My asthma symptoms plagued me far more when I was younger.
It certainly did not help that during most of my childhood, I lived in a hot and humid climate.
In case you didn’t know, high heat, and especially, high humidity levels can make it very difficult for people with asthma to breathe. I was often excused from physical education activities that took place outdoors during the hotter months of the year. I was very grateful for that! I was also very grateful for the breezy and cool and dry air of our school’s indoor gym and even the classrooms and the library. These are all places that I was able to stay during P.E. Yes, air conditioning may be a matter of comfort for many, but for me, especially back then, it was a means of relieving my asthma symptoms. I can’t imagine what it was like for people who had no access to air conditioning back in the day who suffered from asthma, particularly when they lived in hot and humid climates. I imagined it was rather miserable! Ultimately, I moved away to a cooler and drier climate for college and I ended up staying in that town, so I escaped the weather that was making my asthma more difficult to deal with. That being said, my asthma symptoms have lessened over the years. That doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate having good climate control! I most certainly do! Hot and humid days still find me relaxing inside and enjoying the air conditioner.
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