If you are prone to anxiety attacks, stress or emotional upset, your probability of asthma attacks is increased. Isolate and avoid anything that triggers your asthma by trial and error. You must learn to manage your [...]

People who suffer with asthma and allergies need to be very careful. Exercises are supposed to be very good for people; however for patients with asthma and allergies, they need to be extremely careful. This can trig[...]

We have all turned on the TV and watched the scenes of a character portrayed with classic asthmatic wheezing. It is called a “device” in the movie biz that is not nearly the truth for most asthma sufferers[...]

There are different ways to treat asthma in children, and most of them pose some unique challenges. There is a lot more air pollution in this world than there ever used to be, and as a result there is a lot more asth[...]

Asthma can be very uncomfortable to those who have it. This can be very dangerous because it deals with your breathing pattern. The most important element that a person needs is oxygen. When you have asthma, it’[...]

A persistent, chronic cough should not be ignored, particularly in children and could be a common symptom of asthma. Asthma cough is different than a conventional cough and it’s important to differentiate betwe[...]

You feel it starting… shortness of breath, tight chest, wheezing and coughing. You’re having another asthma attack. You try to remember where you laid your inhaler… you just hope you don’t have[...]

A more sophisticated piece of equipment, used in hospitals and chest clinics, is the Spiro meter. It measures the amount of air expelled in one second, or forced expiratory volume in one second, and forced vital capa[...]

Who is More Likely to Suffer from Asthma? Asthma is a worldwide disease, more common in urban than rural areas and accounts for about 25 per cent of all non-tuberculous chest diseases. It may occur at any age, but in[...]

For asthmatics there is no doubt about the effectiveness of the conventional medication that you might be taking during attacks and flare ups. But what if you suddenly run out of it? What do you do? Will you be able [...]