Can you get sick from sleeping with a fan on.

[ICRS]

They say it drops your body temperature and makes you very sick, and can even kill you from hypothermia. I know the kill part is bullshit, but can it really make you very sick?

 

[Capt Caveman]

No

 

[BlueAcolyte]

See the microwave thread for the answer.

 

[PowerEngineer]

That must be why so many bedrooms have ceiling fans... :laugh:

 

[SagaLore]

If you know that part of the statement is bullshit, then logically you must throw out the complete statement.

 

[xanis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

That fans contribute to hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature.[1] As the metabolism slows down at night, one becomes more sensitive to temperature,[citation needed] and thus supposedly more prone to hypothermia. If the fan is left on all night in a sealed and enclosed room, believers in fan death suppose that it will lower the temperature of the room to the point that it can cause hypothermia. Empirical measurements will show, however, that the temperature in the room does not fall, at least not due to the fan; if at all, it should rise slightly because of friction and the heat output of the fan motor, but even this is generally not significant. Fans actually make one cooler by increasing the convection around a person's body so that heat flows from them to the air more easily, and by the latent heat of vaporisation as perspiration evaporates from the body. However, there is no scientific study which indicates that this effect would be sufficient to cause hypothermia unless the temperature were already very low (in which case, there would be no need for a fan anyway).

 

[phonefreak]

no it cant make you sick, unless you have the air on or something that is actually lowering the temperature instead of just moving air. Even if the temperature is lowering, it would have to be pretty cold to get you sick.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I always sleep with a fan on. Have been doing this for years now. It's to the point where I almost can't sleep without one. No problems so far.

 

[Shawn]

LOL. I sleep with my fan on every night.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: Xanis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

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I've always been fascinated how people in Korea believe such utterly ridiculous stuff like that.

 

[jjones]

I haven't been sick in probably 10 years or so and I sleep with a fan on almost every single night. There's maybe a month's worth of nights during the winter time here that I don't use a fan.

 

[TehMac]

It is partially true. When I have the fan on and the temp of the house drops, my room is very cool. This can be bad if I'm not wearing a shirt, but I find when I am, I'm fine. Usually what happens is that all the dust the damn thing blows around is what gets me sneezy in the morning and if its really bad, I catch a cold.

I only put the fan in the summer time, or when its really blasted hot--which is usually in the summer time.

 

[Throckmorton]

Yes you can. Being cold CAN make you sick, because there are always bacteria at the back of your throat. If the temperature there drops a few degrees, your immune system is less effective

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Xanis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

That fans contribute to hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature.[1] As the metabolism slows down at night, one becomes more sensitive to temperature,[citation needed] and thus supposedly more prone to hypothermia. If the fan is left on all night in a sealed and enclosed room, believers in fan death suppose that it will lower the temperature of the room to the point that it can cause hypothermia. Empirical measurements will show, however, that the temperature in the room does not fall, at least not due to the fan; if at all, it should rise slightly because of friction and the heat output of the fan motor, but even this is generally not significant. Fans actually make one cooler by increasing the convection around a person's body so that heat flows from them to the air more easily, and by the latent heat of vaporisation as perspiration evaporates from the body. However, there is no scientific study which indicates that this effect would be sufficient to cause hypothermia unless the temperature were already very low (in which case, there would be no need for a fan anyway).

However, the fan blowing does evaporate any moisture on your skin more quickly. In doing so, it cools your body and does not necessarily have to cool the room. In that manner, it can decrease your body temperature, although I'm not sure if it would be significant enough to get you sick. If you get sick, then your immune system sucks, pretty much

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: ICRS
They say it drops your body temperature and makes you very sick, and can even kill you from hypothermia. I know the kill part is bullshit, but can it really make you very sick?

if you get sick then they should be able to just give you a bowl of chicken noodle soup to cure you.

Just don't ever have them come to your college health class to fight their beliefs on these matters. I speak from experience and a good thing tasers weren't popular then.

 

[marvdmartian]

Tell them it's not true. The fan can only make you UNDEAD. Ought to give them pause for reflection!

 

[hiromizu]

My grandmother believes this too so whenever I slept with the fan on while back in Japan during the summers (since there's no AC where she lives), she'd kick my ass.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Yes you can. Being cold CAN make you sick, because there are always bacteria at the back of your throat. If the temperature there drops a few degrees, your immune system is less effective

But it won't kill you from lack of oxygen.

 

[slpaulson]

I always sleep with a fan on me, and I haven't been sick other than food poisoning or mild colds in several years.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Shawn
LOL. I sleep with my fan on every night.

The fan fails. You're suppose to be dead.

 

[sandorski]

Fact: Everyone who has ever slept with a Fan on has died or will die!

You have been warned!!!

 

[Gothgar]

I can't sleep WITHOUT a fan, and I very very rarely get sick. I can think of 3 times I've been sick in the past 15 years.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: slpaulson
I always sleep with a fan on me, and I haven't been sick other than food poisoning or mild colds in several years.

 

[mattocs]

Haha, I was just laughing with a friend last night about how ridiculous Fandeath is.


HAHAHAHA.

 

[ICRS]

So we know it can't kill you, but can it cool your body enough to make you very ill.