Asthma and Exercise: A Balancing Act...Trying to exercise as an asthma patient is challenging. Sometimes, in addition to a balancing act, it feels like I need to perform a bit of magic just to climb...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Heavy Dose of Inhaled Steroids...About 5 or 6 weeks ago ago, I had a serious asthma attack, which resulted in a persistent asthma flare up that I am still dealing with today. About two...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesTreatment
Infographic: Pain Management Treatment and Care...In September of 2019, Health Union (the parent company of Asthma.net) partnered with the US Pain Foundation for our first ever Chronic Pain in America survey to ask members of...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
What Is Chest Tightness?...It’s not my most common asthma symptom but it’s certainly my most disliked: chest tightness. As an asthmatic since birth, I have experienced my fair share of chest tightness over...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Financial Assistance Resources For People With Asthma...Along with the stress of asthma (do I have my rescue inhaler with me?), the financial aspect of asthma can be quite a burden. Prescriptions, doctor visits, and other expenses...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
IDM and FMLA May Benefit Us Asthmatics...I learned about IDM and FMLA today, and how the combination of these may benefit us asthmatics if we were to miss a lot of time at work due to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
What Is Step Therapy?...Finding ways to manage and treat asthma can be quite a journey. Often times it can feel like there are many different paths to explore and determining which path works...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Sending Kids With Asthma Off To College...Oh, these sweet moms with young kids. They are so frazzled as they have one kid on their hip and another skipping across the lawn and tell me that it's...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Adult Onset Asthma at 50, Ex-Farmer...Hi, I thought I’d add my story to the others. I was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma at 50, about a year ago. I’d been getting terrible shortness of breath, especially...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
I've Been Able To Significantly Reduce My Severe Asthma Symptoms!...About 20 years ago I was diagnosed with severe asthma by a leading North American Asthma clinic. After being diagnosed, I tried various natural remedies, hoping for a natural solution...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Severe Asthma and Vitamin D Deficiency...Severe and uncontrolled asthma linked with vitamin D deficiency. I just found this. I wish my doctor had told me. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1465-9921-14-25...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesResearch & Clinical Trials
What Is It Like To Date Someone With Asthma?...To answer the question, it's wonderful dating and living with my partner! He is kind, funny, and one of those most interesting people I have ever met. He also happens...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Warning Signs Of An Asthma Attack...Asthma attacks can be triggered by so many things: trees, grass, mold, smoke, animal dander—and that big trigger—stress. Because so many environmental factors can bring on asthma attacks, it can...Reactions0reactionsComments18 comments
Asthma, GERD, Pneumonia, and the Gift That Keeps on Giving...I was diagnosed with asthma in infancy. My mom brought a blue, 5-month-old baby to the ER, but since then, I have not experienced any terrible exacerbations until my 20s...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Are There Asthma Triggers On The Sacramental Chalice?...A friend asked how I come up with blog post ideas. I said that there are all sorts of strategies I use. I said sometimes I just tell stories from...Reactions0reactionsComments11 comments
Becky Greiner...Becky was previously a health leader on Asthma.net. Becky Greiner has experienced graduating from Northern Michigan University, living in Thailand for two years of Peace Corps service, moving across the...
Ability Is A Privilege, And Respect Is For Everyone...I recently watched a series on television about the rise of the basketball team the Chicago Bulls and the journey of worldwide superstar Michael Jordan. It was fascinating to watch...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Frequent Nebulizer Treatments...3 weeks ago, I went to my friends house to have a small, socially distanced gathering in his back patio. When I arrived, a bonfire was already going. Bonfires/campfires had...Reactions0reactionsComments17 repliesTreatment
Disease Management Research Project...Hi everyone! Hope your day is going well :) We are MTHealth, currently working on a research project investigating how people living with certain conditions feel about disease management with...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesResearch & Clinical Trials
Nicola Saunders...Nicola was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 4. Her mother suspected she had asthma but for months the doctors dismissed the idea. In order for the doctor to...
