4 Air Purifier Types You Should Know If You Have Allergy or Asthmaby Lela Iskandar 5/13/2012 For most sufferers, daily outdoor activities are a serious no, no. Staying indoor is the best protection from smoke, dust, pollen and other harmful floating particles. But there’s a slight problem with that idea. You see, the air in your home could be worse than outdoor. Well, I didn’t say that. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the one ... |
How to Keep the Lungs Healthyby Michael P Richards 5/13/2012 The most important aspect to keeping the lungs healthy is to avoid smoking. If you are already a smoker, ask your doctor for help to quit. Cigarette smoke contains over 4000 different chemicals, at least 500 of which contribute to the formation of cancer. Smokers put themselves at a vastly increased risk of lung cancer, and the ... |
7 Health Tips for Keeping Asthma Under Controlby Lexi L Davis 12/21/2011 1. Learn to Recognize the Symptoms For many people, asthma attacks seem to sneak up on them and before they know it, they are in a situation that seems out of control. By carefully monitoring your symptoms, you will have a better idea of when an ... |
Treating and Controlling Asthmaby Martin Kratochvila 12/21/2011 Attempts to define asthma are made more difficult by the uncertainty concerning the absolute cause, even though it seems unavoidable that there are different kinds of asthma with distinct causes. Environmental elements are considered to be among ... |
Can Clean Air Help Prevent Asthma?by Mike J. Hughes 3/27/2011 Asthma is a common medical condition that affects more than 300 million people worldwide. It is a chronic inflammatory disease that is characterized by sudden constriction of the muscles in the bronchial walls, reversible obstruction of airflow and recurring symptoms of shortness of breath, tightness of the chest, coughing and wheezing. The most common trigger of an asthma attack is the inhalation of unclean air, such as the airborne irritants and allergens. With the kind of pollution that we have today, we cannot even guarantee that the air inside our house is one hundred percent allergen and dust-free. Even your own ... |
Exercise For Those With Asthmaby Anthony Leger 3/27/2011 Being physically active promotes good health. However, people with asthma often shy away from exercise because exercise itself could trigger an attack. This kind of asthma is known as Exercise Induced Asthma (EIA). EIA can be brought under control by following an effective asthma management plan and should not be allowed to interfere with physical activity. Benefits of exercise for asthma patients: Just as it helps other people, exercise can help asthma patients to: * Strengthen their muscles and bones * Maintain recommended body weight * Boost the strength of the immune system Exercise ... |
Asthma and Traveling: 5 Necessary Stepsby Travis Grasley 3/27/2011 Proper planning and management includes things like keeping your nose and mouth covered while performing activities in frigid weather, taking a dose of your rescue inhaler 5 minutes before intense exercise, and when going out to eat, choosing smoke-free restaurants. But even the best laid plans still sometimes fall short. Did you ever see the effective credit card commercial ... |
Understand and Report the Symptoms of Asthmaby Lisa A Mason 9/29/2010 One of the most important methods of treating asthma is to understand the symptoms and to be able to recognize them when they are happening. Often people with asthma, particularly children, don’t even realize it when they are having symptoms of their asthma. If your child has asthma, it is your responsibility to help keep track of the symptoms of asthma and also to report back to your child’s doctor on regular visits so that you can all work together to help create the most healthy life possible for your child. If you are an adult with asthma, it is equally ... |
Living With Asthma Todayby Lee M Duncan 9/29/2010 Asthma is a condition affecting many people all over the world. Most being affected are our children. It’s a disease that causes your airways to swell, making the air going back and forth to the lungs to be hindered and unmovable depending on the severity of your condition. These are triggers that cause you to have difficulty breathing. During an asthma attack you’re very susceptible to all sorts of allergens and air pollutions. Mostly these types of breathing problems happen at night and sometimes early in the morning. Times depend on the person and their environment, like pets and smokers ... |
Chronic Bronchitisby Saumya Choudhury 9/29/2010 Health is considered to be a key to a long life. But in present world, where people have adopted a sedentary lifestyle, being healthy has become very difficult. Every year, millions of people die from some disease or the other. One of such diseases which pose a major threat to human health is chronic bronchitis. To make matters worse, many people ignore the basic symptoms of the disease thinking that it will be cured automatically with time. Thus, the treatment of chronic bronchitis at the right time is necessary so that it is not too late to be cured. Chronic bronchitis ... |
The Many Signs of Asthmaby Sarah Labdar 9/6/2010 Around the globe, asthma is the cause of approximately 175,000 deaths per year, 4,000 of which are in the US alone. Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, which causes airway constriction and results in shortness of breath or breathing restrictions. A trigger normally causes asthma attacks, which are an acute exacerbation of asthma disorders. A trigger is a specific stimulus that the person is exposed to that causes an increased responsiveness in the airways producing bronchospasms, and airway obstruction. This trigger varies from person to person and includes but is not limited to allergens, exercise, cold ... |
Knowing More About Allergy Induced Asthmaby Lee Andersons 5/3/2010 Now, most people know that asthma is a disease that affects the lower respiratory system, but what is allergy induced asthma? For those of you who do not know, asthma is caused by the narrowing of the airways. This narrowing is irreversible and starts in the bronchi and ends up as inflammation in the lungs. This starts to make it hard for the person to breath, but unlike emphysema, asthma can be controlled and your can live with it, as long as you keep taking your medication, even with allergy induced asthma. With emphysema you will find that the narrowing or ... |
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