Every since I was a small kid, asthma has always been a problem. I've had many a sleepless night because of weezing and inhaler of empty, which is a horror that I wouldn't wish on anyone. Also just waking up to the realisation that one can't breathe, even with the inhaler nearby, ain't fun.

The article on outdoor air pollution that I reposted had me thinking. I've had moderately bad asthma my entire life. I've always needed to have a rescue inhaler near me at all times. For half of the year, since aged ten or do, I've needed a steroidal inhaler, otherwise I'd be hitting the rescue inhaler all day. But something happened around some unspecified time in the last few years that my asthma just disappeared. Fuck I wish I could pinpoint the year, it's just something that happened without notice, and I chalked it up to "people grow out of asthma".

Since 2020, I've been consistently doing the n95 thing, as well as nearly always having a HEPA filter on around me when indoors.

I guess I'm curious how likely it is I grew out of asthma vs just cleaner air. I wish I could have more data on my symptom timeline, but those memories are just a blur.

As a mod of c/covid, I promise that no one will get banned for saying "nah people do grow out of asthma".

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[–] Diva@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Anecdotally my asthma has also got dramatically more controlled since I started consistently using an n95 in all public spaces and routinely changing out my HEPA filters. I've had mild-moderate asthma my whole life.

I figured it was all the weed smoke improving the situation, but it's uncanny going to that from routinely leaning on a rescue inhaler unless I am religious about using my steroid inhaler. I did switch to a combination one, but I don't think that's responsible, as many days I will not even need to use it.