Is it okay to sleep with a ceiling fan on?

[Catmusicfan]

We have a ceiling fan above our bed. Right now to cold for a/c but last night I got hot. I figure have the fan on low tonight and I won't get hot. But of course my mother has always taught me. Don't sleep with a fan breeze directly on you. You'll get sick. So is the old Wife's tale correct or does it need to be put to bed?

[shenmue]

1. I use one every day

Not sick.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. You'll live -- and sleep quite comfortably.

[htuttle]

3. If humans couldn't tolerate sleeping in a breeze, we would have gone extinct long ago.

[madaboutharry]

4. A ceiling fan will not get you sick.

You don't get sick from a breeze. You get sick from bacteria and viruses. So sleep comfortably.

[Best_man23]

5. Its Just Fine to Sleep with the Fan On

And, it consumes far less power than your A/C system.

Ceiling and box fans were the only coolerators available when I was growing up in S. Fla. Family could not afford A/C.

[Shrike47]

11. I grew up near Pasadena, Ca. Nobody had air conditioning, you just lived with it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Old wives' tale. If you get uncomfortable turn it down or off.

If you're hot and the fan is helping you cool off, leave it on. It won't give you a cold or anything else. My second floor, especially my bedroom, gets pretty hot in the afternoon even with my little bitty AC running so sometimes I leave a small fan on, pointed right at me. It's never done me any harm at all.

[drray23]

7. thats what we do every night.nt.

[Zoonart]

8. Make sure that you keep the fan blades and

Housing clean or they can circulate allergens.
Also...it can disturb your chi...if you are sensitive to that sort of thing.

[Iggo]

9. Can't get you sick. It can give you a sore throat, though.

[panader0]

10. I've had pleurisy before, sleeping with a cool breeze on my bare back.

It was quite painful, but I'm sure it wasn't just the breeze. Phlegm--ugh.
Pleurisy is an infection (I think) in the pleural lining around the lungs.
The pain can stop you in your tracks.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pleurisy/symptoms-causes/dxc-20265015

[Lochloosa]

13. Worse pain in the world. I was pulling the carpet out with hands.

[panader0]

21. Well, I'm 66 and have never had kidney stones.

I think that could be worse. I have a well, and the water tastes great.
But I'm afraid to drink too much of it because it's has high lime and
calcium. The stuff of stones.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. I had that once - it's just miserable.

It's like getting stabbed in the ribs whenver you breathe in; and whatever you do, don't cough!

[Warpy]

12. I couldn't sleep at my folks' place in Florida without one

and I didn't keep it on "low," either.

Your mother might have been a wonderful woman, but she was wrong. It's an old wives' tale.

[liberal N proud]

14. Before we had ac, we had ceiling fans

They were saviors.

[sarisataka]

15. Does it have steel blades

and you sleep on a bunk bed?

[rusty quoin]

23. Ha. We put a bunk bed in my son's room and of course removed the fan.

Years later he went back to a regular bed and we reinstalled the fan. I love ceiling fans.

[Docreed2003]

16. Put it to bed...with the fan on!! ;-)

[procon]

17. I've used one for decades; still alive and kicking.

Surely you can visit your local potion shop and get a charm to hang over your bed to keep the evils of the night airs at bay?

[Generic Brad]

18. It better be

I put mine on high every night.

[Oubaas]

20. I Might Be Doomed...

If it's not all right, I'm probably doomed. I've been doing it for years.

But my wife is a medical professional and she sleeps under it with me, so I'm assuming that it's fine.

[peacebuzzard]

22. I prefer ceiling fans to a/c, my fans are always on

This time of year, 24/7.

[Skittles]

24. it's fine

don't put it at top speed as it can irritate your eyes / mouth

make sure you have the direction correct

(I googled)
In the summer, ceiling fan blades should rotate in a counterclockwise or "forward" direction to create cool downward airflow. In the winter, fan blades should rotate in a clockwise or "reverse" direction to redistribute warm air, which naturally rises to the top of the ceiling.J

[democratisphere]

25. Do it all the time.

No Illnesses yet.

[Lint Head]

26. We leave ours on all the time. It helps distribute the a.c. and

heat evenly. Doing it for years. We have vaulted ceilings and keeps heat from gathering in the ceiling. Then we reverse them to distribute cool in the summer.

[Alice11111]

27. I need it when it's very hot, but my physicist SO disabled it.

" I dunno why it doesn't work," but I need to go work on my physics journal publication. Deadline, you know."


I think being so hot that my hair is wet is much more likely to give me a cold.

[chillfactor]

28. I use mine all the time and I sleep like a baby. n/t

[Laffy Kat]

29. Best sleeping in the world, sleeping with moving air above you.

That's how I sleep.

[AJT]

30. Am I the only one who can't stand the air blowing on them?

It gives me a terrible headache.

[Liberty Belle]

31. We have them in 3 bedrooms at our house, and use them often.

We've all been healthy.

[Redlineoverdrive]

32. You will be fine as long as it doesn't fall on you!

[OnDoutside]

33. Definitely keep the blades clean, and don't turn the speed up too high.

[Doug the Dem]

34. Sleep WITH a Ceiling Fan?

NO!

[RestoreAmerica2020]

36. Better take mom's advice...have a good night. Paz.

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[Orrex]

37. Only if you're braced for a revolution

[zanana1]

38. I have three fans on me all night.

I get too warm if the temp reaches 70, so I use fans all the time. They're all pointed straight at me. During a heat wave, they're about four feet away from me. I'm 65 and I ain't dead yet.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Same Here

It's not 3 it's just one of those tower fans one can buy at any department store. (Lesko, i think.) But, i ALWAYS have it pointed right at me.

I have one in the bedroom and one in the rec room in case i fall asleep on the couch.

[madokie]

39. We have a ceiling fan in every room

and we never turn any of them off. I always keep them turning where they push the air up and out towards the walls so you never feel a draft from one. Summer or winter.

Only room we don't have one is the kitchen but it's right beside the dining room which does have one. Again up and out, not down

[In_The_Wind]

41. I sleep with the fan on. I have trouble sleeping without it.

[Coventina]

42. I sleep with my ceiling fan on every single night.

I couldn't live without it!!