Interactive: Common Asthma Triggers
with Glenn F. Ragalie, M.D., Pulmonary Specialist with Columbia St. Mary's and Dr. Tobias Enright, M.D., Allergy/Immunology Specialist with Advanced Healthcare

Related Information: • Type of Asthma • What is Asthma • Tips to Prevent an Attack • Asthma & Aging • Asthma & Women • Ozone & Asthma Dr. Glenn F. Ragalie, Pulmonary Medicine Specialist with Columbia St. Mary's "Modifying an environment by lessening irritants may reduce the intensity of asthma attacks. However, not everyone can modify their environment or will improve if they do. I don't want people to feel guilty if their modifications do not work because there is no guarantee that the environment is the key."

One of the things people diagnosed with asthma are asked to do is become aware of the times when they have attacks and try to see connections. That connection may be found in a person's home.

For example, someone who is symptom-free at work but begins coughing a few hours after getting home might assume that something in the home environment is an asthma trigger.

Here are a few of the most common triggers found in just one area of the home, the bedroom:

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