Asthma

All of the following articles were written by John Andrew Bottrell

Sister Blogs:

• Asthma History
• Hardluck Asthma

Current Events:

1. Best Respiratory Articles of 2015
2. Studying Asthma: You'll Be Impressed What Researchers Are Learning
3. World Asthma Day 2015: You Can Control Your Asthma
4. 2 Asthma Bills Introduced To Congress
5. Smart Inhalers The Future Of Asthma Control
6. Should You Join An Asthma Study?
7. Competition Heats Up for Advair's Share of the Market

My Asthma:

1. I am your respiratory therapist
2. Extended Hospital Stay for Asthma
3. I'm a former hardluck asthmatic paying it forward
4. My hardluck asthma story
5. Seven Ways Asthma Has Benefited My Life
6. The seven benefits of having asthma
7. Hunting camp is not a place for this asthmatic
8. Why I Switched my Asthma Medicine
9. How I Conquered Exercise Induced Bronchospasm

Cost of Asthma:

1. Get free Breo for a year
2. 10 tips to help you afford your asthma medicine
3. When can you expect a generic Advair?
4. Poorly controlled asthma nearly doubles cost
5. How to get help paying for asthma meds and doctor visits
6. Competition Heats Up for Advair's Share of the Market

Asthma Theories:

1. Hygiene Hypothesis
2. Microflora Hypothesis
3. Fetal Origins Hypothesis
4. Genetics Hypothesis

Asthma Subtypes:

1. What are asthma types and sub-types?
2. The two types of asthma:  typical and severe
3. What is severe asthma?
4. 35 signs you have severe asthma
5. What is Adult Onset 
6. What is childhood onset asthma
7. What is Exercise Induced Bronchospasm?
8. Exercise- Induced Asthma Troubles Many -- Even Olympians
9. Occupational Asthma: Your Work Caused It
10. GERD and Asthma: What's the Connection?
11. Learning the Impact of Asthma on Women (Premenopausal Asthma)

Asthma Basics:

1. Asthma Lexicon
2. Asthma FAQ
3. Great Asthma Educational Links
4. The latest definition of asthma
5. So What is Asthma? Here's Our Updated Definition
6. What is the asthma syndrome?
7. An Asthma Lexicon: Important Terms You Should Know
8. Asthma Terms You Should Know: Part II
9. "Bronchoterms" you should know
10. Your Journey Down the Respiratory Tract
11. The five consequences of asthma
12. Evolution of Asthma: More Than Just a Lung Disease
13. Is It Asthma? Here's How to Find Out
14. 16 Interesting Asthma Facts You Should Know
15. More and more asthma statistics
16. Asthma trigger versus asthma cause
17. Asthmatics:  Here's what to expect in the ER
18. Here's what you need to know about hay fever

Asthma Diagnosis:

1. 10 tips for newly diagnosed asthmatics
2. Here's All You Need to Know About Pulmonary Function Testing
3. Asthma misdiagnosis: why it's so common
4. FENO Testing May Help Diagnose Asthma

Asthma Signs and Symptoms:

1. Don't Waver! Seek Help for Bad Asthma
2. Having asthma symptoms? Here's five tips to help you decide what to do
3. You Must Know the Signs and Symptoms of Asthma
4. Learn your asthma symptoms

Asthma Control and Severity:

1. Have asthma? Then you must have an asthma action plan
2. Correctly stopping an asthma attack
3. What is a severe asthma attack?
4. Prepare asthmatic lungs for the flu epidemic
5. What is Good Asthma Control?
6. How to Gain Good Control of Your Asthma
7. 6 Steps to Better Asthma Control
8. How To Gain Control Of Your Asthma
9. How To Tell If Your Asthma Is Controlled
10. Asthma Control vs. Asthma Severity: What You Need to Know
11. 10 Things to Do This Year to Control Your Asthma
12. Managing Asthma at Work
13. How can you prevent asthma (15 things)

Medicine:

1. Asthma Medicine Lexicon
2. The Top 10 Asthma Medicines
3. What is Rescue Medicine?
4. What Are Long Acting Beta Adrenergics?
5. What Asthma Controller Medicine Works Best for You?
6. Don't be Afraid of Using Advair and Symbicort
7. Does Advair cause weight gain?
8. Is It OK to Use Expired Asthma Medicines?
9. When can you expect a generic Advair?
10. Symbicort May Offer New Option for Asthmatics
11. The Debate: Albuterol or Levalbuterol
12. Bronchial Thermoplasty: Another Option for Hardluck Asthma
13. Which Asthma Medicine is Best? (written by Kathi MacNaughton
14. What inhaled steroid is best?
15. Can a simple breeze relieve your asthma?
16. What asthma medicines are safe for young kids
17. Asthma Medicine: Home Versus Hospital
18. Are Asthma Medicines Safe?
19. Best Allergy Medicine To Treat Asthma

Equipment:

1. New Asthma Inhaler Recommendations (What order do you take them in?)
2. Benefits and Limitations of Nebulizers and Inhalers
3. What is a Nebulizer?
4. What is an inhaler?
5. What is a spacer?
6. How to properly take a breathing treatment
7. How to properly use an inhaler
8. Proper Inhaler Use is Essential
9. 20 Signs You're Using Your Asthma Inhaler Correctly
10. Your Peak Flow Meter Is An Important Tool
11. Asthma Action Plan Steps
12. An Asthma Action Plan will help you become a Gallant Asthmatic

Diet and Exercises:

1. 9 Ways Exercise Improves Asthma Control
2. 7 incentives for asthmatics to maintain a healthy body
3. 14 tips for exercising with asthma
4. Relaxation Exercises for Asthma May Benefit You
5. Alright Asthmatics! Here's Your Incentive to Get in Shape This Year
6. Breathing Exercises to Control Asthma
7. Seven Best Exercises for Asthmatics
8. Alright Asthmatics! Here's Your Incentive to Eat Well and Get in Shape
9. Even We Asthmatics Can Run
10. Five things that could get in the way of a healthy you (and how to get around them!).
11. Come on asthmatics, it's time to excercise!
12. Here's your incentive to get in shape this year
13. 10 tips to help asthmatics exercise

Triggers: 

1. Gallant Asthmatics Know and Know How To Avoid Their Asthma Triggers
2. Learn your asthma triggers and how to control them
3. Dust Mites: The Dirty Asthma Trigger
4. Is it a Cold or AllergiesTriggering Your Asthma?
5. Do Thunderstorms Trigger Asthma?
6. How Are the Lungs Affected by Stress?
7. Can Eating High-Fat Foods Trigger Asthma?
8. How Do High Altitudes Affect People with Asthma?
9. Here's Why Humidity and Cold Air Trigger Asthma
10. Do strong smells trigger your asthma? Here's what you can do
11. Watch Out For These Four Cold-Weather Asthma Triggers
12. Tree pollen triggers asthma
13. Fall Allergy Season is Upon Us
14. Why do allergies trigger asthma?  What can you do?
15. Top five Christmas asthma triggers
16. Six Common Christmas Asthma Triggers
17. Dust mites: The dirty asthma trigger
18. Tips to control winter asthma triggers
19. The Impact of Pets on Asthma
20. Do swimming pools trigger asthma?

Asthma Causes:

1. High Fat Diets May Cause Asthma in 
2. Parents Beware! Antibiotics May Cause Asthma
3. Is it Possible Exercise Causes Asthma?
4. Common Virus May Cause Asthma
5. Does mold cause asthma?
6. Does air pollution cause asthma?
7. 12 things that may cause asthma near birth
8. Does obesity cause asthma
9. Does lack of vitamin D cause asthma?
10. Does Tylenol cause asthma?
11. Do allergies cause asthma?
12. 24 things that cause asthma
13. 9 Reasons Poverty Causes Asthma
14. Mold spores, another ubiquitous asthma trigger
15. 9 reasons poverty may cause asthma
16. Ragweed season is upon us
17. Asthma may contribute to bone loss
18. Is asthma all in your head? Or Links Between Asthma And Anxiety? 
19. Third-Hand Tobacco Smoke: What's Left After The Tobacco Smoke Clears?

Asthma Links: 

1. Is asthma always hereditary?
2. Links between asthma and genetics
3. Links Between Asthma and Poverty
4. The Link Between Eczema and Asthma
5. Links Between Testosterone And Asthma
6. Asthma Linked to Heart Disease
7. Asthma Linked to Chronic Migraine
8. The Link Between COPD and Asthma
9. Links between high blood pressure and asthma
10. Here's what you need to know about hay fever
11. The link between nasal congestion and asthma

Preventing Asthma:

1. Having a dog or a cat may help prevent asthma
2. How can you prevent yourself or your child from getting asthma
3. Does fishoil prevent asthma?
4. Can a bacteria in your gut prevent asthma?

Asthma Advice and Tips:

1. 11 asthma myths debunked
2. The best jobs for people with asthma
3. 31 jobs asthmatics should not take
4. 9 Reasons You Must Never Forget You Have Asthma
5. 10 things That are Essential for All Asthmatics
6. Smoke and Have Asthma? Here's 20 Incentives to Quit!
7. 10 Tips to Help Asthmatics Prepare For a Natural Disaster
8. 10 Tips to Help Asthmatics Survive the Halloween Fright
9. 10 Tips For Managing Even The Toughest Asthma
10. High and low humidity not good for asthma
11. 19 Tips to Avoiding Allergens That Aren't Exactly Fun to Follow
12. 11 Tips For Traveling With Asthma
13. Here's what asthmatics need to know about swine flu
14. 5 Common Types of Asthma Meds & Why You Should Use Them As Prescribed
15. Being the Best Asthma Patient You Can Be
16. School kids need quick access to rescue medicine
17. 10 ways to improve life for all asthmatics
18. Asthmatics: it's okay to take a day off
19. 10 tips to help someone cope with asthma
20. 10 tips how to be a gallant asthmatic

Childhood Asthma:

1. Start the Asthma Talk with "Alfie's Attack!"
2. What is childhood onset asthma
3. What every parent of an asthma child should know
4. What Are the Signs of an Asthma Attack in Infants?
5. Have a Baby with Asthma? Here's 10 Signs to Watch Out For
6. 24 tips to manage your child's asthma at school
7. Tips for Parents of College-Bound Asthmatics
8. Pregnant and smoke?  Here's your incentive to quit
9. 24 tips to manage your child's asthma at school
10. 10 Tips For Raising A Child With Asthma
11. Nebulizer or inhaler: Which one works best for your child?
12. Kids with Asthma Can and Should Play Team Sports
13. It's Time to Create an Asthma Action Plan for School
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15. Smoking around asthmatic children is unwise

Common Asthma Questions:

1. What Other Medical Problems Can Occur When Asthma is Untreated?
2. Lung Anatomy 101: Why Does Asthma Cause Chest Pain?
3. Asthmatic Kids Behind in Reading, Study Shows
4. Is Vaccine to Cure Asthma/Allergies Too Good to be True?
5. What Other Medical Problems Can Occur When Asthma is Untreated?
6. Lung Anatomy 101: Why Does Asthma Cause Chest Pain?
7. Asthmatic Kids Behind in Reading, Study Shows
8. Is Vaccine to Cure Asthma/Allergies Too Good to be True?
9. A concern for Parents of Asthmatics: Will Corticosteroids stunt my child's growth?
10. A Concern for Expectant Mothers: Are Asthma Meds Safe For My Baby?
11. What's the difference between pure asthma severe asthma
12. Why do people have allergies?
13. Can you really live a normal life with asthma?
14. What is the greatest challenge of having asthma?
15. When does asthma become Hardluck Asthma 

Asthma Trends and Studies:

1. Were You Sick with Allergies Yesterday?
2. Asthmatics Want Once-a-day Medicine
3. Studies Link Alcohol to Worsening Asthma/Allergies
4. 4 Reasons Severe Asthma Rates Are Declining
5. Taste receptors found in lungs may benefit asthma
6. Study may prove hygiene hypothesis
7. 50% of adults develop allergies
8. Taste receptors in lungs may benefit asthma
9. 10 reasons asthma rates are still rising

Asthma Doctors:

1. 24 Signs of a Great Asthma Doctor
2. Is Your Asthma Doctor Doing a Good Job?
3. Six Asthma Doctor Personality Types: Which One is Your Doctor?
4. Doctor Anxiety: It Can Make Your Asthma Worse
5. Is your doctor out of date?
6. Doctor anxiety: it can make your asthma worse
7. You and Your Doctor Must Be an Asthma Control Team

Asthma Facts:

1. Hey asthmatics! You are not alone!
2. Asthma: The Appendix of the Lungs
3. Does Asthma Make You Smarter?
4. Bronchodilator Anxiety
5. Asthma Forgetfulness and Asthma Honesty
6. 13 Things We Asthmatics Can Be Thankful For
7. Goofus and Gallant take their asthma to hunting camp
8. The Journey of a Hardluck Asthmatic to Gallant Asthmatic
9. Kid asthmatics love their respiratory therapists
10. How to spot a bronchodilatoraholic
11. Confessions of a recovering bronchodilatoraholic
12. Creative places we asthmatics store our inhalers
13. 10 things we asthmatics ought to be thankful for
14. Can asthma make you live longer?
    
15. I'd rather have asthma if stranded at sea
16. The confounded asthmatic: They don't know what to do
17. 10 good things about having asthma
18. 10 reasons for asthmatics to be thankful
19. Eight great reading materials for asthmatics
20. Can kids outgrow asthma

Fun with Asthma:

1. MacGyver-like doctor saves asthmatic child
2. 11 Types of Asthmatics -- Which One Are You?
3. Meet Jake Gallant: The Perfect Asthmatic
4. Meet Joe Goofus: The Asthmatic You Don't Want To Be (But Probably Are)
5. The Non-Compliant Asthmatic
6. Josie Goofus: The Asthma Parent You Don't Want to Be
7. Breathin' Stephen, the Hardluck Asthmatic, completes Boston Marathon
8. Meet Breathin' Stephen, the Hard Luck Asthmatic On His Way to the Boston Marathon
9. Confessions of an asthmatic in denial
10. The Doubting Thomas Asthmatics
11. Some Asthmatics are Good Actors
12. The "Wet Noodle" Technique Works For Keeping Calm During An Asthma Attack
13. Joe Goofus struggles to control his asthma
14. Confounded Asthmatic: They don't know what to do
15. The furtive asthmatic: the secret puffer
16. When does asthma become hardluck asthma?
17. Future Possibility: Asthmabegone may be option for asthmatics (3/11/14)
18. Types of Asthma:  The Secret Puffer 
19. When does asthma become hardluck?
20. We all have a little Joe Goofus in us -- even me

Asthma History:

1. Seven Classic Asthma Medicines To Be Discontinued
2. 10 Asthma Myths Busted
3. Check Out These Ancient Asthma Remedies!
4. Check Out These 19th Century Asthma Remedies!
5. Susphrine: The asthma wonder drug of old
6. The History of Asthma
7. How was asthma treated in the ancient world?
8. The history of asthma medicine
9. How was asthma treated 30,000 years ago?
10. A brief history of allergic asthma

Asthma During Holidays:

1. 10 things for asthmatics to be thankful for
2. Santa's Elves Working on New Asthma Medicines
3. May is asthma awareness month
4. Our Astcahma Christmas Wish List
5. A Pragmatic Asthmatic’s Christmas Wish List

Asthma Stories:

1. Prize winning New York Times correspondent dies of asthma attack