asthma attack from impeding storm???

Just curious if anyone else has had asthma attacks brought on by strong weather systems moving through your area or am I just a freak? Also what about a kerosene heater, can they cause athma symptoms?

I am on 400mcg of pulmicort, 10mg singulair and my albuterol a lot recently. I can't seem to figure out what up.

Hi Kanani, welcome to Healingwell. I do believe that a kerosene heater can trigger an asthma attack because it emits fumes that can irritate the lungs. I'm no so sure about a weather system. I know that barometer changes can effect different people in different ways so who knows? Maybe it does affect your asthma.

I don't have asthma, my son does and his is acting up pretty bad to lately. Where do you live? My son is on Asmanex, Singulair, Allegra, and Allbuterol and it still seems he's always coughing. Oh and never feel silly about calling a doc up, asthma is serious business just like any other illness.

Kanani: Barometric pressure changes definitely can affect asthmatics. When a storm moves into an area (such as a hurricane, etc), the storm carries w/them spores from plants/mold/etc into areas which are not home to these triggers. Since it's a possible new trigger, an asthmatic can have a reaction. A good ex is a hurricane as they can originate half-way around the world and deposit various spores in all the areas it comes into contact ... like a tumbleweed. Do you have a HEPA filter on your a/c & heating system? This will clear your home air of approx 99% of these triggers.

Intended only for info and not med advise.