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Alternative Treatment Children And Asthma
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Immunizations
Children older than 6 months should receive an influenza vaccination every year. Children between 2 months and 2 years of age should receive a series of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, but children older than 2 years should receive one dose of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Treating Allergies and Sinusitis
Treatment of allergies and sinusitis can help control asthma. [For more information, see In-Depth Reports #77: Allergic Rhinitis and #62: Sinusitis.]
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Natural Treatment, Remedies, Therapies for Asthma
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Other TreatmentsImmunizationsPatients with asthma should get an annual flu vaccine, and they should receive the vaccination against pneumococcal... Read more »
Choosing an Allergy Doctor for Asthma Treatment
Pediatricians, general practitioners, internists, allergists and pulmonologists can all treat asthma and allergies. Allergists or immunologists are... Read more »
The best--and worst--alternative asthma treatments
Many companies and alternative therapy practitioners recommend complementary medicine for asthma. But which ones really work? Experts at the Mayo... Read more »
Pediatric asthma treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pediatric asthmaTreatmentYou and your child's pediatrician or allergist should work together as a team to create and carry out an asthma action plan.... Read more »
Asthma Treatment in Children
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
General Approach for Treating and Managing AsthmaWhile medications play an essential role in the management of asthma, appropriate management of... Read more »
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