Complementary and Integrative Health for Asthma...Complementary and alternative medicine is a common name for non-traditional healthcare practices. The newer name for these practices is complementary and integrative...
Bronchial Thermoplasty...Bronchial thermoplasty is a procedure approved to treat severe asthma in some adults. It is only done when asthma symptoms cannot be...
Biologics...Biologics are drugs derived from living sources. They are made of proteins and other substances isolated from living cells. They work as...
A Cold Creeping In? How to (Maybe) Help Stave It Off...For some reason, I have been coughing more this fall than I think I usually do (if only one could quantify the...reactions11comments
One Step Forward, Seven Steps Back...When you live with asthma, it always feels like you are waiting for the next shoe to drop. I have talked before...reactionscomments
Asthma Motivation...Do you ever have trouble motivating yourself? Ever think, "I feel fine. Why should I bother taking my inhalers tonight?" And what...reactions2comments
Breathing Through Adversity: My Journey with AERD...Navigating the challenges of Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) has been a transformative journey for me. From the initial shock of diagnosis to...reactions6comments
Likely Severe Asthma...Hello, everyone, it's Thyme. I hope you're doing well. I'm doing the best I can. I'm honestly going through a bit of...reactionscomments
Multiple Broken Ribs and Asthma...I received a late-night phone call from another state that my family member had an accident and was in the hospital. The...reactions4comments
Seretide Keeps Me Alive But At a Huge Cost...In recent months I have been on a real mission to heal myself. I have chronic conditions and I resent the fact...reactions2comments
Battling for Pre-Authorizations (and My Life)...Back in January of 2022, I was started on a monthly biologic drug, Tezspire™ (tezepelumab-ekko), for my severe persistent asthma. I was...reactions23comments
I Have Controlled Asthma. What About You?...When I was a kid, asthma had a tight grip on my life. It felt uncontrollable. Imagining a day of carefree breathing...reactions5comments
Dysfunctional Breathing and Asthma...It is easy to take breathing for granted, unless you suddenly find yourself short of breath or breathing too quickly. If this...reactions6comments
Asthma Around The World...Worldwide, 339 million people experience asthma. It is not limited to one part of the world, and you might wonder, "Is asthma...reactions2comments
My Subjective Asthma...Sometimes it feels like my asthma is completely subjective. While I have an objective diagnosis of asthma since infancy, it has become...reactions6comments
Air Pollution Assuming an Ever Increasing Role in Asthma...More than 25 million people in the U.S. have asthma and 6 out of 10 of them have the allergic type of...reactionscomments
Cough...Cough is a common symptom of asthma. Wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness are other common symptoms. Coughs caused by asthma...
Celebrating 5 Years of Community at Asthma.net...Since Health Union (the parent company of Asthma.net) launched this online community, these have been our goals: It has been 5 years...reactions3comments
Trelegy Ellipta (fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol)...Trelegy Ellipta (fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol) is used for the maintenance treatment of asthma in people 18 and older. Trelegy Ellipta is an inhaled...
Albuterol...Albuterol is a short-acting beta-agonist (SABA). It is used as a rescue medicine to treat asthma attacks in people ages 4 and older...
