Ashlee Doesn’t Just Cope with Her Asthma, She Controls It

As an infant, Ashlee was constantly in the hospital. Her symptoms were mimicking a seizure, and doctors struggled to figure out what was causing it. She was eventually diagnosed with asthma and acid reflux disease. The combination of the two illnesses was causing her seizure like symptoms.
Her asthma was severe and she continued to be hospitalized throughout her development. On one occasion, she even needed to be resuscitated.
At one point, the toll of her illnesses began to stunt her growth. That’s when her mom, Shauna, knew it was time for a change. Shauna turned to Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach.....

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11 Best Cities To Live For People With Asthma

Suffering from asthma is no joke and can lead to severe consequences, and given the list of things that make the disease harder to manage, it’s pretty obvious there will be locations where it’s easier to live, such as the 11 best cities to live for people with Asthma.
Over 330 million people suffer from asthma, a report from the Global Asthma Network reveals. This means that all these people risk their lives every day by simply breathing, something most of us take for granted. The disease causes the swelling of the airway, which narrows the airways carrying the air to the lungs.....

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Back to school asthma

The summer holidays are coming to an end and families are busily preparing for another school year. During this time it’s important to remind parents and caregivers that every year there is a spike of asthma flares in school children during the first few weeks of the school year.
The ‘back to school asthma’ phenomenon is well known and thought to affected 1 in 10 children with asthma. Research suggests that viruses such as the common cold are spread from child to child in the class room and it is these viruses that cause the asthma flare. Other factors which may lead to the flare are stress, a change in environment with exposure to allergens and complacency with the use of reliever medication during the holiday period.....

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