heat/humid asthma

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I know several serious asthmatics who complain of pain in their lungs

or really tight lungs or shortness of breath with hot, humid

weather. All of them are older, and have had serious ashtma or

emphysema for a long time. None has been given a real explanation by

their doc about the reaction to heat/humidity.

I, however, have the same reaction to seriously cold weather. I have

heard of cold-triggered asthma. So I assume that there is

heat/humidity triggered asthma. If anyone else on the board has info

about this, PLEASE do share. I know there are more folks out there

than Kathy who'd like your info.

Addy

> This is in response to questions I've gotten about the

pet posting policy.

>

> Two years ago, Doug instituted the requirement that all posts be

> approved by one of the moderators. There are three reasons for this:

>

> 1) We get a lot of attempts to posts ads for products that are not

> legitimate. We don't want those kinds of posts or spam posts coming

> into the group.

>

> 2) The primary purpose of the group is to share information about

> Xolair and to provide support for folks with SERIOUS allergic

asthma.

> No " Lightweights " here.

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> 3) To avoid the kind of drama that some of us have seen in posts on

> the WebMd board. We want a group that is supportive of other group

> members, without any " flame " messages or any of that kind of thing.

>

> Practically speaking, we moderators cannot moderate discussions

about

> all areas of the allergic world. We don't have that kind of time. So

> we have to prioritize issues the best we can. For instance, the

> discussion on vacuum cleaners was a short one that led to a couple

of

> people posting info about allergy supply companies. That's helpful;

> it make sense. However, if we started getting a bunch of posts about

> which pillow protectors we all use, I really think that would send

us

> screaming. (Terry, don't even think about it.)

>

> We have also ended the black box warning discussions (at least,

until

> there is an update) and invited new members who've been posting

> questions about this to read the past posts on the subject.

>

> I agree that it would behoove many of you to have a discussion about

> non-allergic pets. Feel free to email each other or for someone to

> start a post on the webmd allergy or asthma support board - those

are

> unmoderated and the way that they work allows folks to not even look

> at posts they don't want to read. Many of our members get an

> individual email for posts from this board and therefore can't opt

out

> of participation without taking time to look at each post.

>

> So, please share your love for your pets, reptile, feline, canine,

> equine, bovine, or otherwise with each other by email or through

> webmd. Just not here.

>

> Thank you for your understanding,

>

> Addy

> Group co-owner

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