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Showing posts with label Asthma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asthma. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Subtle Mutations in Immune Gene May Increase Risk for Asthma - insciences

Subtle Mutations in Immune Gene May Increase Risk for Asthma - insciences

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Quitting smoking can reverse airway thickening due to asthma

Eos info is towards the bottom but good article.

http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2010/05/06/your_health_matters/health_news/health04.txt

Friday, August 28, 2009

More Wheezing

Kaylin's school called yesterday and she wanted to come home since she was wheezing so bad. We started the nebulizer with Albuterol and scheduled an appt. for this morning with the allergist. The allergist agreed with us thinking the wheezing was triggered by allergies and started her on Nasicort for the allergies and we can continue doing the nebulizer as she needs it. If the asthma symptoms continue, the next step normally would be a preventative cortico-steroid like Flovent. The problem is, she's already on a medication like this in swallowed form for her EE. The last thing we want to do is add more. Hopefully it's just seasonal allergies and getting that under control will solve the problem. The current fires going on in So Cal and the super hot dry weather aren't helping!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

August...

has been interesting.

Kaylin has had wheezing off and on which we can't figure out.

Her Aunt decided to feed her Whoppers (AKA Malted Milk Balls covered in Chocolate @@) without telling us. After 4 days of reflux, spitting up food, actually throwing up, a little wheezing and waking up night after night, we were stumped. A few days later, we heard through the grapevine she was given Whoppers, obviously containing milk. I can't even explain the frustration with that situation.

She went to a party with family in San Diego this last weekend which has resulted in allergy symptoms and bad wheezing the last four days and nights. She spent the entire first night coughing. This wheezing thing is new.

Last August was rough for her too with reflux symptoms but she also started school and got a new baby brother. We're still suspicious of enivironmental allergies though. The trips to San Diego to see family with inside dogs seem to be followed by a few days of stuffiness and reflux.