What used to be considered a childhood disease is no longer as more and more adults are being diagnosed with asthma. Of course, thousands of children are still being diagnosed with some level of asthma severity. But joining the ranks of those living with asthma are adults, primarily women. Who knows exactly what is causing this trend. Some... Read more
Do You Know That Your Inhaler is Changing?
Until now, your asthma inhaler has used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to propel the medicine out of the inhaler for you to breathe into your lungs. However, because these CFCs are harmful to the earth's ozone layer, all albuterol inhalers will now use hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) instead of CFCs to push... Read more
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk to a group of respiratory therapy (RT) students at one of our local colleges. Each fall, this college's RT department selects a non-profit organization to help with fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness of its mission and services for the community.
From that presentation, my business... Read more
I am Romelia Rodriguez Walters and I am a certified asthma educator. When people learn about what I do in the community, the first question they ask is "Do you have asthma?" I carried an inhaler during a few of my elementary school years but never was diagnosed with asthma. Once, when I first moved to Albuquerque, I was running and became... Read more
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