Comments | asthma_people: Asthma and dairy

rainbow_goddess in asthma_people

Asthma and dairy

Jul 04, 2011 14:24

Has anyone here noticed any relation between their asthma control and their consumption of dairy products? My sister says that milk worsens her asthma, and I heard from a friend of a friend that their asthma improved after stopping dairy products. Obviously this is just anecdotal and not scientific ( Read more... )

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leucotheasveil July 4 2011, 22:41:03 UTC

Just a thought- chilled items can make you cough. Try warming your milk for cereal to room temperature before eating, see if that helps. Try a big dish of sorbet or an ice pop, if that triggers the cough it's the coldness, not the dairy.

softbluebuddy July 4 2011, 23:31:09 UTC

I agree with the above comment. When my asthma is out of control ANY cold beverage aggravates my asthma. But I put milk in my coffee and have no problems. Coffee is a bronchodilator, and I like it with milk in it.

When my asthma is under control I don't have any problems with cold beverages.

leucotheasveil July 5 2011, 03:20:09 UTC

I sometimes eat ice cream with a hot cup of tea handy, to cancel out the effect of the coldness. I really like ice cream, especially in the summer.

snakewoman July 5 2011, 01:28:39 UTC

i can't eat milk products at all or i start coughing then i can't breath i have actally went to laxtoce free milk which i have no problems with at all and it don't taste bad at all eather

silencebreaking July 5 2011, 22:13:05 UTC

I'm asthmatic, and was recently diagnosed as having a dairy allergy. Since I cut all dairy (and several other food items I'm allergic to) out of my diet, my asthma is under better control, as are my other allergies. Instead of going through a box or two of tissue a week, a single box is lasting more than a month now.

wrin July 6 2011, 00:00:55 UTC

I can echo the cold-drinks-causes-bronchospasm comment.

For a long time, too, there was an old wives' tale going around saying that dairy products increase mucus production. This is because milk coats the pharynx and leaves a sensation like that of increased mucus, however, dairy itself does NOT increase mucus production.

For symptoms associated with dairy that are not associated with the drinking of cold liquids, I strongly suggest being investigated for a full-on dairy allergy.