Hello, I am new here and need you advice please. I have 2 years old boy who has asthma. We are on inhalers. I have read that the climate effects the children with asthma very much. I have the same idea. We live in Manchester area. Any suggestions where is a good place to live in the UK for asthmatic children?
Thanks
Hi I in Manchester too. Best thing is just to avoid really icy cold weather and if you have to take him out in it then just put a scarf round him keep his chest warm. If you was thinking of moving because of it I wouldn't bother as hot weather and the best thing children usually grow up and asthma disappears
It depends largely on what his triggers are really. Rural locations can be every bit as problematic as urban ones if his allergies are to things like pollen, animals, etc. But pollution in major cities is undoubtedly an issue. I grew up in a fairly rural area then moved to London aged 18 & was near enough crippled for the first month or two. Crops like rapeseed are notorious allergens so some farming areas may not help.
I also used to have horrendous problems at some seaside resorts; anywhere on the NW coast or N. Wales pretty much set me off with an attack.
If you have the time & money, & are serious about moving some distance way then you could get a shortlist of options & spend some time in each of them first. Failing that see if you can get some allergy testing done. Unfortunately I don't think there's an asthmatic nirvana anywhere, (if only!!), but information is power. It might be that if you're in a busy part of the city you could just seek out a less polluted part for example.
Good luck.
Hi,
I agree with a lot of what Minushabens has written: there are many things that can trigger an asthmatic response. Until you find out what they are there is no point in moving - you could end up going to an area where he is exposed to the same triggers so there is no improvement
That said there are things you can do to help him. Our younger son was very asthmatic as a small child (now grown up he hardly ever needed to use inhalers, but he needed them on a daily basis for many years from the age of three). We had a routine to help him. Every morning we threw back his bed clothes in order to ensure his bed was thoroughly aired and opened the window for at least an hour. We never stored things under his bed either. I know it's convenient to do so, but things stored under the bed make very effective dust traps, and dust/dust mites are a known, and very common, trigger. Any condensation that formed on the windows overnight was towelled down as its presence can result in mould, another common trigger. Soft toys were washed on a regular basis. Hoover and dust his room (and ideally the whole house) thoroughly once a week. We also keep our son's room (and our room too) cool. We never had the radiator on in his room (dust mites are not so keen on cool conditions) so his room was kept cool during the day. We used to open the door to it late in the afternoon to take the chill off before he went to bed. If you have a cat/dog keep them out of his room and consider (hard though it is to do so) the possibility that they might be affecting his condition. The same is true if anyone in the household is a smoker.
Hope some of this helps.
Somewhere warm and dry Climate so Probably not England ! 
But if if it is England I would suggest somewhere rural / in countryside. I've had asthma since I was 2 and lived in countryside. As soon as I go into London for work my asthma gets worse because of the pollution. Hope you find somewhere good to live and your little boy is ok X
Well, I lived in London for most of my life and when I moved to the country, amid assurances from all my friends that my asthma would improve, my asthma got worse. 'Don't worry,' the Dr. said. 'You're allergic to the countryside, but you'll get used to it.' And I have. Pollution in London is now about as bad as it was before the Clean Air Act of 1956 and I suspect that it isn't that good in Manchester, though it depends how near the centre you are. I like living in the countryside. It just feels better, somehow. Moving, of course, depends on what you are going to do about working, unless you have a large, private income.
You don't have to get all OCD about cleaning and so on. Sensible actions are fine. Moreover, he may grow out of the asthma, you never know.
I live in the countryside too, and in my life I have also lived in suburbia - near London (I also worked in London for three years) and, later, Cambridge and then Bristol. Of those three by far the worst was actually Bristol. Whilst the west coast is the warmer side of the UK, it is also more damp. Living down in a valley is also not a good idea (which is the main reason why Bath can be such bad news for asthmatics).
I know from many years of experience that weekly house cleaning is a good idea for me. Yes it's a pain, but it really does help. I don't do it more often than that - never have done, but once a week works well for me, and does for my son (when he comes home). Dust mites are a very, very common trigger. And yes, I'm thorough - I've learnt that to be that too. You'd be surprised how much dust can accumulate in just one week - even when there is hard flooring down rather than carpets.
Pollution in London pre. the clean air act was very different to what we have now and, I suspect, actually a great deal more damaging. I always get slightly irritated when people talk about how levels of asthma have increased since the 1950s. Sorry, but I suspect a more accurate statement would be that levels of correct diagnosis of asthma have increased. So many people died of lung problems resulting from the smog that I suspect many asthmatics were overlooked or missed. I was born in the early 1960s and my asthma was misdiagnosed for five years: my mother was told I had a tendency to bronchitis; that was not uncommon then.
Where was the best place for my asthma in all those years? The south east, not right on the coast but about ten miles from it. Not as damp as the west, but it does get a lot colder in winter. It was also the best place for my son, who spent six years down there. The problem now is that the housing market there is rather expensive.
Thank you all for your replies. We plan to go to the south (Brighton area) I am a bit confused as some people say that the seaside is better and others think the opposite. I don't know 
Definitely not staying in Manchester area (for other reasons as well) but don't know where to go.
probably in Cornwall which is closer to France and warmer.
Close, but actually Kent is closer still and is often described as having 'a continental climate'. In summer it is warmer than most of the UK and, more importantly for many asthmatics, drier than the western part of the UK. But of course it also gets colder in the winter, although again, it is drier. That is the main problem with the western side of the UK. Yes, it is warm, but it is also damp.
Thank you so much. I was searching the areas in Kent too, do you know any good cities there?
The one that ticks the relatively close to the coast but not right next to it box is Canterbury. As the crow flies it's about 6 miles to the north coast, around 12 to the east coast and about 16 to the south coast (going due south that is).
Hi if dust mites are a trigger for your son (and it is a very common trigger) consider using anti allergy covers on his mattress and pillows. Wooden floors are better than carpets, and blinds better than curtains as they don't harbour dust the same. x
We did the blood test for dust and it came negative. When he is playing for example He suddenly becomes out of breath and we can't explain the reason. :(The doctor also said that it might be a climate.
With 'playing' do you mean running about? If so it's possible he may have exercise induced asthma. I'm exercised induced (always have been) and in my case where I have lived hasn't made much difference to it (except in Bristol where the damper climate really did not help). Even playing something like netball on an indoor court could bring on an asthmatics response. I'm not sure if there is a test for that - if there is I'd appreciate knowing about it.
Ok. Well another very common pollutant is traffic fumes. Have you had a blood test done for that? x
No, we haven't.
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