Cold feeling in throat and chest when breathing

In theory, stepping outside and sucking in a few lungfuls of cold air sounds invigorating. It should energize you enough to climb a mountain, open a salsa jar on the first try, or accomplish some other admirable feat.

Instead, it can just feel like you’ve inhaled a lit match.

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Here’s why this absurd and unfair reality exists, plus what you can do if you’d rather not feel the burn.

The problem with cold air isn’t just that it’s chilly. That jerk is usually dry, too.

It’s all about how cold, dry air interacts with your airways and lungs, Jonathan Parsons, M.D., director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells SELF.

(Your airways are tubes that carry, well, air between your nose, mouth, and lungs, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) explains.)

When you breathe in cold air, it can irritate your airways, causing their muscles to constrict, Purvi Parikh, M.D., an allergist/immunologist with Allergy & Asthma Network and NYU Langone Health, tells SELF.

This phenomenon is known as a b

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