Heat affects people with COPD New research to be presented at the International Congress of the European Respiratory Society shows that hotter weather is associated with worse symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

An analysis of data from 1,177 current and former COPD smokers in the United States showed that exacerbations of COPD increased approximately two days after the ambient temperature rises..

“We found that every one degree Celsius increase in ambient temperature was associated with a 2% increase in the likelihood of COPD flare-ups in patients over the next two days,” said co-author Dr. Supaksh Gupta, a research associate at the University of Washington..

This study was one of the few dedicated to the impact of ambient temperature on the risk of exacerbations of COPD.. The main strength of the work is the number of people included in the study who live in various major cities in the United States..

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