Triggers Understanding triggers
Asthma UK information about asthma triggers and how to deal with them.
Asthma UK 'Understanding asthma triggers' web page
Alcohol
Asthma UK information on alcohol as a trigger for asthma.
Asthma UK 'Asthma and alcohol' web page
Emotions
Asthma UK information on how emotions can trigger asthma.
Female hormones
Asthma UK information on how female hormones can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Female hormones' web page
Moulds, fungi and damp
Moulds and damp
Asthma UK information on how moulds and damp can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Moulds and damp' web page
Mould, damp and the lungs
European Lung Foundation (ELF) information on how damp and mould can trigger asthma.
ELF 'Mould, damp and the lungs'web page
Recreational drugs
Asthma UK information on how recreational drugs can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Recreational drugs and asthma' web page
Stress and anxiety
Asthma UK information on how stress and anxiety can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Asthma and stress' web page
Colds and flu
Asthma UK information on how colds and flu can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Colds and flu' web page
Animals and pets
Animals, pets and asthma
Asthma UK information on how animals and pets can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Animals, pets and asthma' web page
Asthma and pets
My Lungs My Life (MLML) information on how pets can trigger asthma.
MLML 'Asthma and pets' web page
Exercise
Exercise general trigger information
Asthma UK information on how exercise can trigger asthma.
Exercise as a trigger
European Lung Foundation (ELF) information on exercise and how it affects the lungs.
ELF 'Your lungs and exercise' web page
Exercise and air quality
European Lung Foundation (ELF) information on exercise and air quality
ELF 'Exercise and air quality: 10 top tips' web page
Dust mites
Asthma UK information on how dust mites can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Dust mites' web page
Pollen
Asthma UK information on how pollen can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Pollen, hay fever and asthma' web page
Allergic rhinitis
European Lung Foundation (ELF) information how allergic rhinitis can trigger asthma.
ELF 'Allergic rhinitis and hay fever' web page
Sex
Asthma UK information on how sex can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'When sex triggers your asthma symptoms' web page
Weather
All weather
Asthma UK information on how the weather can trigger asthma.
Hot weather
British Lung Foundation (BLF) information on how to look after your lungs in hot weather.
BLF 'Hot weather' booklet (0.2 MB PDF)
Chest infections and asthma
Asthma UK information about how chest infections affect asthma symptoms.
Asthma UK 'Chest infections and asthma' web page
Food
Asthma UK information how food can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Food as an asthma trigger' web page
Indoor pollution
Indoor environment
Asthma UK information about how the indoor environment such as central heating and ventilation can affect asthma.
Asthma UK 'Indoor environment' web page
Indoor air pollution
British Lung Foundation (BLF) information about how indoor pollution such as central heating and ventilation can affect asthma.
BLF 'Indoor air pollution ' booklet (0.3 MB PDF)
Outdoor pollution
Air pollution and asthma
Asthma UK information about how pollution can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Air pollution and asthma' web page
Air pollution and your lungs
British Lung Foundation (BLF) information about how pollution affect asthma.
BLF 'Air pollution and your lungs' booklet (0.3 MB PDF)
Outdoor air pollution and the lungs
European Lung Foundation (ELF) information about outdoor air pollution and how it affects the lungs.
ELF 'Outdoor air pollution and the lungs' web page
Smoking
The benefits of stopping smoking
European Lung Foundation infographic on the benefits of stopping smoking.
ELF 'Quit smoking: the benefits' infographic (225 KB PDF)
Cigarette smoke
Asthma UK information on how smoking can trigger asthma.
Asthma UK 'Cigarette smoke' web page
Smoking and the lungs
European Lung Foundation (ELF) information about smoking and the lungs.
ELF 'Smoking and the lungs' web page
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