Using A Mobile App For Asthma Tracking...Today, mobile devices help people do all kinds of things, including managing their health. Some people are using applications (apps) on their...reactionscomments
What Does A Respiratory Therapist Do?...I am a respiratory therapist. I became acclimated to this profession after meeting many respiratory therapists as an asthmatic child during the...reactions3comments
Coughing...As a child I had colds with a lot of coughing as I got older things were worse. I lived in a...reactions2comments
Give Your Asthma Action Plan a Tune Up!...An asthma action plan is an asthmatics best friend. It is an essential tool that every asthmatic should have, no matter how...reactionscomments
My Asthma Journey...Hi, fellow asthma suffers! I posted a little information about my asthma journey over the summer. My story is regularly adding new...reactions5comments
Pain And Asthma: What Do Studies Show?...Asthma is not necessarily a painful syndrome, although it has been known to cause various sorts of pain, such as chest tightness...reactionscomments
Asthma Subgroups: Geriatric Asthma...Let’s discuss geriatric asthma. It’s a newly defined asthma subgroup. It refers to asthma in the elderly or those over the age...reactions10comments
Answers to Asthma Questions I Didn't Know I Had: Inhaler Technique...“That’s just how it is,” or “because I said so,” are, in my world, not answers when I have questions. I am...reactionscomments
Severe Asthma: Preventing & Treating Airway Remodeling...So, in a previous post, I described “What Airway Remodeling Is." In this post, I would like to discuss ways of preventing...reactions2comments
Making patient spaces better, how environments can affect our wellbeing....At a recent appointment, I was in the patient lounge which is an internal waiting room with very limited, to no natural light. At first...reactionscomments
Stress Can Actually CAUSE Asthma???...This falls under the category of "You learn something new every day." I've always been a science nerd, and when my kids...reactionscomments
Hiding My Condition From My Employer...I had hidden my chronic illness from my employer for 4 years because I had seen so many teachers not rehired after...reactions2comments
The Early Phase Asthma Attack ...Earlier I explained how asthma is an abnormal immune response. Then I showed how this abnormal immune response makes your body sensitized. In...reactionscomments
Asthma to Allergic Asthma...I have had wheezing for a very long time. A wrongly prescribed drug that contained beta blockers made my wheezing turn into...reactions1comment
Asthma Affects Everyone: Asthma At Every Age...In the Asthma In America 2020 survey, we asked the community (you!) what it’s really like to live with asthma. We had...reactions1comment
What to Ask at My Pulmonologist Appointment?...Being a Respiratory Therapist, I am on the front lines with people who are really struggling to breathe. Sometimes I am also...reactions6comments
Hi, I'm a patient: Talk to me!...Today I participated in two completely different phone calls, for different reasons, different organizations, but both related to asthma and patient engagement...reactionscomments
Didn’t You Know Your Severity?...The other day I was in the online patient portal for my primary care physician (PCP). I was scheduling an appointment with...reactionscomments
Say What? Common Asthma Abbreviations...There are literally thousands of abbreviations in the medical world. It seems everything has a short hand abbreviation. For those of us...reactions1comment
Histamines in Our Health Foods...For most of my life, I was taking a cocktail of antihistamines and allergy medications to control my asthma. My allergies were...reactionscomments
