Asthma Triggers

COMMON CAUSE OF ASTHMA ATTACKS

ALLERGIES
Food, pollens, animals, feathers, insect body parts and feces, sulfites (food preservatives), dust

DUST
Cloth, upholstered furniture, bedding, carpets, draperies, brooms, dirty air filters on furnaces and air conditioners, pets.

EMOTIONS
Fear, anger, frustration, laughing too hard, crying, coughing, stress

EXERCISE
Wheezing may begin after overexertion, exercising in cold weather.

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
Vapors from cleaning supplies, paints, solvents, sprays from furniture polish, starch, cleaners, room deodrizers.

INFECTIONS
Colds, other viruses: Bronchitis, Tonsillitis, Sinusitis.

EMPLOYMENT
Dust, vapors, or fumes from wood products, flour, cereals, coffee, tea, grains, metals, soldering fumes, welding fumes, cotton, flax, hemp, mold.

AIR POLLUTION
Changes in the weather, traffic jams, smog, parking jams, smoke filled rooms.

SMOKE
From cigarettes, cigars, pipes, second hand smoke.

WEATHER
Exercising in cold air, changes in the seasons.