All SharePosts Relating To "Asthma Symptoms"
posted 06/16/2009, comments (2)
Asthma or Heart
My wife, born in 1944, was diagnosed with asthma at age 15. She used prescription inhalers since then with several trips to the ER over the years. Major attacks came after being emotionally upset. She was active physically taking dance lessons, able to walk miles and miles, but when upset she had problems breathing. ... Read more
EXPERT
posted 05/20/2009, comments (0)
11 Tips For Traveling With Asthma
So your job has you weary eyed and ready for a vacation. You decide to pack your bags and travel to... where? It doesn't matter, because wherever you go, when you have asthma you have no choice but to plan ahead. That in mind, I have compiled 11 tips for traveling with asthma I learned... Read more
posted 05/01/2009, comments (0)
cleaners caused symptoms
A couple of years ago I began to wake up at night wheezing. It was very scary, eventually it clicked that on the days that I cleaned were the days I would usually wake up. It always bothered me to use the cleaners but I would try to ventilate well and work quickly. It became clear to me that I needed a change and I found some wonderful... Read more
EXPERT
posted 04/22/2009, comment (1)
4 Reasons Severe Asthma Rates Are Declining
When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s I was a bad asthmatic who spent many nights in a hospital bed. I met many respiratory therapists (RT), and got to know some of them really well. This experience inspired me to become an RT. No one would have more empathy for these kids than myself. Yet once I became an... Read more
