Flu and People with Asthma
What is Asthma?
Asthma is a lung disease that is caused by chronic inflammation of the airways. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma attacks occur when the lung airways become swollen and tighten due to airway inflammation. Asthma attacks can be caused by “triggers” such as airway infections, allergy particles, chemical irritants, and air pollution. During an attack, people with asthma experience symptoms such as wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Often, asthma attacks can be prevented by limiting one’s exposure to triggers and by properly using asthma medications.....
Read more here: cdc.gov
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Local mom raises awareness after losing her daughter to asthma
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR)-- The loss of a child is a terrible thing, but imagine using the pain of that loss to fuel the drive to educate others in hopes no other parent has to go through it. That's what Tamica Fricks is doing after losing her daughter Kendel Sherman to Entrovirus 69. An Entrovirus is what you may be experiencing when you have a summer cold, but combined with Sherman's asthma it made it impossible for her to breathe taking her life.....
Read more here: wifr.com
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Treating Asthma at School
It is important to tell your child’s teachers and other school staff about his or her asthma. That way, they can help your child if symptoms get worse or if he or she has an asthma attack while at school.
Plan a meeting
Call the school to plan a meeting with teachers and other staff. At the meeting, talk about the following:
- Your child’s asthma attacks. Tell the group how your child deals with worsening symptoms and asthma attacks when they happen.
- Your child’s early symptoms. These might be wheezing, coughing, or sneezing.....
Read more here: fairview.org
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Friday, January 27, 2017
Pediatrician talks about children's asthma
Last week on News Radio 1240 KQEN’s Talking Health program, Dr. Madhu Kankipati of Centennial Pediatrics in Roseburg was interviewed by host Lisa Platt about asthma in children.
The following is an edited version of that interview.
Lisa: Dr. Madhu, would you explain to us what asthma is?
Dr. Madhu Kankipati: Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by an inflammation of airways of the lung. Typical symptoms of asthma are shortness of breath, cough, wheezing. It’s very common in children and according to the 2013 CDC survey, 6.2 million children has asthma in the United States.....
Read more here: nrtoday.com
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Truth About Asthma Treatment
Dr. David Hahn’s first research paper on asthma appeared in 1991, in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In that study, Dr. Hahn and his colleagues enrolled 365 patients with an acute upper respiratory illness, all of whom were suffering with cold-like symptoms.
The researchers found that C. pneumoniae infection caused 5 percent of the acute bronchitis and 20 percent of community-acquired pneumonia.
They also reported that C. pneumoniae infection was associated with wheezing, asthmatic bronchitis, and adult-onset asthma. The authors speculated that the association was causal — C. pneumoniae was the underlying cause of asthma and wheezing.....
Read more here: newsmax.com
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Ninth thunderstorm asthma death
The lives lost to the freak thunderstorm asthma outbreak in Melbourne has risen to nine with another death two months after the weather event.
The Department of Health on Wednesday released a statement advising the ninth person had died in connection to the November 21 storm, which saw 8500 Victorians suddenly in need of hospital care.
All other patients have since been discharged.
Fairfax Media understands the person died this week and had received specialist treatment in an intensive care unit before being moved to a ward.....
Read more here: thecourier.com.au
Last week on News Radio 1240 KQEN’s Talking Health program, Dr. Madhu Kankipati of Centennial Pediatrics in Roseburg was interviewed by host Lisa Platt about asthma in children.
The following is an edited version of that interview.
Lisa: Dr. Madhu, would you explain to us what asthma is?
Dr. Madhu Kankipati: Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by an inflammation of airways of the lung. Typical symptoms of asthma are shortness of breath, cough, wheezing. It’s very common in children and according to the 2013 CDC survey, 6.2 million children has asthma in the United States.....
Read more here: nrtoday.com
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Truth About Asthma Treatment
Dr. David Hahn’s first research paper on asthma appeared in 1991, in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In that study, Dr. Hahn and his colleagues enrolled 365 patients with an acute upper respiratory illness, all of whom were suffering with cold-like symptoms.
The researchers found that C. pneumoniae infection caused 5 percent of the acute bronchitis and 20 percent of community-acquired pneumonia.
They also reported that C. pneumoniae infection was associated with wheezing, asthmatic bronchitis, and adult-onset asthma. The authors speculated that the association was causal — C. pneumoniae was the underlying cause of asthma and wheezing.....
Read more here: newsmax.com
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Ninth thunderstorm asthma death
The lives lost to the freak thunderstorm asthma outbreak in Melbourne has risen to nine with another death two months after the weather event.
The Department of Health on Wednesday released a statement advising the ninth person had died in connection to the November 21 storm, which saw 8500 Victorians suddenly in need of hospital care.
All other patients have since been discharged.
Fairfax Media understands the person died this week and had received specialist treatment in an intensive care unit before being moved to a ward.....
Read more here: thecourier.com.au
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Asthma Therapeutics Market clinical characteristics, landscape, approved treatments, late-stage pipeline 2021
Asthma is a chronic condition affecting the respiratory system, with disease occurrence linked to both genetic and environmental factors. It has significant global incidence and there is currently no cure. Pharmacotherapeutic intervention aims to provide patients with an increased level of disease control and reduce the severity of symptoms, and a number of inhalational therapeutic options are available. Current asthma treatment options are able to provide the majority of patients with a sufficient level of disease control. Additionally, scientific advancements through the development of combination and add-on therapeutics have provided patients with treatments that allow for a greater level of disease control. However, unmet need remains, in the form of patients that do not respond well to current therapeutics or therapeutic combinations.....
Read more here: medgadget.com
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Schools warned about asthma spikes as children return after holidays
Schools are being warned about the potential for a spike in asthma cases when children return after the holiday break.
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ has issued the warning, saying studies showed viral infections were likely to be the main cause in the possible jump in asthma hospitalisations.
"Asthma attacks are particularly common for children when going back to school, especially following the long summer holiday," the foundation's education and research general manager Teresa Demetriou said.
Other causes included less strict asthma management over the holidays, environmental changes that created greater exposure to allergens and changes in emotions, such as stress and anxiety.....
Read more here: stuff.co.nz
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Medical students teach school pupils about asthma attacks
Medical students from Cardiff University are teaching children how to recognise the signs and symptoms of an asthma attack.
The students will also show pupils how to deal with an attack effectively.
Childhood asthma currently affects three children in every classroom in Wales.....
Read more here: itv.com
Asthma is a chronic condition affecting the respiratory system, with disease occurrence linked to both genetic and environmental factors. It has significant global incidence and there is currently no cure. Pharmacotherapeutic intervention aims to provide patients with an increased level of disease control and reduce the severity of symptoms, and a number of inhalational therapeutic options are available. Current asthma treatment options are able to provide the majority of patients with a sufficient level of disease control. Additionally, scientific advancements through the development of combination and add-on therapeutics have provided patients with treatments that allow for a greater level of disease control. However, unmet need remains, in the form of patients that do not respond well to current therapeutics or therapeutic combinations.....
Read more here: medgadget.com
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Schools warned about asthma spikes as children return after holidays
Schools are being warned about the potential for a spike in asthma cases when children return after the holiday break.
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ has issued the warning, saying studies showed viral infections were likely to be the main cause in the possible jump in asthma hospitalisations.
"Asthma attacks are particularly common for children when going back to school, especially following the long summer holiday," the foundation's education and research general manager Teresa Demetriou said.
Other causes included less strict asthma management over the holidays, environmental changes that created greater exposure to allergens and changes in emotions, such as stress and anxiety.....
Read more here: stuff.co.nz
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Medical students teach school pupils about asthma attacks
Medical students from Cardiff University are teaching children how to recognise the signs and symptoms of an asthma attack.
The students will also show pupils how to deal with an attack effectively.
Childhood asthma currently affects three children in every classroom in Wales.....
Read more here: itv.com
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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
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
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Tulane researchers find roach bait reduces asthma in kids, and other area higher education news
Kids have asthma? Invest in roach bait
Families with children who suffer from asthma may want to consider investing in bait traps used to kill cockroaches, according to researchers from Tulane University.
In a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the researchers found that using cockroach bait eliminated enough of the pests so that children with moderate to severe asthma had almost 50 fewer days with symptoms in a year.
“To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess whether insecticidal bait alone works to reduce cockroach exposure in homes with any subsequent benefit in asthma outcomes,” said lead author Felicia Rabito, associate professor of epidemiology at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.....
Read more here: theadvocate.com
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Asthma ‘February epidemic’ looms
Ahead of the start of the 2017 school year, the National Asthma Council Australia is asking pharmacists to help their young asthma patients be ready for a safe return to the classroom
The ‘February Epidemic’, a big asthma spike in children immediately after school goes back, is a well-recognised and documented phenomenon.
Studies in Australia and the UK have shown asthma hospitalisations surge during the first month of the school year, with cases in Australia rising as much as threefold in children aged five to 14 years and doubling in pre-schoolers.....
Read more here: ajp.com.au
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Girl who died from asthma attack allowed to eat only junk food as life ebbed away
A 13-YEAR-old girl who died from asthma in a “putrid” rodent- and mould-infested home had ballooned to a woman’s size 18 by the time of her death, friends and relatives have revealed.
Her parents let her gorge on sausages and chicken nuggets and even sent her to school in clothes that didn’t fit, with her aunt saying it was “a miracle she made it to the age of 13”.
Her loved ones have also accused Family and Community Services of putting cost-cutting above the child’s life as more details of systemic bungling in the case can be revealed.....
Read more here: dailytelegraph.com.au
Kids have asthma? Invest in roach bait
Families with children who suffer from asthma may want to consider investing in bait traps used to kill cockroaches, according to researchers from Tulane University.
In a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the researchers found that using cockroach bait eliminated enough of the pests so that children with moderate to severe asthma had almost 50 fewer days with symptoms in a year.
“To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess whether insecticidal bait alone works to reduce cockroach exposure in homes with any subsequent benefit in asthma outcomes,” said lead author Felicia Rabito, associate professor of epidemiology at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.....
Read more here: theadvocate.com
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Asthma ‘February epidemic’ looms
Ahead of the start of the 2017 school year, the National Asthma Council Australia is asking pharmacists to help their young asthma patients be ready for a safe return to the classroom
The ‘February Epidemic’, a big asthma spike in children immediately after school goes back, is a well-recognised and documented phenomenon.
Studies in Australia and the UK have shown asthma hospitalisations surge during the first month of the school year, with cases in Australia rising as much as threefold in children aged five to 14 years and doubling in pre-schoolers.....
Read more here: ajp.com.au
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Girl who died from asthma attack allowed to eat only junk food as life ebbed away
A 13-YEAR-old girl who died from asthma in a “putrid” rodent- and mould-infested home had ballooned to a woman’s size 18 by the time of her death, friends and relatives have revealed.
Her parents let her gorge on sausages and chicken nuggets and even sent her to school in clothes that didn’t fit, with her aunt saying it was “a miracle she made it to the age of 13”.
Her loved ones have also accused Family and Community Services of putting cost-cutting above the child’s life as more details of systemic bungling in the case can be revealed.....
Read more here: dailytelegraph.com.au
Monday, January 23, 2017
Is it asthma? Many diagnosed with condition receive unnecessary or incorrect treatment
As many as 1 in 3 adults diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the disease, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Canadian researchers evaluated 613 patients with physician-diagnosed asthma and found that 203 participants (33%) most likely did not have the disease. After an additional 12 months of follow-up of this latter group, 181 subjects (30%) continued to exhibit no clinical or laboratory evidence of asthma.
This study, and its accompanying editorials, hit on a theme we’ve often raised with regard to cancer and many other chronic diseases: overdiagnosis leading to overtreatment. But it also raises the specter of misdiagnosis from the get-go, which can lead to erroneously treating a condition that isn’t there.....
Read more here: healthnewsreview.org
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Girl, 13, begged for help to clean putrid house before death from asthma attack
A YOUNG “morbidly obese” girl who died from asthma in a “putrid” rodent and mould infested home called authorities begging for someone to clean up her public housing home just months before her death.
New light can today be shed on one of the most sickening child abuse cases in NSW history — exposing just how badly the 13-year-old was let down before her death.....
Read more here: dailytelegraph.com.au
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Cold and flu trigger asthma attacks
Know the facts
- Upper respiratory infections (colds) and influenza (flu) are viruses that affect the airways in the lungs.
- Children in school or daycare are at a higher risk of getting more colds and the flu.
- If your child starts with a cold or the flu, make sure to follow the asthma action plan created with your doctor.....
Read more here: chrichmond.org
As many as 1 in 3 adults diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the disease, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Canadian researchers evaluated 613 patients with physician-diagnosed asthma and found that 203 participants (33%) most likely did not have the disease. After an additional 12 months of follow-up of this latter group, 181 subjects (30%) continued to exhibit no clinical or laboratory evidence of asthma.
This study, and its accompanying editorials, hit on a theme we’ve often raised with regard to cancer and many other chronic diseases: overdiagnosis leading to overtreatment. But it also raises the specter of misdiagnosis from the get-go, which can lead to erroneously treating a condition that isn’t there.....
Read more here: healthnewsreview.org
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Girl, 13, begged for help to clean putrid house before death from asthma attack
A YOUNG “morbidly obese” girl who died from asthma in a “putrid” rodent and mould infested home called authorities begging for someone to clean up her public housing home just months before her death.
New light can today be shed on one of the most sickening child abuse cases in NSW history — exposing just how badly the 13-year-old was let down before her death.....
Read more here: dailytelegraph.com.au
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Cold and flu trigger asthma attacks
Know the facts
- Upper respiratory infections (colds) and influenza (flu) are viruses that affect the airways in the lungs.
- Children in school or daycare are at a higher risk of getting more colds and the flu.
- If your child starts with a cold or the flu, make sure to follow the asthma action plan created with your doctor.....
Read more here: chrichmond.org
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Schools warned about asthma spikes as children return after holidays
Schools are being warned about the potential for a spike in asthma cases when children return after the holiday break.
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ has issued the warning, saying studies showed viral infections were likely to be the main cause in the possible jump in asthma hospitalisations.
"Asthma attacks are particularly common for children when going back to school, especially following the long summer holiday," the foundation's education and research general manager Teresa Demetriou said.
Other causes included less strict asthma management over the holidays, changes in environment that created greater exposure to allergens, and a change in emotions such as stress and anxiety.....
Read more here: stuff.co.nz
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The Unexpected Truth About Being Diagnosed With Asthma
If you're dealing with asthma, you know how scary it can be to suddenly find yourself short of breath. (Breathing: So many people take it for granted.) To deal, you tote your inhaler with you everywhere you go, just in case. But you might want to make an appointment with your doctor to make sure you've really got asthma. According to a new study published in JAMA, "Reevaluation of Diagnosis in Adults With Physician-Diagnosed Asthma," doctors misdiagnose asthma a third of the time.....
Read more here: refinery29.com
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Breathe Easy: 5 Considerations for Asthma Patient Safety
The following guest post on patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Dixie Somers.
Asthma can be triggered at any time and in any type of environment. In a healthcare setting where nurses and physicians are trying to treat patients who may have severe asthma problems, the presence of allergens and environmental contaminants can be particularly troublesome. Keeping these patients safe requires additional measures to allow them to receive appropriate treatment without causing an attack.....
Read more here: rightpatient.com
Schools are being warned about the potential for a spike in asthma cases when children return after the holiday break.
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ has issued the warning, saying studies showed viral infections were likely to be the main cause in the possible jump in asthma hospitalisations.
"Asthma attacks are particularly common for children when going back to school, especially following the long summer holiday," the foundation's education and research general manager Teresa Demetriou said.
Other causes included less strict asthma management over the holidays, changes in environment that created greater exposure to allergens, and a change in emotions such as stress and anxiety.....
Read more here: stuff.co.nz
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The Unexpected Truth About Being Diagnosed With Asthma
If you're dealing with asthma, you know how scary it can be to suddenly find yourself short of breath. (Breathing: So many people take it for granted.) To deal, you tote your inhaler with you everywhere you go, just in case. But you might want to make an appointment with your doctor to make sure you've really got asthma. According to a new study published in JAMA, "Reevaluation of Diagnosis in Adults With Physician-Diagnosed Asthma," doctors misdiagnose asthma a third of the time.....
Read more here: refinery29.com
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Breathe Easy: 5 Considerations for Asthma Patient Safety
The following guest post on patient safety in healthcare was submitted by Dixie Somers.
Asthma can be triggered at any time and in any type of environment. In a healthcare setting where nurses and physicians are trying to treat patients who may have severe asthma problems, the presence of allergens and environmental contaminants can be particularly troublesome. Keeping these patients safe requires additional measures to allow them to receive appropriate treatment without causing an attack.....
Read more here: rightpatient.com
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