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Allergy Medicine - Allergy Shots
2007-09-24 08:14:00 The final step in treating a child’s allergies is allergen immunotherapy, better known as allergy shots. These shots work by repeatedly giving a child a very small, controlled dose of the allergens that affect him. Allergen immunotherapy eventually slows or even stops his reaction. Think of it as training the child’s immune system to ... More About: Medicine , Shots
Are Allergies Becoming More Widespread?
2007-09-14 16:19:00 Yes, allergies are increasing. We do not know why the incidence rates of allergies are rising, but they are. Asthma, hay fever, eczema, and food allergies are all on the increase. The most common theory to explain the rising numbers is the hygiene theory. This theory is based on the belief that young people ... More About: Allergies , Ming , Spread
Asthma - Breathing Tests
2007-09-08 03:53:00 Based on family medical history and your child’s medical history and symptoms, the doctor may strongly suspect your child has asthma. The doctor may want your child to have other tests to be certain of the diagnosis and to determine how severe the asthma is and what treatment steps to take. One of these ... More About: Asthma , Tests , Brea
Outgrowing Asthma
2007-09-06 06:00:00 One of the biggest myths about asthma is that most children “just grow out of it.” This isn’t actually the case. A minority of children with asthma will leave asthma behind as they grow older. They generally had only mild asthma in early childhood and usually don’t have allergies. As they grow, their airways ... More About: Asthma , Grow
Asthma - How Bad Is It?
2007-08-31 14:01:00 Based on symptoms, physical examination, and the results of spirometry, the physician will determine the severity of your child’s asthma. Severity falls into four basic classifications, or steps: Step 1, mild intermittent: Symptoms occur during the day or night no more than two days a week or two nights a month. Flare-ups of symptoms ... More About: Asthma
Asthma - Partnering With Your Child?s Health Proffessional
2007-08-23 05:52:00 The best advice is simple and straightforward: work with your child’s physician or nurse practitioner to review the pattern of illness that you have observed over the last six months. Ask yourself questions like these: How often do symptoms occur? What triggers the symptoms? How often do flares occur? It’s also helpful to keep ... More About: Health , Asthma , Child , Neri , With You
Asthma - Steps In Making The Diagnosis
2007-08-15 05:44:00 Medical history: The first and most important step in accurately diagnosing asthma is a careful, complete medical history. Your child’s doctor will start by asking a lot of questions about your family history of allergy and asthma. The tendency to have allergies and asthma often runs in families: Among at least half of all ... More About: Asthma , Maki , Diagnosis , The D , Makin
Asthma Medicines - The Key To Treatment
2007-08-07 05:59:00 Control of airway inflammation is the key to successful asthma treatment. To control inflammation in the lungs, there are two main things to do: First, control your child’s environment the best you can. Exposure to viral infections or colds is inevitable among children (although good frequent hand washing can help prevent the spread of colds). ... More About: Treatment , Asthma , Medicines , Medici
Asthma - Examining Your Child
2007-07-30 13:21:00 After talking to you and your child about symptoms, the doctor will give your child a physical exam. The doctor will look at the child’s nose, throat, and ears to check for secretions (runny nose), swollen mucous membranes, and infections. Rhinitis (runny nose), sinusitis (sinus infection), and ear infections can cause coughing similar to ... More About: Asthma , Child
Antihistamines - Allergy Medicine
2007-07-22 08:38:00 The most popular medicines for allergies are antihistamines. As the name suggests, antihistamines counteract the swelling and other effects of histamine. They are very effective for keeping allergy symptoms from starting and for treating them when they do. The most widely used antihistamines today are called H1 receptor antagonists and are available by prescription only. ... More About: Medicine , Stam , Medici , Antihistamine
What Doesn?t Cause Asthma?
2007-07-16 09:47:00 Researchers cannot say for certain exactly what causes asthma, but they can rule out some old suspects. Not too long ago, asthma was thought to have a psychological cause. Today we know that asthma is definitely not psychosomatic, or “all in the child’s head.” Children with asthma have a real medical problem. It isn’t ... More About: Asthma
The Root Of Asthma
2007-07-11 03:37:00 Triggers set off asthma flares, but they are not the reason your child has asthma in the first place. What is the cause? There’s no single answer to that question at this time, but asthma has several suspected sources. Family history is probably one major reason for asthma. If relatives have asthma or allergies, a ... More About: Asthma , Root
Diagnosing Asthma
2007-07-09 03:49:00 Finding out if your child has asthma isn’t always easy. There’s no one simple medical test for asthma, so the diagnosis depends on a child’s overall pattern of symptoms. For that reason, it’s important for parents to notice a variety of signs and symptoms that combine to form a pattern. If you suspect asthma, ... More About: Asthma
Recognizing Asthma Symptoms
2007-07-07 16:58:00 Asthma is a highly individual condition. Symptoms can range from very mild to severe and even life threatening. Symptoms may appear only occasionally and last for just a little while. Or they may occur daily to several times a week and become more severe. They may even go from mild to severe in a ... More About: Asthma
When Your Child Has Asthma
2007-07-06 03:57:00 As a mother holds her seven-month-old baby, she notices that he’s breathing faster and harder than normal. With each breath, his belly is moving in and out more than usual. She hears a faint “whistling sound with each breath as well. She never saw this in her older child. “What’s wrong?”she worries. The father if ... More About: Asthma , Child
Are Allergies Inherited?
2007-07-05 07:35:00 Although there are many reasons why allergies are so common, family history is by far the most important. The genetic tendency to have allergies, called atopy, is inherited. If one parent has allergies, a child has a fifty-fifty chance of having allergies. If both parents have allergies, a child has about a 70 percent ... More About: Allergies
Asthma Triggers
2007-07-04 03:12:00 Anything that affects the airways of a child with asthma is called a trigger. It is often something your child is allergic to, such as pollen or dust mites (tiny “bugs” that live in carpet or fabrics), as well as irritants like cigarette smoke. Exposure to a trigger even in very small amounts can ... More About: Asthma , Triggers
Asthma And The Lungs
2007-07-03 03:41:00 Doctors and nurses refer to the swelling of the airways as inflammation and the squeezing of the airways as bronchospasm or bronchoconstriction of the muscles that encircle the airways. What is the cause? To answer that, here is a quick lesson in how the lungs work: The lungs’ major job is to bring oxygen into ... More About: Asthma , Lungs
What Is Asthma?
More articles from this author:2007-07-02 15:05:00 Asthma is a chronic disorder that swells the walls of the lungs’ airways. As the airways swell, the muscles around them tighten, squeezing the airways. At the same time, the airways clog with mucus. These combined factors-swelling, tightening, squeezing, and mucus-:- keep air from moving in and out of the lungs as easily as ... More About: Asthma 1, 2 |
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