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If you or someone in your household suffers from asthma, you most likely take steps to help avoid an attack. You most likely already have your own comprehensive list of do's and don't's when it comes to your asthma, but there's something else you may want to add to that list: Stop using household spray cleaners.

An international longitudinal study discovered a link between common household cleaning sprays to an increased risk of asthma attack in adults. The researchers found that using household spray cleaners as infrequently as once a week is enough to raise the risk of an asthma attack by 76 percent. What's more, the risk became even greater if cleaning sprays were used more frequently than that.

Play it safe by switching to liquid cleaning products rather than aerosols, asthma experts say. If there's any difference in cleaning, it's a small sacrifice to be made in terms of protecting your respiratory health.