90% of people with asthma can’t explain the two main causes of the disease. In the next 2 minutes, you will be able to! More information can be found at: www.AllergyAsthmaNow.com Many people ask “What is the cause of asthma?” There are two main causes of asthma 1) Inflammation and 2) airway constriction – (bronchoconstriction). This short video explains these causes of asthma and how certain medications can help address asthma symptoms related two these two main causes. This video is part of the Take Control of Your Asthma initiative from AllergyAsthmaNow. Funding was provided through an educational grant from Teva Respiratory.
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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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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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Find out answers to common questions about asthma. In this interview with a SingHealth doctor, you will learn how to better control asthma, how to reduce asthma attacks as well as find out whether traditional Chinese remedies for asthma actually work. Also learn how to use an asthma control test to monitor your child’s asthma. For more health information, visit www.healthxchange.com.sg
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This video describes how someone with asthma creates their own personal Asthma Management Plan along with their Asthma nurse, GP or Respiratory Consultant.
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