Asthma

Adult Asthma Young adult asthma shares many features with childhood asthma. In fact, many adults who develop asthma in their twenties and thirties often have a history of childhood asthma or were undiagnosed asthmatics who were labeled as "bronchial" children. Asthma that begins after age forty is often quite different. Women outnumber men, and inheritance is less of a … [Read more...] about Asthma – Symptoms and causes

Childhood Asthma Asthma is also the most common cause of emergency-room visits in many pediatric centers. Pediatric asthma accounts for one in every four asthma admissions in innercity hospitals and produces more in-hospital days than any other childhood illness. Read And Learn More: Air Pollution Asthma Complications Treatment Guidelines One-third of the children who … [Read more...] about Asthma in Children Symptoms Causes And Treatment

Air Pollution And Asthma Indoor Air Pollution Private industry and governmental agencies have gathered a large body of evidence that clearly shows that indoor air pollution is a much more formidable health hazard than outdoor air pollution. Read And Learn More: Air Pollution Asthma Complications Treatment Guidelines He has calculated that the average working adult … [Read more...] about Indoor Air Pollution and Asthma

Allergy Injections Immunotherapy In 1911 two ingenious pioneers in allergy research, L. Noon and J. Freeman discovered that hay fever victims injected with an extract of grass pollen before the grass pollen season began suffered fewer symptoms once the grass pollinated in the early months of the summer. Modern research has documented the validity of these early studies. … [Read more...] about Allergy Injections Immunotherapy