Title: 13 Symptoms of Asthma during Pregnancy, Safe Medications & Treatments
Headings: Asthma during Pregnancy Symptoms, Safe Medications, and Triggers
Asthma during Pregnancy Symptoms, Safe Medications, and Triggers
Facts about and Definition of Asthma during Pregnancy
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What Should I Do If I'm Pregnant and Have a Severe Asthma Attack?
How Is Asthma during Pregnancy Treated?
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Content: However, each woman with asthma responds differently to pregnancy. You may have milder symptoms or more severe symptoms, or your symptoms may be pretty much what they are when you aren't pregnant. In general, asthma triggers are the same during pregnancy as at any other time. Like the situation with asthma symptoms, during pregnancy sensitivity to triggers may be increased, decreased, or stay about the same. These differences are attributed to changes in hormones during pregnancy. Common triggers of asthma attacks include the following: Respiratory infections such as a cold, flu, bronchitis, and sinusitis: Both bacterial and viral infections can trigger an asthma attack. Cigarette smoke (firsthand or secondhand)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD ), or regurgitation of stomach contents up the esophagus or "food pipe"
Smoke from cooking or wood fires
Emotional upset
Food allergies
Allergic rhinitis ( hay fever or seasonal allergies)
Changes in weather, especially cold, dry air
Exercise
Strong smells, sprays, perfumes
Allergic reactions to certain chemicals
Allergic reaction to cosmetics, soaps, shampoos
Allergic reaction to irritants, such as dust/dust mites, molds, feathers, pet dander, etc. QUESTION
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease.