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Temperature and sickness
I've noticed that many cultures have rules/superstitions/beliefs about the temperature of a room causing someone to be ill. In Korea, when giving birth women are told a/c is "dangerous" for the mother and baby and the maternity wards (from what I hear) are kept at like 85 degrees. DH on the other hand thinks the heat will make sickness worse (especially nausea) and if I feel sick the first thing he does in summer is turn on the AC. What are some beliefs you've heard from other cultures/ countries about this?
Re: Temperature and sickness
It's the same superstition in Chinese culture.
My MIL constantly tells me that I'll get sick if I don't wear a coat outside at 60F or below, and long sleeves at 75F or below. Apparently her culture also dictates that babies under a year old need to be kept in layers with hats on, even in the summer. They believe if a baby's head gets chilly (think body temp) that they will get sick.
Germans don't like a/c, either. I love reading my german friends' tripadvisor reviews of places they were at in the states. They love the place, but think the a/c makes them sick. A German friend finally explained it in a way that makes sense to me. Going from the hot to the cold room is what she thinks makes her sick. I told her that typically (at least in Florida) people aren't in the heat long enough. They go from the air conditioned car, park as close to the store/house as possible, then run into the a/c'd building.
I read that fans and babies room are bad to Koreans. My mom doesn't think you should iron and then wash dishes. My old boss blames long hot showers for muscular disorders, especially if you do it right after working out.
I was glad my son was born in November since the hospital I had him at here does not have air conditioning, but I have to say, I had the radiator on in that room as high as it would go and I was still freezing.
AC is bad for you. period. I grew up in SE Asia where we never use AC. Never. Not even when it's 100 deg F outside. We didn't have AC in our house even though we could totally afford it.
And electric fans are bad too. So is drinking iced water. When the weather is hot, you just sit quietly in the shade, maybe drink hot tea.
But I think things have changed in the last 10 years or so.
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Personally I felt ill last week from the heat in our apartment. No matter how much water I would drink I would have headaches and pains.
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There are many beliefs surrounding this topic in Korea. The strangest one is probably 'Fan Death'. They believe that if you sleep in a room with a fan running and no open window, you could die. My husband thinks that it is all just a cover up for suicides.
As mentioned, they won't put a/c on in the baby wards of the hospital it it is an absolute oven in the summer so I'm really glad that my baby is due in Feb.
And just last night I read that older Koreans think it is dangerous to have a baby outside that is less than 3 months old. Other expat mothers report that you will be approached and told to go home and that you need to have a pretty thick skin when taking the baby out (older Korean ladies can be quite blunt and a little scary).
Same with Spaniards! AC is the root of all evil. I think it's because they overblast it when they do use it so they get sick from the temperature change.
This happened to me. I took DS out to see the snow this past winter. He had never seen snow and it rarely snows in Busan. And I had a VERY angry granny yelling at me for taking him out in the snow. He was in a fleece snuggie thing that covers his legs and zips up to his chin and under a rain cover. She even tried to get the other Koreans to tell me too. A man who spoke English reiterated this where I showed him the fleece bag and told him that my son was warmer than him.
DH says that if I don't blow dry my hair immediately after getting out of the shower I will have migraines later in life.
I hate blow drying my hair, and my stylists used to give me such compliments on how healthy my hair was because I air dry. But now I blow dry just so DH can't say, "I told you so" every time I get a migraine (and I do get them, but that's just coincidence).
There is AC all over the place here. Malls and public indoor places are so cold that I need to carry around a sweater to wear inside even though it's 33 degrees outside.