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 Controlling asthma
Controlling asthma is the goal of anyone who has this respiratory problem. The symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing, tightness in the chest, and difficult breathing, can be frightening – not onl..
 Choosing a doctor for your asthma
Choosing a qualified, caring doctor for your asthma treatment is an important decision; it is, however, one that you will have to make if you have been diagnosed with this disease. You may already hav..
 Asthma triggers
If you have asthma, triggers can set off a serious attack. If you know what these triggers are, you frequently avoid encountering the trigger and thereby avoid the asthma attack. Of course, a trigger..
 The two types of asthma
Asthma is a severe disease that attacks the lungs and the airways of anyone who has this terrible disease. Asthma is something that someone can be faced with everyday or it may go away and only occur..
 The diagnosis of asthma
When we think of asthma, we think of wheezing, but asthma is not always so obvious. Some asthmatics cough, and some only complain of shortness of breath. Many do not complain at all, so you will not d..
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 Is it asthma?
If you or a loved one has symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, a feeling of tightness in the chest and a feeling of not being able to breathe, and these signs appear suddenly, you..
 Medication for asthma
Asthma medications are important tools in managing this disease and preventing attacks that can be frightening and stressful. The medicines used to treat asthma fall into two major categories: quick-r..
 Seven questions: rate your asthma doctor
Take a few minutes to ask seven simple questions and rate your asthma doctor. You’ll learn more about your health care provider and about your interactions with him or her. This may help you determine..
 Asthma demystified
Before we get into how to treat asthma I thought it would be prudent to start at the beginning so we are all on the same page. I am doing this because of all the myths and misinformation about asthma..
 Acid reflux and asthma
Acid reflux is a situtation where stomach acids move back in your esophageal or throat area and into other parts of the body. This is especially serious with someone who is suffering from asthma as th..
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