{"id":9493,"date":"2018-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/there-s-a-new-warning-out-about-thunderstorm-asthma\/"},"modified":"2018-10-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T00:00:00","slug":"there-s-a-new-warning-out-about-thunderstorm-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/there-s-a-new-warning-out-about-thunderstorm-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s A New WARNING Out About Thunderstorm Asthma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australians are being urged to watch out for potentially fatal \u2018thunderstorm asthma\u2019 with cold fronts on track to travel across the country later this week.<\/h3>\n

In November 2016 ten Victorians died from the condition, which is at its peak from late spring to early summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that half the people that presented in the severe [2016] thunderstorm epidemic had never suffered from asthma before,\u201d Dr Michael Sutherland has told the Today show<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main symptoms are wheeze, tightness, shortness of breath and cough, and about 20-percent of people have hay fever in Australia so they\u2019re the ones that are at risk of thunderstorm asthma.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet a blue reliever puffer like Ventolin, which you can buy over the counter and take four puffs, which will open the airways. If it\u2019s not relieved, you need to call the ambulance and go to hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be less grass pollen, but as we all know, you cannot predict the weather and everyone needs to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The temperature in Adelaide will peak at 36C on Thursday before a cold front arrives late in the day, bringing with it the chance of showers and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n

WATCH:<\/p>\n\n

We are being warned to prepare for thunderstorm asthma. #9Today<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RhkBlUQtuB<\/a><\/p>— The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) October 29, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n