How much does living in a city affect children with asthma?

I know that some people react badly to living in the country, but I'm concerned of the effects of pollution on my 5 year old. Would really appreciate thoughts or advice.

Statistically at least asthma seems to be worst in rural areas rather than in cities and towns. This seems perverse when you consider pollution, but I assume it must be the case that plant material and pollens have a greater effect.

There are some other oddities such as before the Berlin Wall came down asthma was worse in modern, clean West Germany than it was in the poorer, dirtier more polluted East Germany. Since the Wall came down the incidence in gradually equalising.

Im not sure how much it affects a child or will affect your child in particular but my auntie and one of my friends found that their athsma cleared up greatly when they moved out of the city and it was easier to breathe.

Go to NRDC (national Resources Defense Council), then search under diesel. There's a lot of info on diesel & asthma in children. It's a major nationwide prob.

Depended by emissions and immersion by air.The most important pollution in this case, is the sediment able dusts.

Some cities are worse than others. If the city is known for smog and pollution due to factories, air elements, etc, it might be wise, if you have the time to do this without the time element affecting the pay you need to live, to check out a few places. Email Steve McCauley, one of the weathermen on Channel 8 here in Dallas, Texas. Depending on what shift he's on--they were floating for awhile because the chief weatherman, Troy Dungan, just retired and they have "a new kid in town"---he'll answer you as soon as possible. I emailed him with pollen questions, and liked the answers I got. His email is: smccauley@wfaa.com. Good luck to you!

We lived in a village, but by the side of a very busy main road. My son developed asthma at the age of two and a half. He was really seriously ill, was hospitalised regularly, and had to have a nebuliser six times a day. We moved when he was four near to a seaside town in the middle of a quiet small estate and two minutes walk from the clifftop. He never had a bad attack after we moved, and grew out of the asthma by the age of eight.

car fumes is one explanation to aggravate asthma, and living in a city attracts more traffic, less trees to give off fresh oxygen.

It really depends on what the triggers for the asthma are. For example. pollution can trigger some peoples asthma but then other peoples asthma can be triggered by cold weather and your never going to escape that. Try and figure out what seems to cause you childs asthma it may just be something simple.

Don't move from a city just cause you think it may help. I am an adult and circumstances made me move not asthma. Where I lived before was right by the M6 motorway and other main roads. I moved to a small town away from main roads etc and if anything my asthma has got worse not better!!!