Even relatively low concentrations of household chlorine bleach can destroy proteins that are a common cause of allergic reactions, according to a Baltimore researcher.
The findings, together with the results of a related study, suggest that bedding in households of asthmatic individuals should be washed with chlorine bleach, reported Dr. Peyton A. Eggleston of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, at a conference of doctors who specialize in treating allergies.
School is one of the most important issues for children who have asthma. Some children miss a great many days of school because of their asthma symptoms. Teachers and other children sometimes think that asthmatic coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath are signs of contagious illness, reinforcing the asthmatic child’s belief that he or she should stay out of school. (more…)
There is a wealth of valuable health and medical information available on the Internet, but it can be hard to find and hard to understand. Not only that, some of it is incomplete, and occasionally, statements you find on a Web site can be contradictory or just plain wrong.
Asthmatic kids who wheeze when exposed to dust or dander may be feeling an unnecessary pinch. A new study shows that shots did not relieve asthma symptoms in children aged 5-14 who suffered from moderate to severe asthma and allergies.
Last June my son developed a nasty habit of gasping for air with a hiccup sound. Every morning when he woke up, this nasty habit would disappear, but as soon as he arrived home from school, it would start. When school ended and summer began, this habit seemed to magically disappear. My asthmatic mother said it sounded like asthma. Needless to say, I took my son to the doctor.
The doctor informed me that not only did my son have activity-induced asthma, but a heavy coat of smog was intensifying it. I was advised to keep my son from running around in 90-plus-degree temperatures, from playing outside when the smog was visibly heavy and to make sure that he took his medicine 20 minutes before going out to play. (more…)
A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that children enrolled in daycare or children living with 2 or more older siblings, during the first 6-months of life, are less likely to develop asthma and frequent wheezing in later childhood.
The premise of the study was that children who are exposed to more children early in life-a measure of exposure to infection, are less likely to develop asthma and allergies later in childhood, than children with less exposure 1.
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