When I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed with asthma. I often got respiratory illnesses as a child, and in 7th grade PE class, I was having a lot of trouble with the required running. The doctors diagnosed asthma. I knew that this meant inhalers and limitations. I did not realize that, years later, ...
Have you put on weight recently? Was it around the time you started a steroid based asthma inhaler? Your medicine may be the culprit. I developed adult-onset asthma at nineteen, and was put on Vanceril (which is now off the market), an asthma inhaler designed to prevent asthma attacks from happening in the first place. ...
Five years ago, I was a graduate student at the University of South Carolina studying public health and social work. I lived in graduate student housing, worked as a graduate assistant for the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), took part in a social work internship, and carried a full load of classes. I ...
If you have a young child who suffers from asthma, you will want to read this article. Asthma is the most common chronic illness effecting children; in fact, one-third of those diagnosed are children under 18. It is the third most common reason for hospitalization of children. Not only that, but nearly 14 million days ...