What to know during National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. We sat down with Dr. John Anderson from the Alabama Allergy & Asthma Center to find out what you should know about your symptoms.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says May kicks off peak season for asthma and allergy sufferers. While there’s no cure for asthma or allergies, they are treatable.
More than 24 million Americans suffer from asthma, which kills ten people a day. More than six million children under 18 suffer from asthma. More than 50 million Americans have all types of allergies and the number is growing.....

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CMC plans asthma camp on May 2

It is being held to mark World Asthma Day
The Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College (CMC), is conducting an asthma awareness camp on May 2. Asthma assessment and spirometry, which is a test to measure lung function and degree of block in the airways, will be done free of cost at the camp.
According to a press release, the camp is organised to commemorate World Asthma Day, which is observed on the first Tuesday in May every year to increase awareness of asthma among people, and to reiterate the fact that this condition can be kept under control with regular inhaled medications.....

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Asthma Concerns Spark During Allergy Season

ABILENE, Texas (KRBC) - As the warm and fluctuation of temperatures continue with the west Texas wind, the pollen count continues to stay high.
As pollen counts rise, people diagnosed with asthma could be suffering due to allergy induced asthma.
"I am allergic to every grass, every tree, everything in this part of Texas basically I'm allergic to it"
Angelica Mason is an Abilene resident who struggles with asthma and .says it is something she has to deal with everyday.....

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