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| Hi,
My husband and I are moving to Zurich soon. I suffer from asthma, and as I come from a tropical country (India) with limited living experience in temperate climates, i'm a little apprehensive of how i'm going to cope with my condition. are there any special factors i need to keep in mind (for example, i'm scared that the cold climate will be bad for me, as will be climbing steep inclines, etc), any tests i need to do, etc?
i know this sounds a little stupid (i'm sure there are people with asthma in switzerland and surviving fine  ), but any pointer you have will be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
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Hi Swati,
I agree the points everyone else makes, know the triggers,( in my case, viruses, and animals) take the inhalers as prescribed.
What catches me sometimes is- the change in air tempreture from moving from a warm house to the coldness of outdoors. It can be scary when it flares up, but I certainly wouldn't worry about it!
@ Ambros: If your mothers inhalers are not working and she has an attack, I'd suggest you take her to a hospital ( A&E) for a nebuliser. A prick test, on the arm can determine any allergies, I had one done as a child.
Afraid I don't know an asthma specialist here.
A volumatic increases the efficenty of the inhaler to 80%, and is definately worth buying, I had a brief stint in A&Efor Asthma in Ireland over Christmas and it was recommended.
It cost 10Euro in Ireland, don't know how much they are here.
Volumatic:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...1t:429,r:3,s:0