Is Arizona Weather Good For Asthma (Phoenix, Mesa: to live in, mold, stats)

[wisconsin woman]

Ive heard it said that it is good. People who live in cities where the air quality is poor and they have respitory problems go to Az for the cleaner, dryer climate. But....I also know of people in Az who have asthma and have been told to (dr suggested) live on a coastal area, where the salt water air does them more good. Guess it works both ways.

[twiggy]

Asthma just like eczema is triggered by allergy. If yours is triggered by mold the desert would help, if your asthma is triggered by pollen, the coast would help. My son had horrible eczema and one doctor said we would have to live with it and gave us steroids, I went to another doctor and he said it was triggered by an allergy, he said to stop using tide detergent and see if it went away because most people are allergic to tide and it did!! Completely! Know the triggers, go to an allergist and see.

[sablebaby]

Originally Posted by twiggy

Asthma just like eczema is triggered by allergy. If yours is triggered by mold the desert would help, if your asthma is triggered by pollen, the coast would help. My son had horrible eczema and one doctor said we would have to live with it and gave us steroids, I went to another doctor and he said it was triggered by an allergy, he said to stop using tide detergent and see if it went away because most people are allergic to tide and it did!! Completely! Know the triggers, go to an allergist and see.

I didn't know this, Twiggy. I have had eczema for several years and my dermatologist said it was incurable and gave me some cream. Whenever I use the cream the rashes get better but come back if I stop using it. So, it's an allergy? I also do use Tide, have for years. Maybe I will stop using it and see what happens. Thanks!

[robmellowman]

I lived in the East Mesa for a good 21 years and had no breathing problems, I moved to Seattle Wa. (wonderful place) for 7 years and had no breathing problems, now I have lived in Central Phoenix for the past 4 years and I am having breathing problems and getting worse. I can give a dozen people around my area I know who are experiencing the same thing, my father now has COPD, my grandmother passed do to asthma two years ago and she lived near here. DO NOT to move anywhere near central phoenix, I would stay north of the valley to be safe than sorry. Also breathing problems can cause other health related issues, I noticed myself getting sick half a dozen times a year when the previous years in Seattle maybe twice in those 7 years. Alot of dust pollution and other cover the valley most days, if you heard different they are not active. I hike almost daily to get some fresh air and am witness to this disgusting problem.

[londonbarcelona]

Originally Posted by robmellowman

I lived in the East Mesa for a good 21 years and had no breathing problems, I moved to Seattle Wa. (wonderful place) for 7 years and had no breathing problems, now I have lived in Central Phoenix for the past 4 years and I am having breathing problems and getting worse. I can give a dozen people around my area I know who are experiencing the same thing, my father now has COPD, my grandmother passed do to asthma two years ago and she lived near here. DO NOT to move anywhere near central phoenix, I would stay north of the valley to be safe than sorry. Also breathing problems can cause other health related issues, I noticed myself getting sick half a dozen times a year when the previous years in Seattle maybe twice in those 7 years. Alot of dust pollution and other cover the valley most days, if you heard different they are not active. I hike almost daily to get some fresh air and am witness to this disgusting problem.

my friends 18 year old son died while hiking in the McDowells a few years ago. He had asthma, but not bad enough to require medication. But the bad air here and higher elevation killed him, he died while on the mountain side because the other kids couldn't get a signal out for their cell phones and the firefighter/emergency workers couldn't get to him in time. VERY SAD. So yeah, I'd say the air is no longer good for people with ANY type of problems! Phoenix was NOT like this 20 years ago! Too many people have moved here!!!!

[sitver]

I'm 45 with asthma all those years. I live in Tennessee. I have spent the first 18 years of it living in Phx. I return every year to visit my family. Currently, the air in the Phx area is very bad for asthmatics. I was just there for a week and experienced an uncomfortable burning sensation in my lungs when in the central coridor of the city. I never had that sensation before. For some reason I have trouble in Sedona too also though not nearly as bad. There is a lot of construction going on in Sedona kicking up the dust. I have found that other areas of AZ are good for asthmatics. I still love the Sedona area - gorgious scenery. I try to get up to Sedona whenever I visit Phx.

[Brylee71]

I think everyone is different, but I think AZ is the worst place to live for all sufferers of obstructive airways dx. The dry heat is great compared to the humidity, BUT the dust storms, the acidic rain, the dusty wind are factors I wish I would have known about...it is my fault. I always came out in the summer & never had an issue withmy asthma. In fact, I felt like it was goine the week or two I used to spend here....

I moved here in September 2004, I felt horrible until December 2004...then I felt okay for six to eight months and then I have been sick with sinus at least two every month between Jan thru May & Sept thru Dec....oh & Feb is bloom month, so I am alsways ill with bronchitis/pneumonia....



I am currently trying to decide if I want to suffer or if I am going to look out of state, I actually moved from IA where I was ill, but never these frequently...I will never go back to snow, but I have been advised to move back to humidity

[breer23]

I have family members who moved to both northern AZ (Flagstaff) and Colorado (Fort Collins) and both felt remarkably better shortly after settling in there. I think so long as you avoid the metro areas (Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake, and obviously LA), much of the southwest, particularly in the mountainous regions, are great places to go to reduce the effects of asthma. Best of luck!

[odinloki1]

Between the dust, car exhaust and lack of trees I don't think its good for your lungs, but I suppose it does help asthma. I think it'd be a lot better to do some breathing excercises or some additional cardio. Only in the most severe cases I think this will not help. My brother and I both ad asthma growing up and required inhalers. He still lives in Michigan and is fine now that he works out. I grew out of it the same way. In fact this place seems to cause me more health problems because I can't sleep in the heat and I always feel dehydrated no matter how much I only drink water.

[philosophy81]

It use to be good for asthma (Arizona) years ago. Since there is such a huge population growth, Phoenix is now the 5th largest city in the U.S. and growing! there has been a tremendous amount of pollution because of the growth. If you have arthritis, the dry weather is great for you.