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The Difference Between Adult Onset Asthma and Childhood Asthma
By Fred Little , Health Expert...treatment Compared to the differences in causes and diagnosis of asthma in adults, asthma... Read more »
When Asthma Isn't Causing Your Shortness of Breath
By Fred Little , Health Expert...to be more common in obese individuals, but is the diagnosis of asthma made more commonly in... Read more »
Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Getting the Right Diagnosis
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...can be more related to environmental causes. The diagnosis of asthma in an older adult often... Read more »
Understanding Cough Variant Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...narrow. If lung function drops by 20% or more, then a diagnosis of asthma will be made. ... Read more »
Risk of Asthma in Infants and Toddlers that Wheeze
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert...are often hesitant to label a preschooler with the diagnosis of asthma out of concern that... Read more »
Health Guide
The Doubting Thomas Asthmatic: Adults Newly Diagnosed With Asthma
Asthma is often believed to be a children's disease that you either outgrow as an adult or never develop once you're an adult. But that is not the case.People who develop adult asthma are often... Read more »How to Use This Site
Welcome to Asthma Connections. Receiving a diagnosis of asthma can be extremely stressful. It can also be a relief to know exactly why you have been having periods of difficult breathing. Now that... Read more »Asthma In Infants
What is asthma? Asthma is a disease in which the airways become blocked or narrowed. These effects are usually temporary, but they cause shortness of breath, breathing trouble and other symptoms. If... Read more »Cockroach Allergies
...plant pollens, dust, animals and stinging insects. In fact, cockroaches also can trigger allergies and asthma. Cockroach allergy was first reported in 1943, when skin rashes appeared immediately... Read more »Asthma Asthma Diagnosis and Tests
...are taken again. If the measurements are more normal, the drug likely has cleared the airways and a diagnosis of asthma is strongly suspected.If measurement results fail to show airway... Read more »Images
See what happens to your lungs when you have asthma.... Read more »
Related News
Could Emphysema Start in Childhood?
September 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Everyone knows secondhand smoke can hurt young lungs, but most of the time the risk is associated with asthma or later... Read summary »
Asthma is often misdiagnosed: study
November 19, 2008A new study suggests that as many as one third of people diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the disease. Canadian researchers studied 540... Read summary »
Kids with eczema more likely to have ADHD
February 18, 2009Children who have eczema are more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study has found. Researchers... Read summary »
Unique Asthma Strikes Children
November 24, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research clarifies the link between a certain genetic variant and asthma in children. Although the variant has been known... Read summary »
Asthma Rates 50-Percent Higher in Those Overweight
May 16, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Here's another good reason to shed those extra pounds: Being overweight puts you at significantly higher risk for developing... Read summary »
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