SMART CHOICE
Asthma treatment and control
- Published: 16/01/2012 at 08:48 AM
- Newspaper section: Life
Change of weather, in particular the contrast between day and night may have an impact on people with asthma, a condition mainly caused by the constriction of muscles around the airways that then become inflamed, narrow and fill with mucus.
"In fact extreme weather can be an asthma trigger in people who are sensitive to not only cold but also hot climate," said Dr Saipin Littikote, a pediatrician at Mahasarakham Hospital. "A change in temperature _ up or down _ can set off a bronchial spasm, which can become bronchitis that can lead to such symptoms as wheezing, coughing, feeling tight in the chest that make it difficult to breath."
Asthma symptoms often strike at night during sleep.
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- Writer: Sukhumaporn Laiyok
- Position: Reporter
