Thought you had 'grown out' of your asthma? Think again: Millions plagued by breathlessness as a child can have it return DECADES later

The panic and sense of suffocation is something I can still remember well. It was a school sports day and I was five years old.
One moment I'd been running happily in the sunshine, the next I was bent double, unable to breathe.
What followed was a blur. I was bundled into my parents' car and rushed to the local GP, who placed a nebuliser — a device that helps you inhale medication — over my mouth.
He told me to breathe in. As the medication flooded into my lungs and I gulped the air, I felt the suffocation and panic subside.....

Read more here: dailymail.co.uk

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Is Your Job to Blame for Your Asthma?

In the U.S. alone, more than 25 million people are known to have asthma. For those with the chronic lung disease, which narrows airways and can cause problems ranging from chest tightness to shortness of breath and coughing, potential hazards can lurk in every environment: your home, outside -- and the workplace.
Research continues to expand the understanding of agents that may cause a person to develop asthma and worsen symptoms on the job -- from cleaning chemicals to dust from industrial processes.....

Read more here: yahoo.com

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Smart Nebulizers for Children with Asthma are Underway

Vectura has received FDA approval to start testing a smart device to improve asthma therapies in children.
Vectura, based in the UK, develops inhaled delivery technology for diseases that affect air tracts, such as cystic fibrosis, or influenza. The company has now received an investigational new drug (IND) approval from the FDA to study a drug-device combo to improve asthma therapies in children from 1 to 8 years.....

Read more here: labiotech.eu