Nigeria: Common cold is the leading trigger of asthma

Head of the Pulmonary Unit at the University College Hospital, Dr. Olumide Sogaolu, has stated that the common cold, not pneumonia, is the leading cause of asthma globally.

He also said that it is a myth that using asthma inhalers indicates how severe the illness is.

Sogaolu, speaking at the 2025 World Asthma Day celebration by the Pulmonary Unit at the University College Hospital in collaboration with the hospital’s Asthma Club, said upper tract infections are the number one trigger…