By Gina Carroll, Moms Clean Air Force Winter is a tough time for
children with asthma. As the temperature drops and kids are more
exposed to colds and flu germs at school, the opportunity for
asthma to be triggered greatly increases. And don’t forget
stress. The stress and anxiety of the winter holidays can be a
profound trigger that is often ignored, especially in children.
A study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology in 2005, called the steep increase in asthma
emergencies in the fall the “September epidemic,” because
researchers found what was already widely acknowledged among
health care professionals: fall and winter are allergy and
asthma high-alert, high-incidence periods. 3 Ways Winter Is
Tough on Kids With Asthma and Their Families 1. Kids are indoors
and exposed to more germs and pollutants. 2. Kids with asthma
miss more school in the colder months. 3. There are more
emergency room visits from asthma suffers. What Doctors Say
About Asthma In Winter If there is ever a time to b