Pediatric Asthma Triggers
This information was reviewed and approved by Ronina A. Covar, MD (6/1/2017).
What Things Make Asthma Worse & How Can You Control Them?
Children with asthma may have airways that are chronically inflamed (swollen).
Therefore, the airways are sensitive to things that make asthma worse. Things that make asthma worse are often called asthma triggers.
These asthma triggers, either singly or together, cause symptoms in children with asthma.
Identifying and controlling or treating things that make asthma worse are essential to good asthma management.
Things that can make asthma worse include:
Examples of irritants include smoke, aerosol sprays, strong odors, dust and air pollution.
Examples allergens include pollens, mold spores, animal dander from feathered or furry animals, dust mites and cockroaches.
The things that make asthma worse often vary from child to child. Controlling and/or treating multiple things that make asthma worse are often needed. Avoidance of just one is often not enough.
Clinical Trials
- ADRN-12/LEADS (Longitudinal Endotyping of Atopic Dermatitis Through Transcriptomic Skin Analysis)
- Evaluating Skin Barrier Changes in Food Allergy
- Identifying Characteristics and Patterns of Asthma
- MyAI Registry for People with Adrenal Insufficiency
- Potential Treatment for Dry Skin in Pediatric Eczema Patients
- SEAL Study: Stopping Eczema and Allergy
- Skin, Airway & Esophageal Epithelial Barriers in Youth
- SUNBEAM: Studying Allergy Development in Babies
- Understanding Allergy Development in Infants
- Understanding Reproductive Health Concerns in Men with CF
- Understanding Skin Problems from Eczema and Food Allergies