Archive for August, 2007
Asthma – How Bad Is It?
Friday, August 31st, 2007Based 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 [...]
Asthma – Partnering With Your Child’s Health Proffessional
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007The 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 [...]
Asthma – Steps In Making The Diagnosis
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Medical 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 [...]
Asthma Medicines – The Key To Treatment
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 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). [...]