Is There a Correlation Btwn (Adult-Onset) Asthma & the Water You Drink?

[Parnassia]

Originally Posted by Forever Blue

Also, I've been in the same apt for the last 6 yrs...issue started in year 5 of living here. If it was mold or something in this specific apt, etc., I'd think I would have had effects wy by then.

Apartments, common wall condos and townhomes share a building and probably share some degree of the HVAC system too. Things other tenants do could be affecting your living space. New or more pets, pests, general age of the entire building, changes in finishes, changes in landscaping....not just in your own unit. No one truly lives alone in an apartment.

[guidoLaMoto]

Originally Posted by Forever Blue

(I find that belching gives a tad of relief for a few seconds since air is being expelled.)

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That reminds me of another common cause of adult onset bronchospasm:





GERD--> acid reflux back up into the throat, then you breath and the acid is aerosolized via the Venturi Effect and the inhaled acid mist causes bronchospasm. This won't respond to steroids (maybe even gets worse), but will be temporarily reversed by beta-agonists (albuterol)..and prevented by H2 inhibitors or PPIs.


ps/ bronchospasm, even in kids, is almost never due to "allergy", ie- activation of the immune response cascade. It's due to activation of the normal protective response of constricting the airways to prevent the inhalation of dirt and bugs and such. "Asthmatics" have a harmfully exaggerated reflex response. In the past, the dx of asthma was confirmed by the bethacholine challenge test- activating nerves and having nothing to do with antibodies & the immune system.

[Forever Blue]

Thanks a lot guys for your latest posts!

Any other input?

I have my pulmonologist appt in 2 more wks.