Information and opinions on health from allynnc at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/752050/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/752050/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/752050/index http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/752050/74979/asthma-heart Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:27:06 -0400 allynnc  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.  She had one hip replaced in 1999 where they found a slightly leaking heart valve not needing... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/752050/74979/asthma-heart