With the help of well-trained and experienced pulmonary function technicians, children as young as 4 to 5 years of age should be capable of performing spirometry. Spirometry measures forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1 ), the ratio of FEV 1 /FVC, as well as other measures of airflow including the forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of FVC (FEF 25–75 ). The FEV 1 is the most commonly used and reproducible measure of pulmonary function, whereas the FEF 25–75 demonstrates much more intrapatient variability. (more…)
The role of oral and inhaled corticosteroids in the management of acute asthma is well known. This study compared the effects of in ...
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is a functional respiratory tract disorder resulting from paradoxical adduction of the vocal cords ...
More severe asthma can persist from childhood into adulthood without remission. Another important tendency in the natural histo ...
Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) is a major therapeutic target in a range of chronic inflammatory disorders involving neutr ...
Allergen avoidance has been recommended in the management of allergic asthma children. Very few studies have assessed the effect of ...
Tumour Necrosis Factor is a pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of asthmatic airway inflammation, hyper-reactivity and remodelling. The primary aim of the trial was to assess whether TNF antagonism, using a soluble Tumour Necrosis Factor receptor (TNFR:Fc etanercept, Enbrel ® ), can attenuate eosinophilic airway inflammation in patients with mild to moderate allergic asthma. (more…)
Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) is a major therapeutic target in a range of chronic inflammatory disorders involving neutr ...
Marimastat is a synthetic broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor. This study assessed the anti-inflammatory effect ...
Roflumilast is an oral, once-daily inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) that prevents the breakdown of cyclic adenosine ...
IgE plays an important role in allergic asthma. Reducing IgE in the airway mucosa should reduce airway inflammation. Omalizumab has ...
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), originally described as a vascular permeability factor generating tissue oedema, has be ...
The role of oral and inhaled corticosteroids in the management of acute asthma is well known. This study compared the effects of inhaled fluticasone propionate with those of intravenous hydrocortisone in patients with acute severe asthma.
One hundred and six patients with acute severe asthma were assigned in a double-blind, randomized manner to receive fluticasone propionate by means of a metered-dose inhaler into a spacer device in a dose of two puffs at 10-min intervals (3000 µg fluticasone propionate/h), or intravenous hydrocortisone. (more…)
This study was similar to the study of Harrison and colleagues, which looked at doubling the dose of inhaled corticosteroid dur ...
For most patients, asthma is not controlled as defined by guidelines; whether this is achievable has not been prospectively stu ...
The management of asthma in the community involves patient education to avoid the triggers, doubling the dose of inhaled steroi ...
Treating allergic rhinitis may have a downstream effect on concomitant asthma and this may be due to attenuation of the underlying ...
This study evaluated budesonide formoterol efficacy and safety of a novel asthma management strategy for both maintenance and s ...
It is very common in asthmatic children where overprotective parents prevent a normal level of exercise to their kids. However, a controlled sport appropriate to the course of their disease is very healthy.
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable bronchial obstruction and reversible, either spontaneously or with treatment, (more…)
Asthma treatment has one main goal to maintain a normal and healthy lifestyle, including exercise and other physical activities. Pe ...
Up to 85% of asthmatics patients have symptoms of wheezing during or after exercise. Moreover, many patients diagnosed with all ...
It is widely knowt that pollen, pollution, smoke can trigger an asthma attack. But one interesting thing is exercise can also trigg ...
Most attacks of asthma, though frightening and uncomfortable, are usually mild and subside within a few minutes with simple treatme ...
This article focuses on symptoms of exercise induced asthma. Exercise can be a trigger factor when asthma is not well control ...
A better detection, the least restrictive health food allergies choices, specific measures of allergy prevention, and teaching guidelines on potential new therapies has known to improve the management of food allergies. This new approaches give hope to more than twelve million Americans who are affected by food allergy. (more…)
How frequently do you drink milk everyday or every week? Feel something strange after you drink your last milk? Perhaps you don ...
If an exclusively breast-fed baby is exhibiting the type of allergic to milk symptoms previously discussed, the mother will i ...
A cross-sectional, descriptive, questionnaire-based survey was conducted in schools in Toulouse, France, to determine the preva ...
Food is essential for sustaining human life. Many love to eat and find enjoyment in this activity. But there are literally thou ...
Many people will tell you that they have a food allergy; in fact in today's society it is considered to be trendy, with celebri ...
Asthma is a frightening condition. I have lived with asthma symptoms for 17 years and the thought of an allergy induced asthma attack is ever present each day. Always being sensitive to the beginning signs of an asthma attack are important so that one can avoid a trip too the emergency room of the local hospital or medical center.
These are the signs to be aware of, yet not always signaling the start of an asthma attack:
Shortness in breathing
Sighing (more…)
It is important that you understand what asthma medicine to flare up so that you can treat your asthma. Knowing how to control ...
Most attacks of asthma, though frightening and uncomfortable, are usually mild and subside within a few minutes with simple treatme ...
When seeking information on asthma help, many people first want to know what it is. Then they want to know what is causing them to ...
There are other signs and symptoms of asthma. People with asthma can be feeling irritable because of asthma discomfort. Some si ...
Asthma can be worsen if it is not treated properly. If you are one of the person who are having such illness, you already knew ...
How to properly make clinical diagnosis of acute severe asthma? There is little doubt of the accuracy of current asthma testing. This is because most patients had bring out an established asthma diagnosis from prior regular asthma treatment, before presenting it to Asthma Emergency Department. We can see that most of patients had physical presentation: sitting up right, had profusely diaphoretic, only manage to speak only a few words at a time, and obvious respiratory distress. We can see varying respiratory rate on most patients. Hyperventilating is common in proportion to the severity of asthma attack. On the other hand, patients with hypoventilation is an indication of impending respiratory arrest. (more…)
The role of oral and inhaled corticosteroids in the management of acute asthma is well known. This study compared the effects of in ...
In 2004, there were 2.4 million children aged 5 to 14 years, or 5.9% of this population group, with a self-reported asthma atta ...
Asthma is a frightening condition. I have lived with asthma symptoms for 17 years and the thought of an allergy induced asthma atta ...
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is a functional respiratory tract disorder resulting from paradoxical adduction of the vocal cords ...
This study evaluated budesonide formoterol efficacy and safety of a novel asthma management strategy for both maintenance and s ...
Are there any complications with Allergic rhinitis?
At first glance, the symptoms of allergic rhinitis may not appear unduly troublesome, and may even be trivialised. However, they do have a significant effect on a patient’s quality of life. Apart from the obvious discomfort and social embarrassment of the rhinitic symptoms themselves, patients must also endure: (more…)
Specific immunotherapy has been widely used to treat allergic rhinitis symptoms. As with any other form of specific immunotherapy, ...
About twenty percent of patients who have common allergic rhinitis are also having perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms. This f ...
As a person who suffered form allergies and have a profession as family physician, I have much sympathy for those struggling with i ...
Non-allergic rhinitis is defined by the absence of positive SPTs or radioallergosorbent test (RAST) to common allergens. Ideall ...
After nasal allergen challenge, substance P and CGRP are released into nasal secretions of atopic patients . In allergic rhinit ...