Kathi is an experienced consumer health education writer who had a career in nursing that spanned more than 30 years, much of it in the field of home health care. She's been an abundant contributor and writer on a number of consumer health websites over the past 15 years, specializing in the areas of asthma, allergy and COPD. She writes not only from the perspective of a health care professional, but also as a lifelong sufferer of severe allergies and mild asthma. Read more.