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Does winter trigger your asthma?

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JosephineO

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16/11/2018 at 17:00

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Hello everyone,

Now that the weather is getting colder (bbrrr!) do you find that the colder weather triggers your asthma? Do you think that you get colds and flus much more easily because of your asthma?

Please share and discuss :)

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19/11/2018 at 17:15

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Touch wood so far this year the cold weather hasn't effected me but in the past I would always be much worse. Usually by now I would have had at least 1 bout of bronchitis but I haven't had any problems so far My son is the same, he rarely gets problems with asthma but is prone to bronchitis and pneumonia sometimes in the winter.

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Janet Collins

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2018-11-19 17:15:25

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28/11/2018 at 17:25

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Always, normally I have more antibiotics during winter than the rest of the year put together

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Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2018-11-28 17:25:00

JanetteR

29/11/2018 at 12:33

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Often develop chest infections that end up on my chest. I find it's contrasting temperatures between outside and indoors (especially public transport/shops) that play havoc with my breathing not just the extreme cold or damp.

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2018-11-29 12:33:39

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15/12/2018 at 11:12

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Yes it does as I remember one year we had a really bad winter and I went through one and a half inhalers. Fortunately I had enough inhalers to see me through the winter and the holidays like I have now.

I have lost of how many inhalers I have tho and they r all still in date as I was told by the asthma nurse at my doctors to get rid of out of date inhalers as they are dangerous as they probably won't work.

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TJ Bennett

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2018-12-15 11:12:12

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21/12/2018 at 17:43

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@sophiesmum It triggers my asthma too and I have to use a lot of inhalers as well. The joy of asthma!

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Benjam23

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2018-12-21 17:43:57

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@Benjam23‍ I agree. I only have one inhaler which is my reliever inhaler.

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TJ Bennett

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2019-01-17 20:31:41

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06/02/2019 at 13:28

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My son has just come back from Australia and the change from Air conditioning to central heating combined with coming back to a cold snap has played havoc with his asthma

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Janet Collins

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Sylvia

27/02/2019 at 14:00

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I was at the drs last week thinking i had a chest infection and he said my chest is clear it is my asthma causing mt breathing problems.xxxx

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Sylvia Reynolds

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2019-02-27 14:00:26

JanetteR

01/03/2019 at 12:22

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I thought it was the cold air triggering chest infections/breathlessness in recent years but last year went to Slovenia in February where the air was much colder and I was fine so I'm now thinking it's more to do with the quality of the air than the temperature. Extremes and constant changing temperatures can be tricky for me especially if I haven't fully recovered from a chest infection.

Does winter trigger your asthma? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-winter-trigger-your-asthma-2630 2019-03-01 12:22:32

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