In addition to pollution levels, the researchers tracked
the number of asthma attacks that sent children under 6 to the hospital.
Identifying and avoiding food allergies can calm or reduce
the number of asthma attacks.
In addition to pollution levels, the researchers tracked
the number of asthma attacks that sent children under 6 to the hospital.
The groups showed no significant differences in the number of treatment failures requiring patients to take more medication, no difference in
the number of asthma attacks and no difference in their need for emergency care.
They had 40 percent fewer treatment failures that required more medication and half
the number of asthma attacks.
The number of asthma attacks was lower in the breathing retraining groups, but the reductions were not at a level of statistical significance.
Not exact matches
Participants learn more about chemical irritants (such as cleaners and perfumes), and allergens (including mold, pets and pests) can trigger
attacks, with the aim
of reducing the
number of asthma - related hospital visits.
«I've seen the port grow from being sort
of an interesting place to an environmental nightmare,» said Dr. John G. Miller, an emergency room doctor and an environmental activist who has treated large
numbers of harbor - area children suffering
asthma attacks and adults suffering heart
attacks.
A congestion charge in Stockholm not only cut levels
of air pollution, it halved the
number of children admitted to hospital with
asthma attacks
Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)-- The risk for women
of developing
asthma is not affected by menopause, but, in women with preexisting
asthma, menopause tends to increase the
number of their
attacks.
Individual cities started enforcing smoking bans in restaurants, Willems Van Dijk notes, after studies showed that secondhand smoke increased the
number of heart
attacks and cases
of asthma in nonsmokers.
In fact, the
number of kids with
asthma who had one or more
asthma attacks in the past year dropped from nearly 62 percent in 2001 to about 54 percent in 2016, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Exposure to VOCs can cause a
number of respiratory issues, like
asthma attacks, watery eyes and nasal congestion, difficulty breathing, and bronchial irritation.
The
number, duration, and severity
of asthma attacks decreased and symptoms improved after using butterbur.
The graph below shows how taking creatine increases the
number of immune cells in the lungs that listen to interleukine - 5 during an
asthma attack.