In general, there are things asthmatics can do to ward off attacks. The National Safety Council offers these suggestions:
- Avoid being around smokers. If someone must smoke indoors near a person who is asthmatic, it should only be allowed in a separately ventilated area.
- Keep humidity levels in the home low -- between 30 percent and 50 percent.
- Avoid using a humidifier. It one is necessary, change water daily to prevent microbe growth.
- When cooking, running a dishwasher or using the shower, keep windows open or use an exhaust fan.
- Have any combustion-powered appliances -- such furnaces, stoves or heaters -- checked every year, and change their filters regularly.
- Keep the house clean and free of dust, dirt and animal dander.
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