· When cooking on firewood, kerosene or gas, keep kitchen windows slightly open to avoid breathing in the fumes.
· Keep windows closed to avoid dust, pollen and smoke emitted by cars or factories around the house.
· Sweep the floor, paint walls, apply insecticides and cook spicy food only when the asthma patients are out of the house. If that is not possible, keep them in one room while working in the other. And the patients must cover their face with a mask or scarf during that time.
* Dr Md Delowar Hosssain, MD research, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College, Shahbag, Dhaka
