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Fast Care During E.R. Visits?
My new friend, Faith, over at the “Hoping to Adopt Blog” had a scary visit to the emergency room last week with her seven year old son. He was experiencing a severe asthma attack, during which she was...
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How to Recognize an Asthma Attack
Asthma causes changes to your child’s airways that become chronic conditions. The lining of the airways swell. When the airways are swollen, they become more sensitive to triggers. The airways become...
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Link Between Antibiotic Use in Infants and Asthma
An article in Reuters, June 2007 said that according to new research, giving infants less than one-year-old antibiotics for a non-respiratory tract infection would greatly increase the child’s chances...
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Asthma Sufferers Learn the Papworth Method
The Papworth method is a diaphragmatic breathing technique for asthma sufferers, that incorporates both breathing and relaxation, introduced by physiotherapists in the 1960s for people with asthma and...
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Bad News for Asthmatic Cat Lovers
Really bad news for those of you who have children with allergies, if you happen to be a cat lover like me. Unexpected findings from a European study suggest that if you have allergies, being exposed...
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A Healthy Diet Could Help Control Asthma Symptoms in your Teenager
A healthy diet that includes fruit rich in vitamin C and fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids could help control asthma symptoms in your teenager. But, how will you convince your teenager to eat these...
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Is Your Child Misdiagnosed With Asthma?
Over 6 million children in our country have been diagnosed with asthma. However, a recent study conducted at Columbus Children’s Hospital found that three out of four children who appeared to have...
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Which Asthma Inhaler Should Your Adopted Child Use?
A few weeks ago, I took my eight-year-old child to the doctor for croup. The doctor noticed that he was also wheezing. Our son had infantile asthma when we adopted him and occasionally has still has...
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Steps in Diagnosing Asthma
Does your child have bouts of wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath? Have you talked to your child’s doctor about these symptoms? Could your child have asthma? While these are some of the...
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Are You Putting Your Adopted Child at Risk for Asthma?
Are you putting your adopted child at risk for developing asthma? A study of 3000 healthy children over a six-year period suggests that many parents are. Is your home is close to a busy road? Yes, then...
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