Living With Asthma

Asthma is a chronic lung condition and approximately one in every eleven people in the UK is living with asthma. It is a chronic condition that affects the airways and the ability to be able to breathe properly.
I have lived with asthma my entire life. I can go months without an attack, but I can also go weeks of needing my inhaler on a daily basis.
Living with asthma means I have had to learn to be aware of what may trigger an attack. I know that a sudden change in temperature, like going into a warm building after being outside in the cold can trigger an attack.....

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Live Attenuated Flu Vaccine Is Safe for Kids with Asthma, Study Finds

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has warned physicians not to use live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) on children with asthma.
Reporting at IDWeek 2016 in New Orleans, LA, Nicola Klein, MD, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, CA, and colleagues found that is likely not a necessary precaution.
They looked at whether the live vaccine caused more problems in children with asthma than inactivated vaccine.....

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Vitamin D Can Reduce Asthma Attacks

Adding a high-quality vitamin D supplement to standard asthma medications can reduce the severity of asthma attacks.
A Cochrane Review of seven randomized trials involving more than 1,000 children and adults found that vitamin D reduced attacks and symptoms in both children and adults.
Several studies have linked low blood levels of vitamin D to an increased risk of asthma attacks in children and adults with asthma.....

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