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10. Emotions
Strong emotions can affect your body as much as your mind. For asthmatics, a sudden streak of excitement or a crying spell can lead to very fast and uncontrolled breathing (hyperventilation), and that can trigger your airways to react. Luckily, managing your emotions and managing your respiratory health go hand-in-hand; consider taking a meditation class, incorporating gentle yoga, and finding good visualization exercises that help you center your breath and calm your mind at the same time. If you find that your changing emotions are too much to control, talk to your doctor about adapting your medication to help stay on an even keel.
Asthma symptoms brought on by environmental triggers can be unpredictable, even if you’ve reacted to the allergen or situation before. While you may have had a mild reaction to a certain food, type of plant, or other allergen in the past, there’s no guarantee that your reaction will be as mild next time, so it’s important to get your asthma under control, and always have a rescue inhaler when you’re around asthma triggers.
Read more about avoiding triggers over the holiday season over at NewLifeOutlook.
There are different subtypes of asthma based on the cause, and allergy-induced asthma is one of the most common forms of asthma.
