Asthma is one of the top 10 chronic illnesses and nearly one third of the 26 million people diagnosed with it are under the age of 18. The reality of having to help children deal with the prospect of a lifelong battle with...read more
by Renee Dawson
My advice to pediatric asthma treatment is that you find an outstanding Pediatric Pulmonologist. It is also important that this Pulmonologist have excellent Respiratory Therapists on staff to do teaching that your child or...read more
by EMoore
Asthma is not easy for children to accept. You can help a child to accept living with it learning all you can about it and helping them understand how to deal with it. Do no allow them to feel sorry for themselves because ...read more
Children accept and deal better with diseases than adults. But it is the parent's and the pediatricians responsibility to help the child to adapt to asthma. Anything can cause asthma in children; foods, pollens, dust mites...read more
The 2 most important things to remember to help a child with asthma is prevention and preparation. Prevention 1) If you smoke, please stop. If you see people who smoke, keep your child away from them. 2) Give your ch...read more
Growing up as a child diagnosed with allergies, asthma and bronchitis was not the highlight of my childhood. At that time, I used to have to go to the doctor's office for weekly allergy shots. Luckily, medical science ha...read more
Derived from the Greek word "aazein", meaning "sharp breath", bronchial asthma had taken over the place of one of the commonest childhood illnesses affecting one among the four of urban children. As a commonest disease ...read more
Dealing with asthma when i was a child wasn't easy and in no means was enjoyable. Sitting on the bench in the fourth quarter, or staying behind when your friends played casual games in the park was a difficult challenge fo...read more
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