Many kids’ deaths in the United States over the years happened both in schools and children camps because of lack of access to basic essential medicines for asthma.

In Massachusetts, a law passed recently that allows students and children with asthma and allergies to bring along emergency (more…)

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…)

Asthma is a disease marked by wheezing, coughing, and difficulty in breathing. It is a form of allergy, a physical reaction of some persons to substances that are harmless to other people. An asthma patient becomes short of breath during attacks. The lining of the nasal passages swells, and spasms occur in the bronchial muscles.

Substances that cause asthma or other allergies are called allergens. Allergens may be taken into the body by being inhaled or swallowed. (more…)

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 that hard facts. The things can turn into a problematic situation. Sometimes you don’t know when the next attack will come. Much of the time you depend on your inhaler to lessen the disease.

Asthma medications is the common way of controlling and assuring your asthma at times. But like many medical treatment, (more…)