A cold has caused a flare-up of symptoms (psuedo-exacerbation), but never a full blown attack for me. It is only if the cold results in bronchitis or a sinus infection that the "infection" has triggered a real attack.

As Cheryl pointed out, be sure to treat infection with antibiotics, if one crops up.

My daughter very seldom gets a cold, and we were talking about that while she came down with a "cold" in mid-Sept. We noticed a pattern though, and it seems to happen every year at the start of school. These colds often last several weeks too, then no sickness for another year.

I took her to the clinic this time because she couldn't shake the cough, and his first question was "does this seem to happen every Sept?". "YES, it does!" we said, and he asked whether she has asthma? While she has many allergies, and sports induced asthma, she has shown no other indication of having asthma on an ongoing basis.

Apparently many kids (and adults) suffer from asthma much worse when the weather starts to turn cooler (which is at the start of the school year here). He said they don't know what the reason is, but they are always inundated with kids who "appear" to have a "cold" in Sept. It is not a cold though . . .

He started her on a the two types of puffers, and it STILL took two weeks to mostly stop the cough. There were occasions, even after that, that she had to pull out the "emergency" puffer to stop the coughing . . . but it ALWAYS worked to do that and cough medicine hadn't been working at all.

So, if you are recently in a colder weather transitionary period . . . asthma might be worth considering. Just something to consider...

Cherie