Tonsil removal for youth with sleep apnea may improve asthma, study says

The surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids in children with sleep apnea may mitigate asthma, reveals a new study published in PLOS Medicine.
"Several small studies have described a strong association between obstructive sleep apnea and asthma: two common inflammatory conditions that impair breathing in children,” lead author Rakesh Bhattacharjee, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago, said in a news release. “But we wanted to test the strength of the connection when studied in a much larger population.”.....

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Does Vitamin C Help Exercise Induced Asthma?

First off, let me define and differentiate two different conditions that I found were included in the articles I looked at.
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) : “a narrowing of the airways in the lungs that is triggered by strenuous exercise. It causes shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and other symptoms during or after exercise.” (Mayo Clinic)......

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Have a Loved One With Asthma? Save Her Life By Reading This

Recently, the daughter of one of our friends died suddenly from an asthma attack.  Apparently she had had a “mild” asthma diagnosis so everyone had many questions and were stunned to hear this sad news.
Ironically, the fact of the matter is that the “mild asthma” or “exercise induced” asthma diagnosis has a higher mortality rate so that term “mild” is rather a misnomer.....

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