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To ask why is dh's asthma OK in Corfu?

91 replies

Tuddlepops · 21/09/2024 12:39

We're here now and dh hasn't used his inhalers at all. Been here since Thursday. We've been before and dh didn't then either. We thought that must have been a one off?

It's mild asthma but he is a but wheezy at home. It came on very late in life.

Any ideas? It's rained so not been dry every day.

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Sparklesandbeer · 21/09/2024 12:55

Where I am from they used to send kids with asthma to beach summer camps covered by insurance.

It's the sea air.

DaveWatts · 21/09/2024 12:54

It's the same for DH - think it's to do with the sea air but also at home the air pollution isn't great and we also have a cat and quite a dusty house!

Jjiillkkf · 21/09/2024 12:53

Do you have pets at home?

RisingSunn · 21/09/2024 12:52

I find things like this so interesting. Quite a different example - but there is an elderly lady I know. In the UK - she needed to use a walking stick daily to get about.

Within one month in her country of origin (very warm climate) and she is walking completely unaided.

CocktailsAtNoon · 21/09/2024 12:50

DS1 and I both have chronic asthma and we have noticed that we don;t need to use inhalers in Greece and Cyprus (where we go every summer).

I think weather and lack of pollen/pollution. Of course, it used to be in Victorian times that people with breathing issues were encouraged to go to warm places 'for their chest' so not new.

Milkandacookie · 21/09/2024 12:48

Clean hotel building? A huge trigger is often dust mites - I was much better at uni where they cleaned our room every week (wa alike a hotel tbh).

Also he should be getting by day today withoht a wheeze. I think the preventer inhalers build up too so maybe to begin with without it's fine but that's why it's tricky when you get back?

If he's getting symptoms he probably needs to see the asthma nurse.

TheGirlattheBack · 21/09/2024 12:48

I’m assuming you’re on a beachy holiday? Ocean breezes clear the air of most pollutants and allergens. You’ll probably find his asthma is better on the coast in the uk too. Mine is.

BestZebbie · 21/09/2024 12:47

Do you have pets in your home?
Do the hotels have mopped/polished hard floors throughout, whereas in your house (esp. bedroom) you have carpets?
Is he spending a lot more time by the sea (e.g.: breathing warm fresh sea air without pollen and city dust in) than normal?

twistyizzy · 21/09/2024 12:46

For me, being beside the sea reduces my asthma. Plus no mould/spores from damp soggy leaves etc

ToBeOrNotToBee · 21/09/2024 12:45

Lack of pollution, different pollens, fresher air.

candycane222 · 21/09/2024 12:44

Common triggers that might be absent there /present at home depending on where you live and where you are staying include: traffic pollution; mould spores either from damp buildings or woodland or place of work eg some farming roles; NOx from gas cooking; pets; cleaning products at home or work. Or even possibly something he regularly eats at home that has been swapped for something more greek?

WaltzingWaters · 21/09/2024 12:44

I know someone who moved from UK to Canada and never needed to use their inhaler again!

Createausername1970 · 21/09/2024 12:44

My son has asthma and it's always bad in the UK in September, I assume it's particular pollen at this time of the year.

So maybe they don't have the same stuff in Corfu that acts as a trigger in the UK?

Onlyonekenobe · 21/09/2024 12:41

Same happens to my DS (not Corfu): there will be an airborne tree or grass allergen that your DH is allergic to that doesn’t exist where you are right now in Corfu. Rain always helps.

FrenchandSaunders · 21/09/2024 12:41

I don’t know the answer but I’m curious as I’ve just returned from Ibiza and I’m sitting here coughing and wheezing. Didn’t do that once over there.

BarbaraHoward · 21/09/2024 12:41

Probably the warm, dry weather or maybe the different pollen. Probably the weather though.

If he's regularly wheezy at home he should go back to his GP or asthma nurse - his preventers should stop that, so if they aren't they need to be changed.

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