Tidings of comfort and joy to you and yours! We hope this holiday season is full of food and fun, and free of asthma attacks. With that in mind, here are a few asthma triggers specific to the season to watch out for.
A new study from Rotterdam, Netherlands says that kids who share a bed with their parents have a higher rate of childhood asthma.
The study collected yearly questionnaires from over 6,000 mothers while their children were between ages one and six. The questionnaires looked at both the child’s sleeping patterns and any asthma symptoms. It found that children who share a bed with parents during infancy did not have a higher risk of asthma.
In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 20 year old Casey Kressin died of an asthma attack after a police officer pulled over his girlfriend Leah Hryniewicki for running a red light when she was trying to get Casey to the emergency room. Leah immediately started yelling that Casey was having an asthma attack and needed medical attention.
Adenotonsillectomies, the surgical removal of one’s adenoids and tonsils, may decrease asthma symptoms in children according to a new study.
The study looked at the data of over 40,000 children with asthma. 13,506 of them had an adenotonsillectomy. 27,012 of them did not. Those who did have the procedure “showed a sharp decrease in acute asthma exacerbations in contrast with children who didn't.”
Over the years we’ve written about many different asthma home remedies on this blog, but never any this strange. (Please note, we do not endorse the following home remedies, nor have they been proven effective. But they are certainly very interesting.)
It’s fall allergy season, and people all across the country are sniffing and sneezing. This is especially true in the area from the south Midwest to the Southeast, which is affectionately known as the “Pollen Belt” because it has the highest pollen counts in the country.
Halotherapy, a new type of respiratory treatment, is growing in popularity all across the United States, Europe, and Canada. In this new therapy, people go to relaxing spa rooms with soft lighting and pleasant music to breathe in salt. Salt covers the floors and walls of these rooms, and a machine called a halogenerator sends microscopic salt particles floating through the air.
Several studies have been conducted on the links between vitamin D and asthma, some suggesting there’s a strong link between the two, and others casting doubt that there’s a link at all.
Over the past month, two new devices for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been in the news-- one very high tech, and the other very low tech.
Last year, about 250,000 teens who had never smoked before tried e-cigarettes, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s a shocking threefold increase since 2011. This trend is largely due to the fact that e-cigarettes have been marketed to the public as a “safe” alternative to traditional cigarettes.
We’ve long known that the common cold can trigger asthma attacks. In fact, the World Health Organizations says that 80 to 90% of all asthma attacks are caused by airway infections, the most common of which is the common cold. But until now, scientists didn’t know how exactly colds triggered asthma attacks.
Since around 3,000 BC, doctors have been using a wide variety of methods to prevent and treat asthma. Some of the suggested treatments over the years are not only ineffective, but harmful. Other treatments likely were effective, although not as good as the nebulizers and inhalers we use today.
