Not exact matches
While they are sick and you are working
on getting their reflux,
asthma or allergies under
control, do whatever you need to do to help them sleep.
A peak flow meter is a small device that your child blows into and, based
on the number they blow, can help parents gauge if the child is having
asthma trouble or is in good
control.
«
Asthma patients are constantly firing through this pathway because those proteins are stuck in the «
on» position, without proper
control by other proteins that shut down this reaction,» says Nicola Heller, Ph.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Asthma is considered well - controlled if symptoms occur twice a week or less; rescue bronchodilator medication is used twice a week or less; there is no nocturnal or early morning waking; there are no limitations on activities including work, school and exercise; patient and doctor consider the asthma well - controlled and the patient's peak expiratory flow is normal or personal best
Asthma is considered well -
controlled if symptoms occur twice a week or less; rescue bronchodilator medication is used twice a week or less; there is no nocturnal or early morning waking; there are no limitations
on activities including work, school and exercise; patient and doctor consider the
asthma well - controlled and the patient's peak expiratory flow is normal or personal best
asthma well -
controlled and the patient's peak expiratory flow is normal or personal best FEV1.
In «The Economic Burden of
Asthma in the United States, 2008 - 2013,» researchers from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention analyzed data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the most comprehensive source of data
on health care use, expenditures, payment source and health insurance coverage in the U.S.
Like so many other kids in their working - class neighborhood not far from Long Beach's massive port, Jose had severe
asthma, and it took doctors years to hit
on a regimen that
controlled his symptoms.
In 2014, a meta - analysis of 14 randomized
controlled trials investigating yoga's effects
on asthma found that it appeared to alleviate the chronic inflammatory airway condition better than conventional care.
On the other hand, continued use of long - acting
asthma preventers to
control asthma seems to protect fertility and reduce the time it takes women with
asthma to become pregnant.
«There is plenty of evidence that maternal
asthma has a negative impact
on the health of pregnant mothers and their babies, and so our general advice is that women should take steps to get their
asthma under
control before trying to conceive,» he says.
The Division of Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects:
control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such as croup, bronchiolitis,
asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-pulmonary system disorders such as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so
on.
A new paper published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has reported
on a multicentre trial to test the safety and clinical efficacy of a new vaccine against grass pollen allergy in patients with grass pollen — induced rhinitis and
controlled asthma.
His research
on OX40 / OX40L interactions
controlling the generation and activity of Th2 cells is cited by the Foundation as one of their major breakthroughs, and led to clinical trials of antagonists of OX40L in
asthma.
Research Focus: My research focuses
on studying the role of different TNF super family members in
controlling allergen induced
asthma exacerbations and airway remodeling.
But if your childs
asthma is so bad that he or she is at risk for hospitalization, doctors may have no choice but to put him or her
on the much stronger oral corticosteroids — at least temporarily — to get the
asthma under
control.
Running can be good for people with
controlled asthma, but only if it's done
on a warm day or
on an indoor treadmill.
A recent meta - analysis of randomized
controlled trials examined the effects of vitamin D supplements
on asthma symptoms.
While the results are preliminary, they suggest cutting down
on fat might be one way to help
control asthma.
I was
on birth
control and spironolactone a few years ago, but hated all the side effects (my
asthma inhaler was interacting with the spiro and I was getting quite dizzy, with heart palpitations too).
Placebo
controlled studies, for example, have shown placebo to have almost as much effect
on subjective symptoms of
asthma as real drug.
However, treating
asthma as a disease should focus
on controlling breathing allergies and inflammation, with the ultimate goal of preventing a bronchoconstrictive crisis.
In general, mild and well -
controlled asthma should have little, if any, impact
on your life insurance rates.
If you are
on two medications of less and the
Asthma is well
controlled you could qualify for a Preferred Non Tobacco health rating.
As a rule of thumb when running instant quotes: Preferred Plus: No Health Issues or Medications Preferred:
Controlled minor health issues (Cholesterol, Blood Pressure,
Asthma etc) Standard Plus: Minor health issues Standard:
Controlled health issues As far as lifestyle goes (like private pilots, scuba divers, skydivers etc), it all depends
on your experience and different risks associated with your lifestyle.
If your
asthma is well
controlled, then you may not see much of an impact
on your life insurance cost.
Given the role of AD in the atopic march and the consistent observation of associations between maternal — infant relationships and childhood
asthma, and emerging evidence of associations with AD, ascertaining the influence of qualities of the maternal — child relationship (sensitivity, responsiveness, and
control) using observational measures,
on AD would be useful.