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Rick Frea

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

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posted 11/12/2009, comments (0)

Seven Ways Asthma Has Benefited My Life

As a follow up to a previous post I wrote, Seven benefits of having asthma, I thought that -- just for fun, I'd personalize this theme a bit by writing about the seven ways asthma has benefited my life. Sure there have been rough days. When I was a kid there were rough years. Still, I'm one of those people... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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Living with Asthma

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posted 11/11/2009, comments (0)

Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Managing Your Asthma

So, you've been diagnosed with asthma for the first time as an older adult? Well, welcome to an ever-growing club! More and more older adults are being diagnosed with asthma these days. I talked about why in the previous post in this series. But what's important to realize is that although there is no cure for asthma -- it's a chronic... Read more Chevron

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Angel

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posted 10/19/2009, comments (0)

What can help tracheal narrowing?

Hi, I've posted here before. I just went to see a new pulmonologist because I've moved. In the past I've been diagnosed with both asthma and a vascular ring. Last week I was told that the ring is causing some trachael narrowing, and that asthma drugs won't help this. My PFTs show airflow limitation in my large airways, but are normal in... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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Board Certified Allergist and Internist

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posted 10/05/2009, comment (1)

Your Asthma Control Checklist for the Fall and Winter

For many of us, it's hard to believe the summer is over. Actually, those of us in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States aren't certain when summer 2009 began. October is typically my busiest month for managing patients with asthma. The return of children to school, the arrival of cold and flu season, the use of forced air heating... Read more Chevron

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jama

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RN CCM, married mom, grandmom, horsewoman

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posted 07/18/2009, comments (0)

Spiriva and asthma

i was prescribed spirva by a cardiologist about 3 years ago after finding out my asthma wasn't well controlled and was causing chest pain. He had also took me off asmacort and put me on flovent. He prescribed the spiriva because serevent dicreased my ability to swallow. My new pulm can't understand why i felt better with spirva. and I said, cuz it... Read more Chevron

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