In addition to these premature deaths, there were more than 130,000 cases of bronchitis, more than 20,000 respiratory and cardiac hospital admissions, a million
asthma symptom days for children aged 5 — 19, 43 million restricted activity days and 10 million working days lost.
«Bait knocks out cockroaches, and
asthma symptom days: Study is the first to test whether asthma symptoms reduced via single approach to cockroach control.»
Epidemiologist Felicia Rabito says the study is the first to test whether
asthma symptom days could be reduced with a simpler approach to cockroach control.
Not exact matches
The findings, published online in Annals of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology, identify depression
symptoms as the primary driver of lost
days of productivity in patients with CRS, paving the way for more individualized therapy to improve overall quality of life in these patients.
They also found that vitamin D did not improve lung function or
day - to -
day asthma symptoms, and that it did not increase the risk of side effects at the doses that were tested.
«Once cockroaches were eliminated, children with substantial
asthma symptoms before the intervention had fewer
symptom days, improved lung function and less health care use.»
Compared to healthy - weight peers,
asthma sufferers who were untreated and overweight suffered 37 more
symptom -
days — more than five extra weeks — per year.
In a study publishing Dec. 19 in the Journal of Clinical Immunology, preschoolers with a body mass index (BMI) beyond the 84th percentile who weren't using an inhaler had 70 percent more
days with
asthma symptoms per year than untreated peers of a healthy weight.
«This new treatment, Fevipiprant, could likewise help to stop preventable
asthma attacks, reduce hospital admissions and improve
day - to -
day symptoms - making it a «game changer» for future treatment.»
Simply sending children with
asthma a text message each
day asking about their
symptoms and providing knowledge about their condition can lead to improved health outcomes.
After the study, the research team analyzed patients who had follow - up visits with their physician and found that sending at least one text message a
day, whether it was a question about
symptoms or about
asthma in general, improved clinical outcomes.
Children were assessed for
asthma symptoms — including but not limited to cough without a cold, inability to speak full sentences due to
asthma and disrupted sleep —
asthma - related health care use (acute care visits, emergency room visits or hospitalizations in three months prior to each assessment),
asthma medication use and maximal
symptoms days, defined as the highest number of
days that the child had three different types of
asthma symptoms in the two weeks prior to the visit or phone call.
The findings, published online today in Annals of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology, identify depression
symptoms as the primary driver of lost
days of productivity in patients with CRS, paving the way for more individualized therapy to improve overall quality of life in these patients.
But some people with allergies or
asthma who grow up around animals and are in contact with them every
day may have more subtle
symptoms.
«A lot of times people will say, «My dog or cat does nt bother me, but when somebody is exposed to a pet
day in and
day out, they do nt have the dramatic
symptoms every time they see it,» says Andy Nish, MD, an allergist at the Allergy &
Asthma Care Center, in Gainesville, Ga. «It may be a more subtle and chronic inflammatory process, and they may not realize that the pet is causing them problems.»
But overweight kids — those with a body mass index (BMI) above the 84th percentile — who didn't use an inhaler had 70 percent more
days with
asthma symptoms than untreated kids with a healthy weight, the study found.
«In a study of over 3,000 pre-school children, researchers found that children who ate dairy foods every
day had significantly fewer
asthma symptoms than children who didn't eat dairy foods every
day.»
Compared to those with a healthy weight, heavy kids with untreated
asthma had 37 more
days with
symptoms a year, according to a new report.
In one study, fasting every other
day was shown to decrease
asthma symptoms and markers of oxidative stress and inflammation.
Getty ImagesFall brings with it school
days, crisp air, turning leaves — and a spike in
asthma symptoms.
The amount
days free of
asthma symptoms made possible with the air cleaners was almost identical to the amount reached using a type of
asthma anti-inflammatory in a different study.
The research also determined that children residing in households with air cleaners experienced significantly more
days with no
asthma symptoms in contrast to children residing in households with no air cleaners.
According to
asthma symptom rate decline seen in this research, it's estimated that a child having
asthma residing in a house that has indoor air filtration would typically have 33 additional
asthma symptoms free
days a year in contrast to children residing in any cigarette smoking home with no indoor filtration.
These drugs are used for persistent cases of
asthma and should be taken once a
day, whether or not your child is experiencing
asthma symptoms.
However, you will need to take them every
day; what's more, such drugs wont relieve
symptoms once they get started — rescue medications should be used to treat the
symptoms of an
asthma attack.
A single dose of spirulina per
day can dramatically improve lung function and relieve
symptoms of bronchial
asthma and allergic reactions.
Just one banana a
day can prevent you or your child from suffering from
asthma symptoms.
Tourists with allergies and
asthma who came to Moscow the
day after the first rain, developed no
symptoms from the previous week's air pollution.
Weatherization programs decrease emergency - room visits, prevent missed school and work
days, reduce
asthma symptoms, prevent climate change, and offer many other values that Greenstone didn't attempt to quantify.
• Between 820 and 2,400 premature deaths • 3,200 hospital admissions and
asthma - related emergency room visits • 22,000
asthma exacerbations • 23,000 upper and lower respiratory
symptoms in children • 1.8 million lost school
days, work
days and minor - restricted activities
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