There are two main types of puffers or inhalers for asthma: “relievers” and “preventers”. Relievers are used to open up the airways (bronchodilation). Constricted airways are experienced as shortness ...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that affects more than 25 million people in the US. Asthma generally causes swelling of your airways, making it harder to breathe and causing symptoms like ...

Asthma that begins during childhood is called child-onset asthma. This type of asthma happens because a child becomes sensitized to common allergens in the environment - most likely due to genetic ...

POOR co-ordination of breath and unsealed lips are the most common mistakes made by Cairns asthma patients when using puffers. And they’re not alone with statistics showing up to 90 per cent of ...

Asthma is a condition where the airways become inflamed, narrow, and produce extra mucus. (Picture Credit: Pexels) A wheeze is a whistling or rattling sound when someone breathes. It occurs when the ...

In this April 4, 2017 photo, Javier Sua demonstrates how he uses an inhaler at his home in Fresno, Calif. He uses it to combat asthma, made worse by air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley. A new ...

The National Asthma Council Australia has updated the Australian Asthma Handbook’s national guidelines for asthma management which now recommends that all adults and adolescents with asthma use an ...

This month, Dr. Sydney Spiesel discusses the pitfalls of a soy-rich diet, dads’ baby blues, a new treatment for recurrent urinary tract infections, and the flaws of asthma puffers. Click here and here ...