Can you be exposed to wind during the flu?

During the flu, if the environment is relatively stuffy and your physical condition is good, you can generally have some exposure to air movement. However, if the environment is poor and your physical condition is weak, you should generally avoid exposure to air currents.

If a patient feels stuffy indoors during the flu, it's appropriate to properly use air conditioning or a fan for ventilation, but care should be taken to avoid direct exposure to air currents, to prevent muscle and joint pain or worsening of flu symptoms. Additionally, maintaining indoor air circulation helps reduce the virus concentration in the air, which benefits the patient's recovery.

If a patient is in a cold environment or personally feels weak, chilly, or has severe fever symptoms, exposure to air currents might worsen the illness, so air movement should generally be avoided at this time. In such cases, being chilled by air currents might lead to more severe respiratory symptoms, such as coughing and phlegm production. Moreover, if a patient has already developed severe complications, such as pneumonia or myocarditis, exposure to air currents might further exacerbate these complications.

Patients should pay attention to rest, drink more water, enhance nutrition, and improve their immunity to promote recovery from the illness.