Following is a checklist of the signs of an impending attack or the worsening of mild symptoms in asthmatic children: •Sleep disturbance: does your child wake up in the night coughing and wheezing? •Does your child have a persistent cough? •Is your child tired in the morning? •Does wheezing or shortness of breath limit your [...]
Hippocrates, the Greek physician, as early as the fourth century B.C., noted the relationship between asthma and emotions and stated that an asthmatic, if he were to master his own condition, must guard against his own anger. Until allergic phenomenon was discovered, asthma was considered primarily a nervous disease, and was referred to as asthma [...]
Viral infections are among the most potent source of symptoms of asthma. One study showed that four out of every ten hospitalization cases of childhood asthma are caused by common cold viruses. Different viruses strike different age groups. Infants and children are more susceptible to respiratory syncytial vims (RSV) and mycoplasma infection, while adults are [...]
До сих пор, ни врачи, ни учёные не знают, почему у человека вдруг начинается приступ астмы. Известно только, что спровоцировать приступ могут различные факторы. Многим астматикам известны некоторые факторы, вызывающие у них приступ астмы, и они по возможности стараются либо избегать их, либо контролировать свою реакцию. Некоторые астматики постоянно обнаруживают новые раздражители, ведь ими могут [...]