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Mustang5 - 18 Jul 2006 21:47 GMT

Does heat and humidity affect the degree of asthma? It is so hot here it
seems like I can hardly breathe, but I don't know if it's the heat/humidity
causing it.

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Melanie - 23 Jul 2006 03:44 GMT

> Does heat and humidity affect the degree of asthma? It is so hot here it
> seems like I can hardly breathe, but I don't know if it's the heat/humidity
> causing it.

Last night it was over 85 American degrees and I woke up in the middle
of the night and couldnt breathe. I had even taken meds before going to
sleep and they were useless. It's possible I ate something I am
allergic to though. I took them all again and waited 2 hours then could
finally sleep.

I get tired of that, "I think I ate something I am allergic to".

Well, all the carpet has been ripped out of my bedroom now.

We'll see if there's any improvment tonight! What a hot day for a home
reno project! LOL

~Melanie

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00doc - 23 Jul 2006 15:59 GMT

>> Does heat and humidity affect the degree of asthma? It is so hot here it
>> seems like I can hardly breathe, but I don't know if it's the
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> allergic to though. I took them all again and waited 2 hours then could
> finally sleep.

It could be something in the room. Covering the mattresses and pillows,
taking out the carpet, remove the "dust traps" etc are goo dideas.

> I get tired of that, "I think I ate something I am allergic to".

It could be. There is such a thing as a delayed allergic reaction that
happens 8 hours or so after the exposure. I went through a period where I
was waking up every night at 3 am wheezing. We finally figured out it was a
milk allergy. The allergist had diagnosed it as a dust mite allergy with
great confidence. My father apparently had gone through the same thing at
the same age and he recognised it as soon as I mentioned it to him.

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