grates.

If you pointed it out to them, they'd clean it.   Along with the rest of the room after they're done with you.   LOL

It's really 'invisible' in their minds.  They never notice it.   

So...that would support the theory that fans are kicking up dust and dander and there you are.   Sleeping...er, excuse me, having monkey sex.     :laugh:
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Re: Is Sleeping with a Fan On Actually Bad for Your Health?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2018, 05:23:34 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 28, 2018, 02:56:01 pm
These folks have never been in the mountains.

Or in the rice delta of rural Andrha Pradesh, India in the slums with no electricity when the temperature never falls below 90 degrees between February and July.

That battery-operated camp fan was a life saver, and the only way I could sleep at all.  Even though I still woke up in a pool of sweat each morning.
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« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2018, 05:43:15 pm »
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Or in the rice delta of rural Andrha Pradesh, India in the slums with no electricity when the temperature never falls below 90 degrees between February and July.

That battery-operated camp fan was a life saver, and the only way I could sleep at all.  Even though I still woke up in a pool of sweat each morning.

That is the main reason why, good Lord willing, I will never leave my mountain home... Last night was in the low 50's and I slept wrapped up in a wool blanket.

Cold nights and clear water. Why would I ever leave?
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Re: Is Sleeping with a Fan On Actually Bad for Your Health?
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2018, 05:46:56 pm »
We, living in wonderful temperate Ohio........ arguably the best overall climate in the world  ^-^...... use a simple box fan year round.

It works as white noise and moves the air around for more comfortable sleeping.

When I'm away and don't have it I can have trouble sleeping.
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Re: Is Sleeping with a Fan On Actually Bad for Your Health?
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2018, 05:51:24 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 28, 2018, 03:11:16 pm
Or in Texas in the summer.

Or California, Arizona.

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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2018, 06:17:17 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 28, 2018, 05:43:15 pm
That is the main reason why, good Lord willing, I will never leave my mountain home... Last night was in the low 50's and I slept wrapped up in a wool blanket.

Cold nights and clear water. Why would I ever leave?

Depends if you get called to go and do mission work in places you don't want to go.

Being dragged almost kicking and screaming in protest to go and do what God wants you to do is not an exercise I recommend.  God usually wins such wrestling matches and I had to go put my comfort level away and endure what I did not want to endure.

Such is our calling at times.
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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2018, 06:28:37 pm »
Quote from: INVAR on July 28, 2018, 06:17:17 pm
Depends if you get called to go and do mission work in places you don't want to go.

Being dragged almost kicking and screaming in protest to go and do what God wants you to do is not an exercise I recommend.  God usually wins such wrestling matches and I had to go put my comfort level away and endure what I did not want to endure.

Such is our calling at times.

My pastor, Reverend Little Ed Pembrook's, founder of The Church of the Mighty Struggle, said if I bought his John the Baptist shower curtains, the Peter, Paul and Virgin Mary spice racks and a set of Dead Sea Scroll steak knives (all for the low price of 6 easy payments of $39.99 plus shipping and handling and a small service charge) I could forgo the missionary work.  He has the devil in a Bulgarian headlock.  So I believed him.
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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2018, 06:50:02 pm »
Quote from: The Ghost on July 28, 2018, 06:28:37 pm
So I believed him.

Sadly, so do a huge number of Christians.
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Re: Is Sleeping with a Fan On Actually Bad for Your Health?
« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2018, 07:04:49 pm »
I have whole house air conditioning, but the second floor often gets stifling in the summer, even with the air on.  I have this old box fan from the 1970s  -- does a great job of circulating the air. 
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« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2018, 07:44:13 pm »
My wife and I have never lived in houses with AC. We have lived within one mile of the Pacific ocean for 48 years (considered widely to be the most moderate comfortable year round climate).

 
We therefore use windows, fans, clothing, mostly.

Now. 1 PM. 78 F and 74% humid. overcast, aka Gray May, June gloom, and mostly welcome since it keeps it more cool.

It is 106 F at Lake Havasu AZ.

It is 90 F at Murrieta CA home for my brother, and brother in law and families.
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