Asthma and the cold

I know there was a posting on the old site about this, been out tonight till about 10.15 I notice when the temperature drops to say 3 degrees I have spells of going really weazy and tight chest, I remember alot of people had the same experiences when it was posted on old site, what was the suggestions to do apart from don’t go out.

For the cold weather I cannot recommend a Buff enough. I wear it doubled up over my mouth in a ninja style and it is superb. Without one I wouldn’t be able to ride during the winter months.

After the old posting I went in for an asthma review and switched drugs to Seretide. Since then my peak flow has incresed from 470 to 600. So cheers all for the heads up 😉

100 per cent with Archaic on the Buff endorsment for asthma sufferers. I couldn’t believe what a difference it made.

Yes to the buff and also be careful about what you eat beforehand – I’m more succeptible to asthma after drinking milk (sometimes – I go through phases) which is a fairly common one.

Make sure you take your medication before riding when it’s really cold, too.

I’ll be getting a Power Breathe – linky

Remember to wash buff regularly @ 60….all those bugs will grow and cause nasty throat/chest infections

You may not be asthmatic, it may be that the cold air is causing your airways to contract. Does asthma run in the family? This can be a decider if you have not shown symptoms in the past. Have you changed anything else in your normal routine like gained a pet, working in a dusty atmosphere, drinking different juices, wines, beer???

Go to asthma.org for more info.

My peak flow right at this moment is 550.

Go buy yourself a peak flow meter from a chemist and keep a daily chart, morn, noon and night. Keep a note of weather and anything irregular that you may do.

imo it`s all the fall-out from diesel engines causing the problem. A trigger for me anyway.

yup, swap cows milk for goats milk.
Cows milk also contributes to creating mucus.
As mike says take your inhaller 1/2hr or so before setting off on ride. Always makes that first hill easier!!!

what sort of inhaller do you use? I was put on a trial using seretide and don’t normally suffer any affects of asthma. the extreme cold does trigger a bit of breathing trouble, but not nearly as bad as before.

Not you guys, obviously – but it is quite amazing how many riders come for a ride with us and either fail to tell us they have asthma, or don’t bring a reliever inhaler on the ride – or both. Inhaler only weighs a few grammes!

still a lot of people seemingly embarrased to admit any form of illness..diabetes, asthma etc.

I use the salbutamol inhaler, and have been on to see about having it changed today, and also been out and purchased a buff today, going out in a min so will try and had inhaler as well, so we will see, has anyone any experience on the power breathe products?

I reluctantly began using a preventer inhaler morning and night (the brown inhaler) having suffered with both allergic and exercise-induced asthma for a long time. I never ride without a blue reliever inhaler and am amazed at anyone so stupid to not carry one if they have ever had issues – you could die from something so trivial after all.

The reliever inhaler has worked really well for me, I hardly ever use my blue inhaler these days. I do a lot of running, weights and the biking and my peak flow is right up there at about 700 iirc so pretty good.

Count that is exactly what i have been doing with the seretide for last 6 weeks after finally having a review at the doctors. Finally at the grand old age of 31 I fully understand the real benefits of the preventor and I have only used the ventolin 2-3 times since then.

Well got back in one piece, tried the buff, and I do think it made a difference, was quite a strong cold wind and the ground was stating to freeze up,had the inhaler as said half hour before and wore the buff and definatly noticed the difference, only ever used the inhaler when needed it in the past but will deinatly start using it before i set off, thanks for your advice.