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Maybe is the placebo effect, I don’t know, but coffee helps me keep my asthma under control.

mlavin 6y ago
Caffeine seems to be a known bronchodilator, so you're not wrong there.
winrid 6y ago
Helps me too. I maybe drink a couple cups a week, but when I visit my grandparents I might drink 5 a day to keep the asthma down...
tedmiston 6y ago
It looks like there may be something to this. > About a hundred sixty years after Dr. Salter’s book was published, a review of studies was performed to see if coffee had any true impact on lung function and asthma. The authors wrote: > “Caffeine is found in coffee, tea, cola drinks and cocoa. Caffeine is a drug that is very similar to theophylline. Theophylline is a bronchodilator drug that is taken to open up the airways in the lungs and therefore relieve the symptoms of asthma, such as wheezing, coughing and breathlessness. Scientists are interested in finding out whether caffeine has the same effect on the lungs as theophylline.”2 > And they concluded: > “This review found that even small amounts of caffeine can improve lung function for up to four hours.”2 > Caffeine is a methylxanthine. It falls into the same family of medicine as theophylline, a strong bronchodilator that was a top-line asthma remedy during the 1970’s through the 1990’s. I was chronically dependent on theophylline from the mid 1970’s until 2007. https://asthma.net/living/the-effects-of-coffee-on-asthma/ https://asthma.net/living/the-effects-of-coffee-on-asthma/
- wallacoloo 6y ago
  Some people claim to use coffee to reduce seasonal allergy symptoms (i.e congestion) for similar reasons.
arh68 6y ago
That's funny, it was just on an old rerun of Quantum Leap the other day.. https://quantumleap.fandom.com/wiki/Maybe_Baby_(episode) https://quantumleap.fandom.com/wiki/Maybe_Baby_(episode)
- lhuser123 6y ago
  > The vet examines Kristy, but doesn't have anything she can prescribe for a human. Sam has an idea, and fills up Kristy's bottle with coffee, telling Bunny that the caffeine will help Kristy to breathe until they can get her some proper medicine. Who knew? And it’s from 1990.

Caffeine seems to be a known bronchodilator, so you're not wrong there.

Helps me too. I maybe drink a couple cups a week, but when I visit my grandparents I might drink 5 a day to keep the asthma down...

tedmiston 6y ago

It looks like there may be something to this. > About a hundred sixty years after Dr. Salter’s book was published, a review of studies was performed to see if coffee had any true impact on lung function and asthma. The authors wrote: > “Caffeine is found in coffee, tea, cola drinks and cocoa. Caffeine is a drug that is very similar to theophylline. Theophylline is a bronchodilator drug that is taken to open up the airways in the lungs and therefore relieve the symptoms of asthma, such as wheezing, coughing and breathlessness. Scientists are interested in finding out whether caffeine has the same effect on the lungs as theophylline.”2 > And they concluded: > “This review found that even small amounts of caffeine can improve lung function for up to four hours.”2 > Caffeine is a methylxanthine. It falls into the same family of medicine as theophylline, a strong bronchodilator that was a top-line asthma remedy during the 1970’s through the 1990’s. I was chronically dependent on theophylline from the mid 1970’s until 2007. https://asthma.net/living/the-effects-of-coffee-on-asthma/ https://asthma.net/living/the-effects-of-coffee-on-asthma/

wallacoloo 6y ago
Some people claim to use coffee to reduce seasonal allergy symptoms (i.e congestion) for similar reasons.

arh68 6y ago

That's funny, it was just on an old rerun of Quantum Leap the other day.. https://quantumleap.fandom.com/wiki/Maybe_Baby_(episode) https://quantumleap.fandom.com/wiki/Maybe_Baby_(episode)

lhuser123 6y ago
> The vet examines Kristy, but doesn't have anything she can prescribe for a human. Sam has an idea, and fills up Kristy's bottle with coffee, telling Bunny that the caffeine will help Kristy to breathe until they can get her some proper medicine. Who knew? And it’s from 1990.