Cleaning May Trigger Asthma Symptoms

If you have asthma, cleaning can make you sick, suggests a new study. The study included 25 women with asthma and 19 without the disease. After cleaning, both groups of women had some sort of breathing problem. But the problems were more severe in women with asthma. Researchers said it may be the chemicals in cleaning products that made asthma symptoms worse. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and other breathing problems. The study appeared in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Reuters Health wrote about it January 29.