21/10/2025
There is the potential for Thunderstorm asthma event from this evening - anyone with pollen allergy (hay fever or asthma) is at risk - even if you have never had asthma before- so please be aware of what you should do today. So, if you have pollen allergy, at the very least take oral antihistamine / cortisone nasal spray and have asthma reliever medication close by. Check your asthma management plan. Stay indoors with windows closed when the low weather front is due to arrive and keep alert for the warnings https://www.melbournepollen.com.au/
See this link for the details
https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/living-with-asthma/resources/patients-carers/factsheets/thunderstorm-asthma
Note that your reliever inhaler could be the blue one salbutamol or symbicort rapihaler both used with a spacer
There are other fact sheets including how to use your inhalers properly https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/living-with-asthma/resources/patients-carers/factsheets