Information and opinions on health from OhMyGuard 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/8615/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8615/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8615/index http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/8615/10251/scare-century Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:33:00 -0400 OhMyGuard One of my friends, Gavi, was missing for a while last night. I got a call from another friend, unable to help, which only made things worse for me. I went to bed around 11:30 and got up 10 minutes later, unable to sleep, but got back in bed 5 minutes after that, started crying my eyes out from the anxiety...and had an asthma attack a minute later. It was BAD. Thank God I carry my FloVent inhaler in my purse, so it was there in my room when I... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/8615/10251/scare-century http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/8615/10186/amazing-news Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:47:00 -0400 OhMyGuard I finally know what's actually causing my asthma. It's an antibody called IgE. Whwenever I accidentally inhale-say-some pollen or dust, the antibody makes chemicals called mediators that make my bronchioles inflame. Since my freshman year, I've been wondering what was going on in there and what my doctor never told me. I finally know what's making this happen. thank God for the AAAAI. Now if only it was possible for me to not... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/8615/10186/amazing-news http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/8615/10170/This-is-me Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:01:00 -0400 OhMyGuard Hello everyone! I'm OhMyGuard. I'm 16 years old and I am living with allergic asthma. And, as you might also be able to guess from my username, I am a member of my high school color guard and marching band. I'm hoping to make it on weapon line for this marching season. I practice most of the time, and I can now toss a quad with my rifle. Band Camp is coming up soon. We spend about 9 hours out in a parking lot we have gridded... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/8615/10170/This-is-me