Strong emotions triggering an asthma flare

This can be a tough time of year - holiday work parties, making treats for the neighbors, trying to take a family photo, being stuck in an airport, or in a long line of traffic trying to leave the city.

Did you know strong emotions can trigger an asthma flare up?

What are strong emotions anyway?

Anger, crying, laughter, yelling, fear, etc.

And there can be plenty of those emotions this time of year!  

So, what do you do? There's always going to be anger, especially if you commute to work (why do people insist on not using their blinker to change lanes? And they can't wait to merge but instead cut off other drivers?) I don't get it!

Crying can be common this time of year. It's hard to keep up with holiday expectations and you may be forced to spend time with family members who you didn't get along with as a kid, and you still don't.

Laughter - okay, there is nothing funner for me than watching a good movie. Or listening to The Hubby telling his dorky jokes or spouting one-liners from movies. A good laugh will start, but will quickly end up with coughing from an asthma attack.

Yelling - see above story about idiot drivers....

Fear. We had a series of faulty water heaters that flooded the basement a few times. Can I tell you the fear of walking down to the basement and stepping in water?? The last time The Hubby went to the home improvement store to replaced the water heater (still under warranty), the store said they were no longer carrying that brand because they had so many problems with it. Now they tell us?

Life can be a roller coaster. If know that strong emotions can trigger an asthma attack for you, make sure you still enjoy life - but keep your Albuterol inhaler or nebulizer handy!