Akron Children's Hospital reports fewer asthma-related admissions

BOARDMAN, Ohio - Christian Abrigg of Canfield has lived with asthma for half of his life.  It requires constant monitoring and frequent doctors visits.
"When I was eight-years-old, I was playing baseball just as the asthma started," said Abrigg.
Living with asthma can be scary. 
Abrigg's asthma typically is induced when he plays sports or when his allergies flare up.  Each year, more than a million people find themselves in the emergency department because of their condition.
"We have relied on the emergency room and we've already had to stay at Beeghly once this year, overnight, with an episode," said his mom Judy Abrigg.....

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Girl, 13, dies after suffering asthma attack at school in West Yorkshire

A SCHOOLGIRL at in West Yorkshire has sadly died just days after suffering a suspected asthma attack.
Anjneha Nain was airlifted by Yorkshire Air Ambulance from Westborough High School in Dewsbury to hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
The school posted on its website that Anjenha, who was not named at the time, was in a “serious condition” following the air ambulance’s attendance but she sadly lost her life yesterday.....

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How to Help Someone Having an Asthma Attack

Zac Kennett still remembers the day when his grandmother found him having an asthma attack. He was supposed to be waiting for her in the foyer, but when she saw that he wasn’t there, she came inside and saw him gasping for breath in his bedroom.
Kennett’s grandmother knew that he had asthma and allergies — but she’d never seen him having an asthma attack before.
“It feels almost as if you’re being choked, but it’s prolonged,” says Kennett, of St. Peters, Missouri. Although he doesn’t know what triggered his asthma attack that day, he said that “without proper medicine and medical care, it wasn’t going to fix itself.”
If you see someone having an asthma attack, follow these steps.....

Read more here: everydayhealth.com