I've been reading 100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Asthma by Claudia Plottel, MD and B Robert Feldman, MD. (Full disclosure: Dr Feldman was my pediatric allergist and is a relative).
The book is an excellent primer for parents of newly diagnosed children with asthma. An estimated 6.5 million children in the US are affected... Read more
I spent six happy summers at sleep away camp in the hills of
rural Pennsylvania.
What wasn't so happy was being allergic and asthmatic during
those summers. One summer in particular I came down with viral pneumonia. I don't remember how I alerted the staff that I was sick but I
recall being taken to the local hospital in this very... Read more
I was talking with a friend who like me had serious childhood asthma. After seeing all the best doctors in New York City, without satisfying results, her family brought her the Colorado Allergy & Asthma Centers. It was there that they diagnosed her with depression. Once diagnosed and treated with depression medication, her asthma symptoms... Read more
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