{"id":12287,"date":"2025-07-25T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=12287"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:43:29","slug":"asthma-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/asthma-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Asthma in the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Summer can be a difficult season for people with asthma. The heat and humidity can affect airways, with the hot air causing them to tighten and narrow. This can trigger symptoms such as wheezing, breathing difficulty, shortness of breath, and other symptoms that increase the likelihood of asthma attacks. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, humid air is not only heavy and hard to breathe in, but it can trap irritants and allow allergens such as dust mites and mold to thrive and diminish air quality, triggering asthma symptoms. This effect occurs regardless of the type of asthma a person has. If a person has allergic asthma, they may find managing their asthma to be especially difficult in the summer. The same is true if a person has exercise-induced asthma and tends to be more active during the summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Asthma symptoms are usually more common in the fall and winter; however, summer creates unique risks as there are more causes of summer asthma. Causes of summer asthma symptoms include:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n