Triggers of Asthma
Now we have identified the triggers we can take precautions to avoid them. 
As well as being common sense, this is now recommended in a number of published guidelines on asthma care. All of the measures we take aim at giving the best possible quality of life, so we can avoid heavy medication regimes. One medication we do rely on is the reliever inhaler, as this seems to neutralise all but the most extreme triggers. This should be taken each day, but my daughter sometimes forgets, even on days when it is known that triggers will be experienced, for example cold air in winter. So part of the asthma management is to gently remind her it needs to be taken each day to prevent having to resort to heavier medication to sort out an asthma attack if it should have taken hold. As with most things relating to asthma it is worth discussing the options, on a regular basis, with your doctor and/or asthma nurse.An asthma trigger is anything that brings on the symptoms of asthma; it does not cause the asthma itself, but because asthma sufferers have sensitive airways, it causes an attack. Everyone’s asthma is different and may have several triggers. An important aspect of controlling asthma is avoiding triggers. There are a lot of well known common triggers, some asthma triggers are obvious in as much as they would probably cause some form of reaction from anyone. For example: extremely cold air, cigarette smoke or bonfire smoke, but there are also some that are not known.
So the first step in managing our daughter’s asthma was to understand the various asthma triggers that affected her. My daughter’s asthma triggers appear to be mainly:
(1) Emotions such as over excitement or stress
(2) Most cats, guinea pigs, some dogs and other furry/feathery animals, but not her pet rats.
(3) House dust.
(4) Common cold and flu viruses.
(5) Hayfever.
(6) Heat – hot weather or an over hot house
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