Adjusting the inhaled glucocorticoid dose based on indices of airway inflammation has been proposed as a means of achieving more effective control of asthma than the conventional approach of adjusting steroid dose based on symptoms, lung function and rescue medication use. In a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 97 asthmatic patients received fluticasone doses adjusted on the basis either of conventional guidelines or of exhaled nitric oxide fraction (FE NO ). (more…)
For most patients, asthma is not controlled as defined by guidelines; whether this is achievable has not been prospectively stu ...
The new corticosteroid ciclesonide has been evaluated in various studies to assess its efficacy and adverse effect profile in a ...
Despite optimum drug delivery and good compliance with inhaled corticosteroids, many patients experience symptoms and exacerbat ...
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 ...
Asthma treatment has one main goal to maintain a normal and healthy lifestyle, including exercise and other physical activities. People with asthma are get benefit from regular exercise. Regular exercise helps increase lung capacity that allows the lungs to function more efficiently. There are many good medications for asthma and allergies on the market today. They have some disadvantages and some prescription drugs that only treat and reduce the symptoms of asthma during exercise. (more…)
This article focuses on symptoms of exercise induced asthma. Exercise can be a trigger factor when asthma is not well control ...
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 ...
A history of cough, dyspnea, wheezing, chest tightness or performance problems during exercise suggests the person may have Exercis ...
It is very common in asthmatic children where overprotective parents prevent a normal level of exercise to their kids. Howeve ...
Britain is one of the countries most affected by asthma: has 5.4 million people on asthma treatment, of which 1.1 million are children. Every day there three people die from asthma, but 90% of these deaths could be avoided. (more…)
More severe asthma can persist from childhood into adulthood without remission. Another important tendency in the natural histo ...
Perhaps one day you have experienced chronic fatigue, insomnia, tender points and pain in your muscle all over your body? Do no ...
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 ...
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Atopy can be determined as such the production of specific IgE response to common exposure to environmental allergens like dust mit ...
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…)
Are your children having peanut allergies? If yes, and you are new to this things, you are advised to look for some guidance. ...
Many medicines that are common and consumed by us everyday was discovered in its natural state. It then process and then synthe ...
It is important that you understand what asthma medicine to flare up so that you can treat your asthma. Knowing how to control ...
The geographical variation in the prevalence of asthma in children does not coincide with variations in air pollution levels. The i ...
Treatment of allergic diseases in childhood presents unique challenges, as both the beneficial effects and the detrimenta ...
Asthma is a continuing problem for healthcare, particularly in the industrialized world. Some 150 million people are estimated to suffer from asthma worldwide, with 5.2 million sufferers in the UK. Hospital admissions for asthma number 69 000 per annum in the UK, including 28 500 children. Approximately 1400 people die from asthma in the UK annually, of whom over 30% are under the age of 65. Asthma costs the UK National Health Service almost £90 million per annum (statistics from Asthma UK, http://www.asthma.org.uk). (more…)
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), originally described as a vascular permeability factor generating tissue oedema, has be ...
Airway hyper-responsiveness in asthma may involve smooth muscle growth, a manifestation of airway remodelling. The involvement ...
Airway remodelling is considered to be of major importance in the pathology of asthma, with subepithelial basement membrane thi ...
Contact of pathogens with the innate immune system will most frequently occur at epithelia, and the biology of the airway epitheliu ...
Some features seem to be common to severe asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with reversibility of airflow limita ...
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 ...
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 asthma 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…)
Over the last few years, medical science has discovered many new drugs to prevent attacks, as well as to control attacks when they ...
Allergies can be defined as inappropriate immune system reactions to a foreign substance entering body. Allergies are kind of disea ...
Most attacks of asthma, though frightening and uncomfortable, are usually mild and subside within a few minutes with simple treatme ...
Each year, millions of people are susceptible to seasonal allergies symptoms. The pollen of the flowers float in the air that could ...
Egg allergy is likely more of interest to parents, parents who have children that must be vaccinated. This concern is because many ...
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 asthma 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…)
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There is a lot of prescription drug usage occurring these days, and with those prescription medications, come dangerous side ef ...
There are a lot of means to help alleviate the burdens of people who suffer from asthma. Although there are official medical tr ...
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