Query

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Anyone know if secondhand smoke is likely to have an impact on developing asthma? I'm obese too, which doesn't help.

Deborah

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Deborah - the answer to your question is a resounding YES !!!!! Smoke is THE most common asthma trigger ; simply being in a room with smokers makes me ill to the point of requiring a nebulizer treatment .... I can smell a smoker at about 6 feet and just the residue on a smokers clothes , skin and hair is enough to make me ill . I am not alone ; this is a really tough problem because it is often difficult for smokers to understand that they are making you sick by being close to you even if they don't smoke in your presence . You should allow no smoking in your home or auto and if a smoker lives with you ask you DR to talk with them and explain that by their smoking they are causing you to be ill ; even the clothes of a smoker are a trigger so if you live with a smoker you may be unable to keep your asthma under control , require more steroids for longer periods = more chronic inflammation earlier lung scarring , earlier or otherwise avoidable advance of your asthma to chronic bronchitis and emphysema .

teresa

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Anyone know if secondhand smoke is likely to have an impact on developing asthma? I'm obese too, which doesn't help.

Deborah

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& Deborah - More importantly, in someone WITHOUT asthma, second-hand

smoke can create enough lung dysfunction to cause asthma as a disease, not just

an attack. Parents of children and infants are warned repeatedly not to smoke

around children just because of this. My ex-son-in-law smoked in his computer

area which was next to my granddaughter. He smoked in his bedroom when my

daughter was on an overseas assignment. They both had smoking friends in the

house, although my daughter kept pushing them onto the patio to smoke. They

did, but left the sliding doors open. Would be nice if we could prove this is

why my precious granddaughter has asthma.

All 3 of the others live with a father that blatantly smokes in the house (and

he is mine!!!). All 3 have breathing problems, develop upper respiratories at

the drop of a tissue and probably have asthma but no one is taking me seriously

there, including the pediatrician.

Both my sibs smoked and their spouses smoked and all their kids have had asthma

since early childhood. Smoking was not all over in my home, for my eldest there

was no smoking in the house or apartment until I remarried when she was 9. For

the baby, there was very controlled smoking, like in a bathroom with the window

open, in the livingroom with the windows open and the joining door shut and only

when the kids were all in bed. We have asthma in the eldest that just came up

in the last 4 years--probably from living with a smoker, but maybe from military

chemicals and dust. My other daughter is asthma free and my step-son smokes

like a chimney and has breathing problems.

So it can aggravate it and it can completely cause it.

Gib

(choking on the latest range fire in CenTex)

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Yes Gib , I know that ;My first grandchild is due in 4 weeks and though my DILs family all smoke - even her Mom is not allowed to smoke in the house If a smoker is at the front door they are told to get that smoke away from the house LOL

My son and his wife are hoping to keep this baby away from the things that trigger asthma ...... the problem lies in educating non asthmatics . The non asthmatic general population sees asthma as something entirely different from what it actually is so they don't take the proper precautions to protect themselves and their kids .old notions die hard.

teresa

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& Deborah - More importantly, in someone WITHOUT asthma, second-hand smoke can create enough lung dysfunction to cause asthma as a disease, not just an attack. Parents of children and infants are warned repeatedly not to smoke around children just because of this. My ex-son-in-law smoked in his computer area which was next to my granddaughter. He smoked in his bedroom when my daughter was on an overseas assignment. They both had smoking friends in the house, although my daughter kept pushing them onto the patio to smoke. They did, but left the sliding doors open. Would be nice if we could prove this is why my precious granddaughter has asthma.All 3 of the others live with a father that blatantly smokes in the house (and he is mine!!!). All 3 have breathing problems, develop upper respiratories at the drop of a tissue and probably have asthma but no one is taking me seriously there, including the pediatrician.Both my sibs smoked and their spouses smoked and all their kids have had asthma since early childhood. Smoking was not all over in my home, for my eldest there was no smoking in the house or apartment until I remarried when she was 9. For the baby, there was very controlled smoking, like in a bathroom with the window open, in the livingroom with the windows open and the joining door shut and only when the kids were all in bed. We have asthma in the eldest that just came up in the last 4 years--probably from living with a smoker, but maybe from military chemicals and dust. My other daughter is asthma free and my step-son smokes like a chimney and has breathing problems.So it can aggravate it and it can completely cause it.Gib(choking on the latest range fire in CenTex) __________________________________________________________________Make A Buck Or Two @ TheMail.com - Free Internet EmailSign-up today at http://www.themail.com/ref.htm?ref=648258