Season Asthma for Children: Why Asthma Dey Worse for Some Time of the Year
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Published on July 21, 2026
🩺 Medically reviewed by the Health Decoded Guide Editorial Team · Last reviewed: July 2026.
🔎 Quick Breakdown
Some children no get asthma attacks all year round.
Instead, the symptoms fit become worse during certain seasons because of things like harmattan dust, pollen, mould or cold weather.
If you know wetin dey trigger your pikin asthma each season, e go easier to prevent serious attacks.
🟧 Wetin be seasonal asthma?
Seasonal asthma mean say your pikin asthma symptoms mostly become worse during particular times of the year.
For some children, the problem fit start during harmattan. For others, na rainy season, pollen season or cold weather dey trigger am.
👉🏽 Once you notice the same pattern every year, e fit help doctor plan treatment before the symptoms begin.
🟧 Wetin fit trigger seasonal asthma?
Different seasons get different asthma triggers.
Some common ones include:
• harmattan dust
• pollen from grasses, flowers and trees
• mould during rainy season
• cold, dry weather
• air pollution
• common cold and other viral infections
👉🏽 No be every child react to the same trigger. Wetin dey affect one pikin fit no affect another one.
🟧 How you fit know say na seasonal asthma?
Your pikin fit:
• cough more during one particular season
• wheeze
• struggle to breathe
• complain say chest dey tight
• wake up coughing for night
• tire quickly during play
Some children fit also get:
• sneezing
• runny nose
• itchy eyes
👉🏽 If asthma and allergy symptoms always start around the same time every year, seasonal asthma fit dey involved.
🟧 How doctor go know?
Doctor fit:
• ask when the symptoms usually start
• ask whether e happen every year
• examine your pikin
• recommend breathing test for older children
• sometimes advise allergy testing
👉🏽 Keeping record of the months when symptoms happen fit help doctor identify seasonal triggers.
🟧 How dem dey treat am?
Treatment fit include:
• preventer inhaler every day if doctor prescribe am
• reliever inhaler when asthma symptoms start
• treating allergies if dem dey present
• reducing exposure to the seasonal triggers
Some children fit need to start their preventer inhaler before the season wey usually trigger their asthma.
👉🏽 If your pikin asthma always worsen during one particular season, talk to your doctor before that season reach.
🟧 Wetin parents fit do
You fit reduce seasonal asthma attacks by:
• cleaning dust regularly during harmattan
• keeping windows closed when pollen plenty if possible
• fixing damp areas wey fit cause mould
• making sure nobody smokes around your pikin
• following the asthma action plan
• making sure inhalers dey always available
👉🏽 Small changes before the season start fit help prevent plenty asthma attacks later.
🩺 When you suppose go Hospital? 🚨
Go hospital immediately if your pikin:
• dey struggle seriously to breathe
• no fit talk because breathing hard
• lips or fingernails turn blue or grey
• inhaler no improve the breathing
• become weak, confused or difficult to wake
👉🏽 Severe asthma attack fit happen quickly, so make you no delay treatment.
🟧 Real life example
Eight-year-old Mariam always begin cough and wheeze once harmattan start.
At first, her parents think say na ordinary cold because e dey happen every December.
When doctor ask about the pattern, dem discover say na harmattan dust dey trigger her asthma every year.
The next harmattan, Mariam begin her prescribed preventer inhaler before the season start and her family clean dust inside the house more often.
That year, she get fewer asthma attacks and fit continue going to school without plenty interruptions.
👉🏽 Sometimes the biggest clue to seasonal asthma na when the symptoms always return around the same time every year.
🟢 Important message
Seasonal asthma fit be easier to control once you know wetin dey trigger your pikin symptoms.
Following the treatment plan, reducing exposure to triggers and preparing before the season start fit help your pikin stay healthy throughout the year.
👉🏽 The earlier you recognise your pikin seasonal pattern, the easier e dey to prevent serious asthma attacks.
📚 References
For full medical references, see the English version of this article.
⚠️ Disclaimer
This article na for educational purpose only.
E no replace advice from qualified healthcare professional.
If your pikin get serious breathing difficulty or asthma symptoms wey no improve after using the prescribed inhaler, make you go hospital immediately.
🔗 Related Health Topics
• Asthma for Children
• Allergy Asthma for Children
• Exercise Asthma for Children
• Night-Time Asthma for Children
• Severe Asthma for Children
• Viral Wheeze in Children
• Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis)
• Asthma Action Plan
👉🏽 Want more detailed medical information? Read the English version of this article.