Sex is an important part of healthy relationships and overall well being for many people, but what happens when sex gets in the way and makes your asthma symptoms worse?

Your doctor probably asks you questions at every visit to assess the control of your asthma symptoms. However, doctors aren’t always so good about asking patients if asthma symptoms are affecting their sex life.

Asthma Affects Sex Life

In the Reducing Emergency Asthma Care In Harlem Project, researchers examined the impact asthma has on sex life. Of 356 asthmatics presenting to the ER for asthma care:

• 80% of asthmatics participated in sexual activity in the 2 weeks prior to their emergency room visit
• 60% reported some limitations in their sex life
• Sex was the 15th most common asthma limitation reported
• Sexual impairment was the 3rd most important limitation reported bt the patients after ability to climb stairs and ability to do housework.

What Can I Do?

• Talking with your doctor can be hard, but a little preparation can help you bring up this topic.
• Well except hopefully not the avoiding part. But you can identify and treat asthma symptoms related to sex like another trigger.
• As with asthma in general, if your symptoms are poorly controlled you may need additional medication or take specific actions before sex to prevent symptoms

Does asthma affect your sex life? What Do you do to not let asthma affect your sex life? Leave a comment or add to the discussion in the forum.

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