Increase of triggers & asthma episodes
Submitted by wekantalk (not verified) on 26 January 2021 - 3:22pm
I've been worried about a large increase of triggers & asthma episodes related to explosion of bleach & quat use, unnecessary wide spread disinfection despite advice to target, etc. Are you seeing this in your clinics & practices?
anne@rampasthma.org
26 January 2021 - 3:27pm
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At the beginning of the
At the beginning of the pandemic, we worried a lot about the possible increased use of bleach. We haven't actually heard many cases of this being a problem, but we shared some resources about asthma-friendly approaches to cleaning here: http://www.rampasthma.org/archives/15999#cleaning
stephenst
26 January 2021 - 3:27pm
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Not really seeing this in
Not really seeing this in clinical practice. We certainly educate our patients with asthma not to use strong smelling cleaners.