Pages tagged with Asthma
Part 8 of the ongoing blog series of Life as a Medical Anomaly. In this part I discuss the different types of asthma as an overview and the treatment options available.
How a life long dream was achieved - step by step.
Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko, the Ukrainian doctor first formulated this method of Hyperventilation for treatment of Asthma.
The expert says it is because your immune system is not so strong and healthy that you will allergic to some substance. Therefore, you need to improve your immune system to overcome it.
Swimming can increase the immune system’s ability to prevent against a cold or flu. When swimming, people will sink in water for a long time, which can enhance people’s ability to adapt to the surrounding weather and improve their immunity. Then they won’t catch a cold easily, a...
When I mention Chinese kung fu, you may think of Bruce Lee, a famouse kung fu movie star. From his movie, you can know something about Chinese kung fu.In China, there is a saying that doing Kung fu can make you strong and healthy.
Part seven of the ongoing blog series Life as a Medical Anomaly. This part focuses on dealing with asthma.
It goes without saying that kids are prone to coughs and colds, especially when they attend nursery and start school. This is all a normal part of growing and building an immune system and 99% of the time there is nothing to worry about. But what do you do when a cough just won't go a...
After a long waited hiatus on working on this blog series here is part 5 with a more personal touch of how I truly deal with my health issues.
A common herb found everywhere can kill the virus and keep you healthy. Many people are not aware of the herb mullein which is very effective for respiratory ailments. Drinking mullein tea is the best way to overcome asthma and other respiratory problems.
Asthma accompanies allergies. It is aggravated in winter. Asthma attacks the breathing passage, obstructing the breathing passage. Conventional medical treatments involve bronchodilators which relax the bronchial muscles, clearing the breathing path. Ayurveda and other ancient medical...
In its infancy, sometimes children need a certain amount of food that can provide more benefits than any other food. The team of researchers from the Netherlands found that babies who were fed fish when aged between six months to a year less likely to develop asthma than babies who we...
Most people with asthma are quite sensitive to the allergens such as dust mites, animal dander, mold spores and pollen, etc. If one of your family members is asthma patient, this article can be quite useful for you, because it can teach you how to create a healthy home environment for...
Part 3 of Life As A Medical Anomaly. Talk of how to talk to doctors about medications, tests, and other issues
What does spring bring in? Why do many sneeze and itch during spring?
My first part of an article/blog series of Life As A Medical Anomaly. About my life dealing with my health issues. A Memoir of my daily life and dealing with various health issues.
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)“A place for everything and everything in its place”
Travel can be fun, but travel with asthma can also be risky for the people with severe symptoms. However, travelling safely with asthma still can be possible, if you get well-prepared:
Coffee is one the oldest treatments for asthma - it works so you might as well make use of it.
Did you know that the air that we breathe indoor is much more dangerous than outside? According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the indoor air has approximately two to five times more contagious than outdoor air. In order to have clean air we should be aware of the dange...
Asthma has been on a remarkable increase in recent decades. Although there are many reasons for asthma, winter makes the asthma victims worse. Ayurveda, the ancient medical system of India, can ease the symptoms of asthma by Ayurvedic medicines and yoga exercises.
They say that there is no cure for a cold. This may be true when it is referred to drugs and patent medicines. But you can have quick recovery from a cold if you follow few simple steps as outlined here.
People who have asthma travel by air all the time with little or nor difficulty. However, it is good to take precautions and be prepared for an emergency. Traveling by air means that you will be in confined space for an extended period of time You will be 5,000 to 8,000 feet in the ai...
Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the small airways due to inflammatory reaction and remodeling. This is brought about by T-helper cells, B cells, mast cells and macrophages. The pathophysiology of bronchial asthma and the effect of bronchial asthma on the homeost...
If your toddler suffers the symptoms of asthma, you will feel very worried about him or her. In fact, there are some simple and practical tips for helping you take good care of your young child with asthma:
