Allergy and asthma are two conditions which can be influenced by the air quality and by the humidity levels in a home. High humidity favors the appearance and development of mold, which is a killer even for healthy people. Too much moisture in the air may lead to sleeping troubles such as insomnia or sleep [...]
Allergic asthma is a particular type of asthma and it is similar to allergy, but with a wider array of symptoms. Although the manifestations are similar to those in common asthma, the difference is in the circumstances that trigger these symptoms. Asthma is defined as a condition that narrows or constricts the air passages, resulting [...]
Allergic asthma is the most widespread type of asthma, affecting children as well as adults and many times appearing as a consequence of allergy. Childhood asthma is associated with allergies in most of the cases, while adult asthma is associated with allergic reactions in half of the total cases of asthma. Allergy is defined as [...]
Pediatric asthma is one of the most delicate conditions that affect children of all ages. Before getting to the pediatric asthma treatment, we have to talk about the correct diagnosis, as this is a very hard thing to accomplish. Small children and infants cannot tell what bothers them, so the symptoms have to be guessed [...]
Allergy affects three quarters of the population in developed countries. Although they may not have too much in common, fact is that many times allergies and asthma occur together, causing sufferers a double trouble. The allergic asthma mechanism can be described in simple words like that: the allergic response to the contact with an allergen [...]
There is a tight connection between asthma and allergies. While asthma can have other causes than allergies, an allergy never comes alone. Most of the times, it develops into an allergic asthma which can give a lot of trouble to the person in cause. That’s because an allergic asthma sufferer has to fight two diseases [...]
There is a popular belief which is wrong, that says that “asthma is all in the mind”, thus making asthma medication not necessary. This is not true. Fact is that asthma can be triggered by emotions such as anger, anxiety, fear or joy, but the cause is real, and it consists of a narrowing of [...]
Asthma is a chronic disease which may occur at any given moment in life. Childhood asthma is affecting almost 7 million children under the age of 18, in the US only. Out of them, more than 1 million are children under 5 years old. This is scary, if we think that there is a possibility [...]