The winter weather is forthcoming. For many of the more than 1.6 million asthma sufferers in the Netherlands this is a period when asthma symptoms get worse. The transition from the living room nice and warm to cold air, many patients suffer from shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing in the chest. Research by TNS NIPO shows that 84% of asthma patients experience that asthma symptoms get worse by cold. Some patients avoid outdoor activities even in cold or remain indoors as much as possible. A good treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies in combination with some helpful tips to the complaints in the winter as far as possible. "If it is very cold, I can not outwards, because it is like my lungs clenched," said one of the respondents. Besides cold fungi can also cause problems. By the winter moisture is the amount of fungi in and around the house again. Another respondent said: "In certain fungi first start stabbing my eyes to tears and then I start to sneeze. It seems as if I move from one to another time have an attack of hay fever. " These fungi, which are often not visible, in patients with asthma may provide significant complaints.
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