KNOW YOUR TRIGGERS: THAT’S ONE PIECE OF ADVICE FROM THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH ASTHMA. HEIDI KRAPFL IS WITH DEPARTMENT’S ASTHMA CONTROL PROGRAM.
SHE SAYS TWO AREAS OF THE STATE HAVE HIGHER RATES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA, THE SOUTHEAST AND THE NORTHWEST. SHE SAYS THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS WITHIN THE STATE.
KRAPFL SAYS SOME COMMON TRIGGERS ARE TOBACCO SMOKE, POLLENS, MOLDS, DUST AND ANIMAL DANDER. MAY IS NATIONAL ASTHMA MONTH.
