10 Facts About Me and Exercise...So, it is a fact that my doctor helped me earn my respiratory therapy degree. 4. As a kid, I was always skinny. I was a runt, so to... By John Bottrell, RRT4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
What Was the Best Asthma-Friendly Gift You Have Ever Received?...Life picked up its pace, especially as I navigated the challenges of respiratory therapy school.... By Asthma.net Team5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Learned Empowerment: Asthma Education for Adults...Certified Asthma Educators are health professionals (nurses, doctors, physician’s assistants, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, healthcare social workers... By Kerri MacKay4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Meet Jill Aristeo Batchelder...Throughout my childhood, teens, and young adult life, I had chronic bronchitis and respiratory infections and had a chronic, productive cough daily that... By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Asthma at Pride: Festivals, Outdoor Events... and Belonging...I sometimes feel like the only person in the world taking precautions, I am also still being very cautious about avoiding COVID (and by default other respiratory... By Kerri MacKay4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Ask the Advocates: Why Is It Important to Recognize Asthma Awareness Month?...means by which to educate the public of the many challenges a chronic disease such as asthma can have, not only for the child or adult living with this By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Genetics and Asthma: A Brief Summary...inactive and only become active due to some sort of environmental exposure, such as exposure to certain foods, stress, air pollution, tobacco smoke, respiratory... By John Bottrell, RRT4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
My Experience with Allergy Testing and Shots...Also in my defense, I was, at that time, embarking on a mission to pass respiratory therapy school. Lord knows this was a hard program to pass.... By John Bottrell, RRT5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments
Understanding Vaccine Recommendations...The seasonal flu is a respiratory illness that affects the nose, throat, and lungs.... By Editorial Team 5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
How Do You Remember Life-Saving Procedures in a Severe Asthma Attack? ...My most severe symptoms arise when I get respiratory viruses. I recently got over COVID and a few days in I ended up having a severe attack....Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 repliesFlare-UpsSymptomsNewly Diagnosed
Coughing when laughing...A respiratory therapist friend of mine knew the national rep for Fasenra and she had never heard of such a high count....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
My Experience Catching COVID...If you are sick with respiratory symptoms, it is assumed you are uninfectious after five days and that you will stay home.... By RosieLorne3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
My Asthma Journey...The doctor gave me a spacer for my inhaler and sent down a respiratory therapist who says, yes this is my asthma flaring up and that I need to... By kassysteiger3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Humidity and Asthma (again!)...The mucus that was quickly filling my respiratory system, making me cough and feel nauseous, was put to bed with a mucolytic cough mixture and for good...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Essential Oils For Asthma: Separating Myth From Fact...Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition, for which there is no cure.... By Kathi MacNaughton6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
My Experience with COVID-19 and Asthma...Respiratory viruses are my worst trigger. This is a story that will cover multiple topics.... By The Wild Rx Tech4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
A New Year, What a Hazard: A Few Tips on Fireworks and Asthma...My preventative, Symbicort, was refilled as I was already having symptoms of an upper respiratory infection (URI) worsening my asthma this year.... By Rebecca C6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Ask the Advocates: Environmental Factors That Affect Asthma...The environmental factor that affects me the most are respiratory viruses, such as those that cause the common cold.... By Editorial Team 6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Repeated flare ups...I have a respiratory consultant appointment in August but I’m just scared they’ll say they can’t find anything wrong again....Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesCopingAllergiesDiagnosis
Editorial Team...Before becoming a nurse, Katie was a respiratory therapist. Katie has a passion for making health topics easily understood in a nonintimidating way.... By Editorial Team 7 min readBookmark for later