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Knowing and dealing with your personal asthma triggers can make an enormous difference to how well you are. It can mean better control on less medication, less chance of an asthma attack and healthier lungs both now and in the future. Avoiding triggers is now recommended as a very important step for people with asthma. A trigger is anything which brings on or worsens your asthma symptoms. Not everyone has the same triggers, but there are many common ones including, house dust mite, pollen, exercise and the weather. Most people with asthma have a number of different triggers. Identifying your triggers is not always easy; you may encounter several in one day, and sometimes the effects can come on slowly several hours later. Monitoring your asthma at home can help you to identify your triggers. Once you have identified them you can take precautions to avoid them. In reality, this will not always possible, so another option is to take medication before you come into contact with your known trigger; this can protect you and prevent your symptoms from coming on. You can obtain more detailed information by going to the commonly asked questions below. What is a trigger? Why should I get to know my triggers? Why can identifying my triggers be difficult? How can I identify my triggers? What can I do about them?

Topic "Take Control" Updated 14th August 2003

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