About Asthma

Bob Hughes asked:


triggers is the official name for those things that irritate your airways when you have asthma. The airways of a person with asthma are very sensitive to at least one particular thing. So, along with your asthma, you also get to have a list of asthma triggers. This list will be your very own. It will be different from other people’s list because asthma doesn’t follow any specific rules regarding what your airways will be sensitive to. As you will see from the list below, your asthma triggers can be almost anything. And you can also have more than one thing on your asthma triggers list.

There are some unpleasant consequences that occur when you come in contact with any of your asthma triggers.

Having asthma is sort of like being allergic to something. Many people are allergic to pollen, so pollen is on their ‘Allergic To’ list. At certain times of the year, pollen is pretty much everywhere so you are going to come in contact with it. If you are allergic to pollen, you are going to get stuck with certain allergy symptoms like sneezing, watery, itchy eyes, and congestion.

If a person with asthma gets exposed to something on their ‘Asthma Triggers’ list, they will also have to deal with some specific symptoms. The difference is that the symptoms you get with asthma can be life threatening. Asthma symptoms affect your ability to breathe. If these symptoms get bad enough your ability to breathe becomes a serious problem.

What kinds of things can be asthma triggers? A wide variety of things can be asthma triggers. And like I mentioned before, your list of triggers will probably be at least a little different than everyone elses. Even if the things on your list are the same as someone elses, the way that you are both affected by these things will not be the same. There are no specific rules that asthma has to follow so every case of asthma is very special.

I have compiled a list of some popular asthma triggers:

1. Food - could be any kind or type of food, even food additives or preservatives.

2. Air pollution - could be outside air pollution or even the air inside your home.

3. Aerosol sprays - pretty much any type of aerosol spray.

4. Animal dander - from any type of pets.

5. Exhaust fumes - from a car, machinery, equipment.

6. Chemicals - cleaning products are just combinations of different chemicals.

7. Cockroaches - could be their droppings or even their bodies.

8. Dust mites - they can be in your bedding, carpets, etc.

9. Gas fumes.

10. Grass, shrubs, trees, etc.

11. Mold - could be indoor or outdoor mold.

12. Pollen - any kind of pollen.

13. Smoke - cigarettes, stoves, etc.

Some Different Types of Things That Could Also Be Asthma Triggers

1. Weather - certain types like hot, dry, wet, cold, etc, or even a simple change in the weather.

2. Emotions - either good ones or bad ones

3. Exercise - anything that increases your breathing.

4. Other illnesses like a cold, the flu, etc.

5. GERD or even simple heartburn.

6. Medications - even things like aspirin.

These are some of the more common things that could be your asthma triggers. These examples are not every possible trigger, but enough to get you started figuring out what yours are.

You will definitely want to determine what your own asthma triggers are. You can’t avoid them until you figure out what they are. The only way to figure them out is by having an asthma attack.

When you have an attack, it is very important to write down everything about the time before the attack started. and compare it with the list of possible triggers listed above. It will probably take awhile, but figuring out your asthma triggers is an excellent way to reduce your number of asthma attacks.

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