Tag: Asthma
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To Use or Not To Use FeNO (exhaled nitric oxide)
Whether exhaled NO helps to identify a specific phenotype of asthmatic patients remains debated. Not everyone would agree with Dr. Boggs in this video–what do you think? In conclusion, FENO0.05 is independently linked to two pathophysiological characteristics of asthma (ICS-dependant inflammation and bronchomotor tone) but does not help to identify a clinically relevant phenotype of asthmatic…
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Complementary medicine to treat Asthma?
I have a story for you….but first, “traditional” medicine is trying very hard to work with other methods for treating asthma. The web page below reviews treatment of asthma using something other than “inhalers“. Now on to the story…. I am a member of the Complementary Medicine Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma,…
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Maybe this checklist would work for Asthma?
Checklist for hospital discharge
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Breathing Retraining in Asthma Management–I told you so!
Many asthma patients or patients who can’t breathe are found to have problems with their breathing technique. In medical terms, I use Vocal Cord Dysfunction, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Irritable Larnyx Syndrome just to name a few. Some health care providers, including doctors, aren’t always familiar with the concept that vocal cord problems can cause difficulty breathing,…
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On Your Mark….Get Set….
Today marks the start of the National meeting for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology in Orlando, FL. The Academy website is www.aaaai.org. Over 6,000+ attendees from all over the world to present the most recent advances in allergy and asthma. Yours truly even has an abstract on the correlation between BMI and…
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Air fresheners–Go Organic…Not!
Tomorrow starts the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology national meeting in Orlando. Great fun and food, but more importantly, great new information about allergy. If you watch the news at all, you’re bound to hear about natural products for your health. Organic anyone? Read this blog about a patient who only THOUGHT she had allergy;…
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Steroids in Young Children–too Much of a Good Thing?
Intermittent budesonide therapy for children with recurrent wheezing Here’s the issue: my doctor prescribes budesonide (or Pulmicort™) for my child’s asthma and tells me to use it EVERYDAY. Is this really necessary? Conventional wisdom says to use inhaled steroids or anti-inflammatory medications for asthma everyday or they don’t work well. That attitude may now be…
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The Prescription for Wintertime Asthma Control
We haven’t had much of a winter in the Midwest, but the air is still dry enough to cause “winter” asthma. Today I would like to discuss how clinicians can provide evidence-based care for their patients with asthma by advising them on how to control asthma during the cold winter months. Today’s discussion is based…
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Asthma Tragedy Overseas
My condolences to the family of the journalist (Anthony Shadid) who died from asthma covering Syria. Several “learning points” for those with asthma: 1. It appears he was exposed to horses and was very allergic to this animal. Unfortunately, allergic asthma can strike at any time, depending on exposure to the allergen. Many children are…
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Chunky Babies and Asthma? Really?
Rapid growth during the first three months of life is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in preschool children, a new study indicates. Now wait a minute–I thought SMALL babies were at greater risk for asthma? The correct answer is “not too hot and not too cold, but juuuust right!” Now we have…
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