Asthma affected by London Plane?

[timbernut]

Hi, my granddaughter, who is nearly 3, has asthma, her family have just moved to a place with garden.

They've only been here a week so today I turned up wi mover etc to help tidy up and they said since bein here she has been coughing constantly and wondered if it was the paint ( they redecorated before moving in )

But I am wondering if it is the 2, reasonably large, planes that dominate the back garden from council open space behind. I know from experience working on themhow uncomfortable they can make your working day when in leaf and I know there's nothing we can do about them, but am interested to know if anyone could confirm they may be the cause?

Thanks in advance

John

[timbernut]

Offending(?) trees!

[Andyd1606]

I don't suffer from asthma or hay fever but these trees are the only thing that I can't be around in summer time. They set my nose and eyes off just being near them it's the pollen I'd definitely won't do any work on them this time of year

[silky fox]

Sneezy trees! Worked on them for five years in London...very aggressive trees

[felixthelogchopper]

I would always wear a mask when chipping London Plane at this time. Poplar trees and Ivy are my pet hates. Just my luck that I was doing an Ivy clad Poplar with plenty of fluff on Monday.

Edited July 16, 2016 by felixthelogchopper

[Stubby]

Plains get me sneezing when chipping in leaf . I am pretty tolerant of most things, oilseed rape etc etc so if she suffers with asthma then yes it could well be .

[BenR]

I would say its pretty likely to be a significant factor in making her asthma worse..

[Kveldssanger]

Here's some studies on this matter: https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&q=plane+tree+asthma&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

[stihlmadasever]

I have asthma and i get wheezy when chipping planes in the summer time.

Id say its almost definatley the problem for the kid

[Steve Bullman]

Would seem the obvious answer. People mention sneezing and wheezing...personally when I work on these trees I am coughing my guts up to the point of literally gagging. Absolutely hate the stuff.