How cold is too cold?

[kat_h]

I find dry air is easier on my asthma. Last week I had the bike out for two days and both days I needed a cup of tea for my throat afterwards, but I didn't have an asthma attack. By contrast when I was living in England or Germany, or when I've visited Vancouver in the winter, I have a lot of trouble with asthma.

[OakLeaf]

I have allergic asthma, but no one who doesn't know me well would know I have it. Asthma doesn't have to be a choking, inhaler-grabbing, land in the ER thing. It can be fairly subtle, like mine (and it's plenty, and thank goodness I don't have that severe kind).

Generally I'm much better in dry, cooler environments. That could be simply because allergens are lower (damp breeds mold and dust mites, and warm breeds pollen).

But the main thing is, any time I'm exercising I'm MUCH better, because my immune system is suppressed.

I know cold, dry weather is awful for people with EIA, but I'm really not sure the same is true for people with allergic asthma.

[indysteel]

I hope my comment about my friend's asthma wasn't seen as dismissive of asthma as a serious condition. It's just that my friend complains about a lot of ailments that I've seen zero evidence and it's made me a bit skeptical of her. The slightest twinge, ache, tickle, etc. sends her to the doctor, to bed, to the massage therapist, prevents her from exercising, etc. She's almost always "fighting" something. I've known her for about 7 years, however, and have only actually seen her truly sick a handful of times. It's actually a bit of a running joke in our circle. Even her family, which includes several doctors, chides her about it. So, when she said she had asthma after having never mentioned it before, I had to raise my eyebrow.