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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that usually presents with a series of recurring symptoms, including wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and chest tightness. The causes of the disease are believed to be both genetic and environmental. There is currently no precise medical examination to diagnose asthma, but a diagnosis is usually established after evaluating the sufferer's symptoms. Asthma can sometimes occur simultaneously with other conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Asthma treatment usually involves lifestyle modifications, such as avoidance of various symptom triggers (allergens, smoke, sulfite-rich foods), as well as an array of drugs that can keep symptoms under control. Mild asthma usually has a good prognosis. Over 50% of the patients diagnosed during childhood will no longer be presenting any symptoms within a decade.


Asthma incidence has increased considerably during the second half of the 20th century. A survey showed that about 9% of American children suffered from asthma in 2001, compared to only 3,6% in 1980.

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  • Treating and Controlling Asthma


    Oval Egg Articles - Knowledge Boundaries Redefined — Authority Authority: 122
    Asthma is really a medical condition impacting the lungs as well as the breathing airways, and it truly is becoming an increasing number of common all over the globe. Asthma is much more widespread nowadays than it was fifty years ago. Numerous people feel this is as a result of varieties of supplies utilized in ...
    6 days ago

  • Asthma


    The Official Blog of Grannytherapy — Authority Authority: 127
    Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. In those susceptible to asthma, this inflammation causes the airways to spasm and swells periodically so that the airways narrow. Obstruction to air flow either resolves spontaneously or responds to a wide range of treatments, but continuing inflammation makes ...
    1 week ago

  • How to Manage Dust Mites in the Home


    Advertzones Small Business Network Blog — Authority Authority: 116
    It seems like no matter how many times you dust or how much you try to get rid of it, dust is everywhere–there’s no escaping it. What you may not realize is that there are tiny, microscopic creatures living in the dust. They’re called dust mites, and they subsist on the dead skin that humans and their pets shed. ...
    1 week ago

  • Home Remedies For asthma with symptoms


    Hindustanlink.com: Health Care Blog — Authority Authority: 111
    Introduction Asthma is a debilitating and potentially deadly chronic inflammatory disease of the airway which mainly arises from allergies. You may characterize it by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, chest constriction and coughing. It may conditionally characterized by paroxysmal attacks of ...
    1 week ago

  • Identify asthma triggers and how to anticipation


    Go Healthy Life — Authority Authority: 123
    The fact, asthma symptoms that each patient is different. Therefore, identify asthma triggers so that you quickly anticipation. In the book entitled “Family Health Guide”, Doctor Miriam Stoppard explains, that asthma triggers is anything that irritates the airways and cause asthma symptoms. There are various ...
    1 week ago

  • What is asthma reliever medication?


    Go Healthy Life — Authority Authority: 123
    To avoid the things that are not desirable, asthma patient should always be prepared reliever medication to go anywhere. What is asthma reliever medication? Asthma reliever medication is a bronchodilator. This drug works by relaxing muscles in the airway wall that allows open. Asthma relievers are usually shaped blue ...
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  • Ribbon Cutting & Launch of Breathmobile® in Alameda


    EPR Network Blog — Authority Authority: 126
    Released on: January 18, 2012, 6:56 amAuthor: Ouida J. Cooper-Rodriguez, MAIndustry: Consumer Services, HealthcareOakland, CA – On Friday, January 20, 2012, the Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc. (PJCCE), in partnership with the Alameda Boys & Girls Club and Alameda Head Start will host a ...
    1 week ago

  • Safe Exercises and Preventing Asthma Attacks – Can people do a long term jog and running?


    Running Exercise Day — Authority Authority: 103
    Asthma does not have to prevent a person from distance exercises. A person can safely complete running exercises with Asthma as long as they are careful. The most important thing to do, is pay attention to the signals the body is sending. As with any exercise program a person should always check with their doctor ...
    1 week ago

  • Caesar Born Babies Have Risks of Asthma


    Health and Medic — Authority Authority: 116
    According to a new study, it was revealed that children who are born by caesarean section are at higher risk of developing the disease of asthma at the age of three years old. These findings support previous research results. The study analyzed data on more than 37 thousand participants in the Norwegian Mother ...
    1 week ago

  • Not as planned


    The Antics of a Brittle Asthmatic — Authority Authority: 94
    I was hoping to post an update last Thursday, but it didnt happen because I had a visitor just as I was about to set to task.  So then I determined that Id do it on Friday instead, but nothing went to plan on Friday and after a week of struggling on at home with what turned out to be flu, I ended up in hospital. As ...
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  • Vitamins And Asthma


    Health and Sports — Authority Authority: 122
    More than 10 million American’s throughout the United States suffer from asthma. Asthma is very common, with doctors considering it to be a new epidemic. Most Americans who suffer from asthma blame it on environmental pollution, along with the increasing exposure of toxic chemicals throughout the air. Deaths that ...
    1 week ago

  • Lung function decreases and AHR increases with greater sgE levels or SPT wheal diameter to inhalant allergens


    Allergy Notes — Authority Authority: 104
    Studies in children show specific serum IgE (sIgE) and size of skin test wheal to inhalant allergens predict wheezing and reduced lung function. Few studies in adults have investigated that link. FEV1 and FVC (% predicted) were measured using spirometry and airway responsiveness by methacholine challenge (5-breath ...
    1 week ago

  • Researchers Discover Novel Chemical Route To Form Organic Molecules


    Health News from Medical News Today — Authority Authority: 674
    An international team of scientists led by University of Hawaii at Manoa Professor Ralf I. Kaiser, Alexander M. Mebel of Florida International University, and Alexander Tielens of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, discovered a novel chemical route to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) - complex organic ...
    1 week ago

  • Dog, cat exposure good for asthmatics?


    Respiratory Therapy Cave — Authority Authority: 110
    The following is from healthcentral.com/asthma. " Having dog or cat may prevent asthma ."  (Originally published Some people think that if you have a family history of cat or dog allergies you should not expose your kids to cats or dogs. The belief is this will prevent cat and dog allergies. Yet that ...
    1 week ago

  • Asthma Diet – Is It For Real?


    SmartHealthForLife.com — Authority Authority: 129
    Do you believe that asthma diets work well in getting rid of asthma? You should trust that it’s true. Asthma only appears if you are exposed to triggering factors if you just observe it more. So, if you stay away from your triggers, you can easily avoid having asthma. You cannot totally remove asthma from your ...
    1 week ago

  • An Enormous Way To Use Overcoming Acid Reflux


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    People unexpectedly go through horrendous chest pains combined with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Gerd , which are often due to difficulties in their digestion. When the tube that’s involved with the intake of food from the throat to the stomach is not powerful enough to hold the acid, acid reflux will occur. ...
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  • Smoke Inhalation Study Yields Surprising Results


    Health News from Medical News Today — Authority Authority: 674
    A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients. Contrary to expectations, patients who died from their injuries had lower inflammatory responses in their lungs than patients who survived. "Perhaps a better ...
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  • Mum to hear why her daughter died


    Paramedic UK — Authority Authority: 120
    One of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics was found guilty of misconduct for not making sufficient attempts to resuscitate the youngster. No inquest was held into her death, but now the Doncaster Coroner, Nicola Mundy, has decided there should be one. A preliminary hearing will be held in February when a ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Vijay Amritraj inspires brave-hearts of Mumbai Marathon


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 537
    Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) A 70-strong contingent of heart patients from the renowned Asian Heart Institute (AHI) will join 39,000 fit runners Sunday at the high-profile 9th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, an official said here Saturday.They have been inspired by none other than ace tennis champion Vijay Amritraj, 58, ...
    2 weeks ago

  • People Have A Family History Of Asthma Must Notice


    SmartHealthForLife.com — Authority Authority: 129
    More than 22 million adults and 6 million kids suffer from asthma in the U. S. , there are lots of different types of asthma and many different triggers causing asthma attacks. While the precise cause of asthma is unknown some of the following factors may act together to cause asthma in a few individuals. Asthma is ...
    2 weeks ago

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