Food labeling laws and peanut-free ballparks are a few signs there’s much greater awareness of food allergies nowadays. But are things really getting any better for our kids?
My daughter Brooke grew up owning food allergies, anaphylaxis, the whole bit. Yes, I was scared at first — terrified, really. She was a baby! With asthma,
rhinitis, eczema and reflux disease! Sick and malnourished!
When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the new national asthma guidelines, Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3), AANMA was excited to read that many of the Expert Panel’s recommendations echo asthma treatment concepts we’ve been supporting since 1985. Read the rest of this entry »
For years, physicians have assessed asthma by measuring how much air a patient can exhale. Now, some doctors are beginning to measure what’s in that breathed-out air – specifically, nitric oxide (NO). Scientists have discovered that the amount of nitric oxide in a patient’s breath indicates the degree of inflammation in the airways. Read the rest of this entry »
What Is a Peak Flow Meter?
A peak flow meter is a handheld device that measures the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), or the volume of air that can be forcibly expelled from the airways. Read the rest of this entry »
From colds to cold air, there’s a lot beyond allergies that could be causing your asthma symptoms. Sometimes it takes a little investigative work to discover patterns to symptoms. So armed with your Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass, let’s dust surfaces and find your asthma thumbprint. Read the rest of this entry »
The asthma diagnosis caught Mary Christopher short, yet deep down the 47-year-old executive wasn’t totally surprised. Family and friends had repeatedly suggested the possibility over the past year, but she had tossed off the comments. Read the rest of this entry »
Practical advice from allergist Pramod Kelkar, MD
Cough, cough, cough. That maddening cough that never goes away. The cough that makes people in the grocery store cover their carts as they speed past you. The cough that hammers a classroom of students trying to take a test or learn a new concept. Why do we cough? What can we do about it Read the rest of this entry »
AANMA takes you deep inside your lungs to understand “when asthma happens . . . .”
Your lungs perform a vital function every day: They feed oxygen to your body and remove waste products with each breath. Most people don’t even notice the important work their lungs are doing – until there’s a problem. Read the rest of this entry »
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