My Experience With Singulair...It’s not always easy to know if a medicine will work for you. Likewise, when you’re using it, it’s not always easy...reactionscomments
Washing It All Out: Embracing a Medication Washout Period...Rinse and repeat was all I could think about. I was nervous about this experience because it meant that I may have...reactionscomments
Asthma Home Visit Programs...I just gave a presentation at a national conference of allergy and asthma physician assistants (PAs). Many of them were surprised to...reactions11comments
Nicola Saunders...Nicola was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 4. Her mother suspected she had asthma but for months the doctors dismissed...
Kerri MacKay...Kerri MacKay has lived with asthma since 2008, diagnosed when she was 16. She has a Bachelor of Physical & Health Education...
Andrea M. Jensen, CHES, AE-C...Andrea Jensen’s life changed in 2000 when all three of her children were diagnosed with asthma and then hospitalized over the next...
Christy Amos...Christy wasn’t diagnosed with asthma until she was late into high school. She remembers getting a sinus infection that just would not...
Lorene Alba, AE-C...Lorene Alba, AE-C, was diagnosed with asthma during her freshman year in college. She graduated with a degree in culinary arts in...
Did Childhood Asthma Mess Up My Adulthood? ...I was born in 1970. This was a time when there were asthma medicines, but nothing that helped me. So I suffered...reactions7comments
Storing My Refrigerated Asthma Medications...There are a few medicines used to treat asthma that need to be stored in the refrigerator. Injectable medications, like Dupixent, Fasenra...reactionscomments
Breathing Through the Winter...How does your asthma hold up in the winter months? For me, I cannot afford to take my eye off the ball...reactions18comments
Asthma, Weight, and Obesity...The link between asthma, weight, and being overweight is not well understood. Can obesity cause asthma? Are they two separate conditions that...
Why Do My Children Have Less Severe Asthma Than Me?...Three out of my four kids have asthma, but their experience with it has been mild and not disruptive to their childhoods...reactions1comment
The Connection Between Hormones and Asthma...Estrogen and testosterone are 2 types of sex hormones. Sex hormones are involved in more than just puberty. They can also affect...reactionscomments
Holiday Gift Horse: What I Do With Gifts I Can't Use...A few years before I developed asthma, I started getting multiple chemical sensitivity symptoms from fragrances (a lot of fun to have...reactions4comments
Holiday Travel Considerations...Christmas used to be my favorite holiday, and it still is to some extent. Christmas was my Dad’s favorite holiday, but after...reactions12comments
What Was My Biggest Asthma Win?...I was recently asked the question: What was my biggest asthma win? I have had this disease for over half a century...reactions18comments
Community Views: Prednisone Side Effects...Prednisone is a corticosteroid that suppresses the immune system and is used to treat asthma attacks and flare-ups. Although prednisone can help...reactions20comments
Symptoms and Signs: How Asthma Communicates...One of the neat things about asthma is your body lets you know how things are going inside your lungs. Even better...reactions6comments
Asthma Subgroups: Asthma/COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS)...Researchers now understand that about 11% of asthmatics also have COPD, and 10-50% of COPDers over the age of 50 also have...reactionscomments
