Household cleaning tips to help control children’s asthma
Reducing indoor asthma triggers can help keep kids feeling well, AAP says

Keeping a clean house isn’t always easy where kids are involved, but it may be worth striving for if you’ve got a child with asthma.
According to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), reducing household allergens and pollutants can help reduce their symptoms. What's more, eliminating indoor triggers may even reduce kids' need for medication.
The first step in keeping wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath at bay? Learning your child’s specific indoor asthma triggers. The group notes that the two most common triggers are dust mites and mold, but other culprits can include smoke, pets, cockroaches, chemicals, and airborne fragrances.....

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The number of people with asthma continues to grow

CORPUS CHRISTI - Asthma can be diagnosed at any time in one's life. While there is no cure for asthma, it can be managed by working with a healthcare provider to develop a plan to avoid asthma triggers and use medication properly. The number of people with asthma continues to grow. One in 12 people (about 25 million, or 8% of the population) has asthma.
Asthma is a chronic disease that is episodic, meaning that it can come and go.  Asthma accounts for more than 15 million physician office and hospital outpatient department visits, and nearly 2 million emergency department visits each year.....

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Tueo’s Digital Health Service for Improved Asthma Control

Tueo Health, an emerging growth company based out of Redwood City, California, is developing a device-enabled digital health service for improved asthma control. The device is comprised of three parts: an Internet-connected monitoring device in the home, a smartphone application and a team of asthma educators.
The contactless sensor passively measures basic physiologic parameters during sleep. Changes in the parameters relative to a patient’s baseline will reveal early changes in disease control, days before the condition becomes severe. The data available in the smartphone app gives patient’s objective measures to use in following doctor-issued asthma action plans. In the event of worsening control, the asthma educators will provide guidance to obtain optimal results.....

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