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The amazing Starlings, Spring and Vitamin D

The Starlings are back and I can't tell you how happy this small sign of spring makes me feel.

Spring means less coughs and colds which means less chance of an asthma attack and that's got to be good. Also, more daylight and sunshine mean more vitamin D which I personally believe really helps. I know there is little solid evidence when it comes to Vitamin D and asthma [Paul, Grace, et al. "Vitamin D and asthma." American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 185.2 (2012): 124-132] however I've got to say that 'A' has taken a supplement which includes vitamins D and C since September. She had a number of nasty flare ups between October and early December and mercifully nothing since, which really does make me wonder if the vitamins helped once they had time to get into her system as it was a very different story last winter. During the summer months she had a number of colds, but nothing that  escalated to the point of needing Prednisolone.



Anyway, I'm just glad that she's been well for a good number of months, and now the starlings flying in their incredible aerobatic formations over my house remind me that spring is on the way and maybe we've seen the worst of the asthma attacks for a little while... Fingers crossed anyway.

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