Asthma Self-Management Skills: Why Do I Need to Learn Them?...Do you have asthma symptoms throughout the day or wake up at night because of your asthma? Does shortness of breath, chest...reactions1comment
Stress Test...As a follow-up from an ER visit in February which showed an abnormal EKG, I was referred to a cardiologist who ordered...reactions4comments
Community Member Spotlight: Meet Jayne Horner...We conducted an interview with Facebook community member Jayne Horner. Jayne has had asthma and allergies ever since she was a child...reactions1comment
Farmers Burning Orchards *Cough Cough*...Spring is finally here, and it's been a beautiful day. I decided to take a break from working at home and take...reactions2comments
I Love Spring (It Just Doesn't Love Me Back)...I love spring. I look forward to it all winter long. Yet spring does not love me back. I live on the...reactions10comments
Criteria for Changing Biologics...I was having a conversation recently with another asthmatic about the number of patients we know who have changed or are switching...reactions2comments
I Fired My Asthma Doctor...I thought I had found a great doctor last year. He tried new medicines and had great success controlling my asthma until...reactions1comment
Sleep Loss and Nocturnal Asthma...I have been struggling with nocturnal asthma since I was three. It worsened as I got older, resulting in many hours of...reactions2comments
The Truth About Asthma: What Non-Asthmatics Should Know...When it comes to understanding asthma, the public pushes a big misconception that asthma isn’t a big deal. Shedding light on the...reactions17comments
Telling Your Story May Be Good for Your Health...“While writing about my health issues has not cured them, it has helped me develop better coping skills and even contributed to...reactionscomments
Being Prepared for the Summer Months...I would say the thing that most has the worst effect on my asthma is grass and tree pollens. If I look...reactions5comments
What Are Digital Therapeutics?...Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help...reactionscomments
Asthma Lexicon: Mediators of Inflammation...In respiratory therapy (RT) school, I learned that asthma is caused by an overactive immune response. It begins with your immune system identifying...reactionscomments
Community Member Spotlight: Meet Michael Knightmage Wilson...We conducted an interview with Instagram community member, Michael Knightmage Wilson. He works in Law Enforcement and has been a Deputy Sheriff...reactionscomments
Tooth Damage from Inhalers...I have been having my teeth breaking off and being really soft for years due to the brown asthma inhaler. It has...reactions4comments
My Story...I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. I have 3 inhalers. One is my everyday inhaler, one is my before exercise inhaler...reactions1comment
My Asthma Journey...In 2016 one year after being diagnosed with cancer, I came down with pneumonia. After healing from pneumonia, I was later diagnosed...reactionscomments
How My Asthma Reacted To Ripping Up Carpet...I recently wrote about my anxiety related to buying our 120-year-old home, and the prospect of ripping up the 20-year-old, high-pile carpet...reactions1comment
Nocturnal Asthma and Nasal Polyps...I'm 35 years of age. I noticed this protruding mass in my nose back when I was still a teenager. I even...reactions1comment
I Hate Needles! Good Thing I Don't Need Them For Asthma! Phew!...I was watching the news and saw videos of people getting the COVID vaccine. There was a man and a woman in...reactionscomments