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chalk and lung/respiratory system disorders

 Greets  My topic considers the problem with lungs and chalk. I´d like to hear other experiences from fellow climbers.  I have asthma and have had no real symptoms since childhood other that occasional cold, some animals may have given some problems sometimes.  How ever when I started to climb I dont remember having issues with indoors climbing and the notorius amounts of chalk they use there - especially when bouldering indoors. However nowadays I only go (its winter in scandinavia and indoors training is must) in morning time when air is not that filled with the white fog circulating around. Even then I sometimes feel a bit "dizzy" when breathing. If I try to go when theres more people and chalk/dust in the air i it feels like a small suicide as I need to inhale medicine afterwards and spent the night coughing "something" out... Im quite worried about the long term affects what inhaling chalk may cause. Even healthy folk complains some nausea and strange feeling on their chest :)   Please dont give any of that "I´ve eaten the stuff for 50 years and had no problems"type of BS ;)  cheers
im also pretty concerned about that, any long time studies for this?
 Some studies in english can be found here .. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2008/EM/b719344k
Hi Sensitive lungs like an astmatics will most likely react with more mucus produced in the lungs which is what you are experiencing. Magnesia (eg Chalk ) is not notably toxic/irritative so most people can take it. I would recommend you to avoid overexposure and to use an inhalation steroid after climbing to keep inflammation after exposure to a minimum- preferable you should talk to an MD specialized in ASTMA - to get relevant advice in your special case regards björn