Asthma triggers

Asthma attacks may include coughing, chest tightness, wheezing, and trouble breathing. An asthma attack can occur when you are exposed to things in the environment, such as house dust mites and tobacco smoke. It can be prevented by using inhalers.

Smoke: People who smoke cigarettes are more likely to get asthma. Both active and passive smoking makes the symptoms such as coughing and wheezing worse.

Dust: Dust particles in your surroundings, cold air, changes in temperature, humidity, bad weather such as thunderstorms, biomass smoke from burning wood, grass can also trigger an asthma attack.

Air pollution: Air pollutants such as smoke, ground level ozone, vehicle exhaust, and others are in the class of asthma triggers. Air pollutants are known as one of the main risk factors for developing asthma in urban environments.

Cockroach: Studies in the past have shown that children those who have cockroach droppings or cockroach particles in their homes are more likely to have childhood asthma than others.

Exercise: Strenuous exercise can cause a narrowing of the airways in about 80% of people with asthma. In some people, exercise is the main trigger for their asthma symptoms. If you have exercise-induced asthma, you will feel chest tightness, coughing, and difficulty breathing within the first five to eight minutes of an aerobic workout.

Preservatives: Food preservatives can also trigger asthma. Sulfite additives, such as sodium bisulfite, potassium bisulfite, sodium metabisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, and sodium sulfite, are commonly used in food processing or preparation and may trigger asthma.