(11. Juli 2011) Allergen-free therapies for chronic allergic conditions such as rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma are under development. Wolfgang Renner explains how he hopes to eliminate the cause of allergic asthmatic inflammation, thus offering patients an alternative to replace or complement commonly used medications, while maintaining or even improving asthma control.
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You may think you know about asthma… but do you? Here are over 70 facts and interesting trivia that can: 1) Help you control your asthma 2) Be the life of the party! Really – you can’t lose here! Visit us at www.allergyasthmanow.com for more! This video is part of the “Take Control of Your Asthma” initiative in partnership with the Respiratory & Allergic Disease Foundation and funded through an educational grant from Teva Pharmaceuticals.
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Among 9 year old Alexa Piazza’s growing list of life lessons is Asthma 101. She had her first attack last year. “It was really hard to breathe and i felt like something was choking me,” she says. A rising number of young children are being diagnosed with asthma and now there’s a statewide effort to teach both children and adults how to manage their condition. Alexa has learned to take responsibility for keeping her asthma under control, right down to getting rid of her stuffed animals. “Because the more I put them near my face, it just makes my asthma worse,” Alexa says. The better people understand their asthma the more likely they are to control it. With one-on-one training they can pinpoint their triggers, find what medication works best for them and form an action plan. Lee Memorial Health System offers an Asthma Management Program for anyone newly diagnosed. “We start by explaining to them that asthma is a life long illness, it’s not an illness that, many people think that you outgrow, you do not,” says Theresa Summe, program coordinator. After six months of training, Alex handled her medications like a pro. “You put it on your mouth and then squeeze it and then suck in the medicine, hold it for 10 seconds and then breathe in and out again,” Alexa demonstrates. The Asthma management program is successful as well. “For our patients, we’ve had approximately a 92% decrease in hospital admissions, ER visits and about an 80% decrease in kids missing school,” Summe says …
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Asthma Society President Christine Hampson speaks to Rogers Daytime on May 30, 2011 about asthma control and some programming offered by the Asthma Society of Canada
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The Jackson Clinic presents part 3/5 in Merck’s “Controlling Asthma” Series. The Jackson Clinic offers asthma control and other respiratory services to patients throughout Jackson, West Tennessee and all over the Mid-South, including Jonesboro, Memphis, Tupelo and Huntsville.
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From www.allergyasthmanow.com May is asthma month – but even though every day cannot be World Asthma Day – there are a few simple things you can do right now to help beat asthma. If you have asthma, it’s important to take steps to control the disease – and get yourself free from asthma. That includes making sure you have an up to date asthma action plan, scheduling a follow-up health visit for asthma, being sure you have a short-acting asthma inhaler, being sure it’s clean and checking your inhaler technique. The Asthma Control Test can be found at: www.asthmacontroltest.com/ This video was developed by the Respiratory & Allergic Disease Foundation and the National Asthma Campaign. Funding was provided, in part, by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA.
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