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Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers | Asthma | US EPA

Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors. Therefore, indoor allergens and irritants can play a significant role in triggering asthma attacks. It is important to recognize potential asthma triggers in the indoor environment and reduce your exposure to those triggers. You may not be affected by all of the triggers listed here. Your doctor can help you to determine which triggers affect your asthma and develop a customized asthma management plan.

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Make your home (or business, or anywhere indoor) more asthma-friendly: http://j.mp/3nwxkW

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Pets | Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers | US EPA

epa.gov — “Your pet's dead skin flakes, urine, feces, saliva and hair can trigger asthma. Dogs, cats, rodents (including hamsters and guinea pigs) and other mammals can trigger asthma in individuals with an allergic reaction to animal dander. Proteins in the dander, urine or saliva of warm-blooded animals (e.g., cats, dogs, mice, rats, gerbils, birds, etc.) have been reported to sensitize individuals and cause allergic reactions or trigger asthma episodes in individuals sensitive to animal allergens.” View full resource at epa.gov

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Secondhand Smoke | Indoor Environmental Asthma Triggers | US EPA

epa.gov — “Secondhand smoke can trigger asthma episodes and increase the severity of attacks. Secondhand smoke is also a risk factor for new cases of asthma in preschool aged children who have not already exhibited asthma symptoms. Scientists believe that secondhand smoke irritates the chronically inflamed bronchial passages of people with asthma. Secondhand smoke is linked to other health problems, including lung cancer, ear infections and other chronic respiratory illnesses, such as bronchitis and pneumo” View full resource at epa.gov

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Asthma Awareness Month | Asthma | US EPA

epa.gov — “May is Asthma Awareness Month. Each year, in the month of May, EPA joins international, national and local Asthma Awareness Month Activities to increase public understanding of asthma and environmental asthma triggers. Throughout the month, EPA organizes events, conducts media outreach, releases new materials and supports local Asthma Awareness Month efforts to increase public understanding of ways to manage the environment to control asthma.” View full resource at epa.gov