Asthma attack typically occurs gradually, after a series of worsening symptoms. The symptoms usually start a couple of days before the asthma attack, but most of the patients do not pay much attention to them. However, it is important not to ignore the symptoms and seek professional help on ...
Asthma patients can have considerable input into the management of their condition, often engaging in some degree of independent decision making1,2—for example, adjustment of treatment by following a personalised written asthma action plan. There is increasing emphasis on providing services responsive ...
Management of asthma in adults: Do the patients get what they need - and want? Suboptimal asthma control may be caused by a combination of factors, such as nonadherence to guidelines, lack of compliance, and poor asthma education. The... V Backer,CS Ulrik,H Harving,... - 《Allergy & ...
This article relates an experience of a mother whose son had an asthma attack. Suzie's son Barnaby has had asthma since he was a few months old. One time Barnaby had a cough that she did not feel too good about, so she called the doctors. A young doctor attended to her and told he...
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition in which inflammatory airway constriction reduces the flow of air to the lungs, causing shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing. An asthma attack is a physiological process that occurs when a person with asthma comes into contact with a triggering ...
Safety of bronchodilators and corticosteroids for asthma during pregnancy: what we know and what we need to do better. Asthma is a common medical condition complicating pregnancy with potentially serious effects on pregnancy outcome. The aim of this review is to provide an ... T Lomholt,Gregersen...
The diagnosis of "CF asthma" is problematic and it is difficult to determine which patients have a combination of CF and asthma and which have asthma like symptoms caused by inflammation of the CF lung. This may not matter, however; the relevance lies in the possible approaches to treatment...
t get the medicine deep into their lungs. I have a link here to a very funny clip from the “House” TV show, which shows a woman using her asthma inhaler in averyimproper way. Sure, it’s over the top, but actually it’s not such an easy thing to do as you’d think, ...
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Moderate or severe persistent asthma means you have asthma symptoms every day. You may also need to use your rescue inhaler daily to treat shortness of breath. Your normal activities are affected by wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness. You have frequent flare-ups when your ...