THUNDERSTORM ASTHMA THINGS TO KNOW Thunderstorm asthma can happen in the springtime between September and January During some thunderstorms in south eastern Australia grass pollen is swept into the storm and explode into tiny pieces and gets deep into the lungs causing asthma ID: 927200
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THUNDERSTORMASTHMA
November 2020
Slide2Slide3THUNDERSTORM ASTHMA: THINGS TO KNOW
Thunderstorm asthma can happen in the springtime between September and January.
During some thunderstorms in south eastern Australia, grass pollen is swept into the storm and explode into tiny pieces and gets deep into the lungs, causing asthma
Thunderstorms can be very dangerous for people with asthma and hay fever or for people who don’t know they have asthma or hay fever.
People from culturally diverse backgrounds, especially South East Asian and Indian background are more at risk of thunderstorm asthma than people from other backgrounds, six of the ten deaths in 2016 were from these backgrounds.
Experts report a greater risk of a thunderstorm asthma event happening this yearPeople who do not know they have asthma or hay fever but have breathing or nose problems need to see their doctor
Slide4People with asthma and/or hay fever can reduce their risk of thunderstorm asthma by:
1. Seeing their doctor
and planning how to treat their asthma and hay fever in the spring
Slide5People with asthma and/or hay fever can reduce their risk of thunderstorm asthma by:
2. Treating their asthma every day with preventer medication
as prescribed
Slide6People with asthma and/or hay fever can reduce their risk of thunderstorm asthma by:
3. Treating their hay fever every day
with hay fever medication
Slide7People with asthma and/or hay fever can reduce their risk of thunderstorm asthma by:
4. Always carrying their blue reliever puffer with them (with a spacer)
If your reliever is not a blue/grey puffer style, see Asthma Australia’s Asthma First Aid chart here
https://asthma.org.au/what-we-do/how-we-can-help/first-aid/
Slide8People with asthma and/or hay fever can reduce their risk of thunderstorm asthma by:
5.
If you hear a thunderstorm is coming
stay inside with all windows and doors closed
until the storm has gone.
Slide9People with asthma and/or hay fever can reduce their risk of thunderstorm asthma by:
6. Knowing what to do in an asthma emergency
Slide10Where to go for more information
Contact
1800 ASTHMA (1800 278 462)
to speak with an Asthma Educator. Interpreter services are available.
Sign up for weather alerts on AusPollen and other Apps: https://asthma.org.au/blog/top-pollen-apps/Visit the thunderstorm asthma website <insert url address> to access multilanguage resources.
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