I currently live in Derbyshire and due to my Asthma getting worse and this area is not good for asthmatics apparently. I am confused on where to move in the country to reduce my symptoms. I have looks at the BLF website data and it says Wiltshire and the Cotswold's is the low area for asthma. No idea why that would be. Scotland appears to be just as bad as England.
Anyone moved to another part of the country and been much better with there asthma.
Thanks
Paul.
I moved from Kent/Essex (uni/family home) to the North Norfolk coast. My asthma is a lot better out here and I defo notice a difference when I go to see family in Essex (hay fever issues) or uni friends (pollution)
I hope you can find a good place for you but I defo recommend trying to find somewhere coastal if you’re triggered by those 2 irritants 😉
I moved from North East Wales to Cheshire last year. The difference so far has been amazing. There was pollution from a factory in North East Wales that I now realise was affecting me badly. I was there for 18 years.
I still respond to triggers but generally not so badly. I don’t respond well yet to any reduction in meds though. Maybe my lungs are permanently damaged....or might improve given time?
Best thing I did, so far. I’ve had over a year without pred rescue pack now, unheard of before.
Interesting question. I asked my daughter’s asthma consultant (in London) about this when I saw her two weeks ago. She said that lots of parents of asthmatic children move to Brighton .. which has very high rates of asthma, so their children’s asthma doesn’t necessarily improve there. She said to make sure that the move worked for lots of reasons - not just asthma - because it wouldn’t necessarily have the desired effect.
Hello Paul,
I’m Sorry your Asthma is bad enough to make you want to leave such a beautiful county, not sure this will help but I suppose any info is better than none!
I spent my first 44yrs in the N/W Liverpool, Manchester & surrounding areas, I was vented 6 times during those years, with no noticeable difference wherever I lived, I moved to a very green, leafy part of Sheffield 5yrs ago & noticed an improvement in my symptoms, not needing as many Steroids/Antibiotics etc,
I’ve now spent the last 12 months in Chesterfield, Derbyshire & have noticed a small decline but not hugely, but I’m attributing that to being a little more central & it not being as green!
My mother had a holiday home in North Wales nr the beach & I was always hugely improved over the summer months if I was there & I noticed an improvement in Brighton on an extended stay, so my theory is, the fresher/greener/dryer the air is the better you will be, so maybes somewhere with a micro climate, I believe there’s places in South Wales that have perfect almost year round conditions for Asthmatics, but do bare in mind, you may not have to leave your home county, maybe just find a more rural leafy part & see how it goes, I’m currently enjoying one of my best years here in Derbyshire! Good Luck👍🏻
My ex-home in North Wales was certainly very pretty, green and leafy, but when we moved there, I discounted the factory well away, across the wide valley. Someone said, they only process wood, what harm can there be in that?? The factory also issued low pollution numbers which kept us all happy. Where they were taking those readings I don’t know!
Didn’t think about it too much till I moved for other reasons and noticed the great improvement. Then I researched the chemicals in use at the factory and found my answer.....formaldehyde. I’m sensitive to salicylates and this is a biggie in formaldehyde.
As always, each to their own sensitivity, I suppose. I’ve only known about my own for ten years, since I researched it, following various hunches, as my asthma became seriously worse living down wind from this factory.
So know your sensitivities and research where you’re moving to with a wide berth.
I have no idea what triggers my asthma (allergic asthma), i think pollution is the main cause. The numinous doctors i have seen over the years have absolutely no idea either what causes my asthma.
That makes things more difficult for you. Mine have been discovered through trial and error, and it takes a long time.
I knew ibuprofen caused me increasing problems, so began research online. I found the base element in ibuprofen, salicylic acid, was also used as a stabiliser in personal and household perfumes and chemicals. That was a big step forward, and reduced my asthma problems hugely, though avoiding them when away from home is very difficult. It is also in the mint chewing gum I used regularly....not any more!
My asthma is a complete mistery one day I am fine the next day coughing and wheezing. Then I could be fine for a couple of weeks then coughing and wheezing for days or weeks. No pattern. The only time it's better is when I go somewhere where we know the air is better such as Norfolk Coast.
Is a move to the coast possible?? Sounds like it might be worth it.
Been trying for a year house swap is the most depressing thing ever and people are not reliable. Private rent always no pets. It's pretty much impossible tried every avenue
Keep trying though. Something will eventually turn up. Good luck anyway.
Cheers
Hi Paul, so sorry to hear that your asthma is causing a prob!em. I lived in Derbyshire 2014 and found I was struggling to breathe in the early hours of the morning.
Fortunately my husband was able to request a transfer and we now live in Brighton. I had one bad attack in 2015 but since then I am well and my asthma is controlled.
Coastal areas suit me very well. Maybe speak to your GP.
Hi all thanks for the advice. I have been looking at the lung foundation map which shows the data in hospital admissions for the UK.. For some reason the Cotswolds and Wiltshire has the lowest rates. Every time we go to North Norfolk my asthma goes. Was looking at Scotland but does not seem any better there than Chesterfield. And watching TV last night showing that we are inhaling plastic every day as well as diesel particles is just making think I will never get well. The older I get the more risk I am in. Moving to Norfolk or east coast is a no go. Everyone wants to move there. Its the hardest place in the country to move to. I am a prisoner in my own home.
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