How To Avoid Asthma Triggers

How do I prevent asthma triggers?

Avoiding asthma triggers, although something that I recommend to my patients, are very often difficult to achieve. It's certainly hard to avoid pollens, such as grass pollens and tree pollens and wheat pollens, that are in the air that you breathe. Even more difficult to avoid are indoor allergens such as dust mites and animal dandruffs, which make up a greater part of the air that you breathe, and in many patients are almost unavoidable. Many patients also find that exercise, especially in cold air, tends to trigger their asthma. So we suggest that patients who have exercise-induced asthma breathe through their nose instead of through their mouth, because the nose tends to warm and humidify the air. Infections, again, very difficult to prevent, but it's very important for patients to know, if they have an infection, that they're at a higher risk to develop asthma symptoms, and may want to increase the frequency of their dose of their medication, with their doctor's recommendation.