World Asthma Day: Advice For Parents On Managing Asthma In Children

More than one million children in the UK (that’s one in 11) are currently receiving treatment for asthma, according to Asthma UK.
When properly managed with effective medication asthma should result in no major ongoing symptoms in kids.
We’ve rounded up some important pieces of advice for parents from charities and a GP on how to manage children’s asthma.....

Read more here: huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Environmental pollution is biggest cause of asthma: Experts (May 3 is World Asthma Day)

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India has witnessed a huge rise in asthma in the past decade, especially among children, due to a spike in environmental pollution, experts have said.
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder due to inflammation of the airways in our lungs. Some of the common symptoms of asthma include breathlessness, tightness in the chest, and night cough.....

Read more here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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For the sake of those with asthma, for the sake of us all, we need to work to improve the poor quality of Lancaster County's air

THE ISSUE
Despite some modest progress, Lancaster County still holds the dubious distinction of having remarkably poor air quality compared to that of other areas in the United States — it’s the 11th worst of 186 metro areas for soot levels and gets an “F” grade for smog, according to the American Lung Association. The county produces its own share of pollution, but a big part of the problem is emissions drifting eastward from power plants in regions like western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Today (Tuesday, May 3) is World Asthma Day.....

Read more here: lancasteronline.com