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The weeks following Diwali are worrisome for over 10 lakh people in the city who suffer from asthma with tramadol hcl side effects disorders seen on a rise. KEM Hospital’s department of chest medicine runs an awareness programme for managing asthma by evading the smoke and pollution during that season. But what physicians in the city find alarming is that in the past few years, people who have never suffered from any tramadol hcl side effects disorders like asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), have also been observed developing tramadol hcl side effects infections during winter. It is time to take notice when people, not necessarily patients of asthma, report to hospitals with wheezing and lingering cough, say pulmonary experts. The primary cause is the pollution present in the respirable air, the increase in the number of suspended air particles and the ambient air quality levels. The atmospheric pollution levels soar as the winter sets in, say doctors warning a further rise in bronchial infections in the coming month. According to physician Dr SN Acharya, children are more susceptible, as they have smaller airways as compared to adults. “This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough,” he said, adding that he has seen at least a 20 per cent rise in the number of patients post Diwali. “I call my patients weather indicators, as they are the first to feel the changes in the climate,” said Dr Amita Athavale, Head, department of chest medicine, KEM. ... tramadol hcl side effects