| Childhood Asthma is a chronic lung disease | | | | Experts tell you that exercise can trigger an asthma |
| characterized by tight airways -- a result of airways | | | | attack. I've noticed that digging the garden a couple |
| being too responsive. Our airways are meant to | | | | of times a year triggers sore muscles. But if I was |
| respond to harmful substances in the air. Our airways | | | | doing it every day there would be no sore muscles. |
| shrink when we're in a smoky atmosphere, protecting | | | | Take a gentle stroll every day while you are |
| our delicate lung tissues from the noxious ingredients | | | | pregnant for half an hour. Exercise is important and |
| in the smoke. They should go back to normal in fresh | | | | you should be able to be physically active without |
| air but it doesn't always work that way with | | | | having asthma symptoms after the first few days of |
| asthmatics. | | | | exercise. |
| That's the official point of view, from a medical | | | | Prevention of asthma in toddlers |
| industry that claims not to know how to cure | | | | Get ready for a shock! Having at least two pets in |
| asthma. The people who do cure the problem say | | | | the house drastically reduces asthma later on. Fair |
| that asthma is your body's attempt to compensate | | | | enough if you don't give your toddlers a chance to |
| for bad breathing methods. So you should learn to | | | | learn to fight asthma in childhood by having pets they |
| breathe properly. | | | | are likely to suffer every time a cat or dog comes |
| Here are some warning signs | | | | near them. But it's natural for children to be among |
| Baby pants more than 40 breaths per minute while | | | | pets and perhaps eat a cockroach or two. Don't |
| asleep. | | | | protect them too much or you may give them |
| Child refuses suckling. | | | | asthma. |
| Skin between ribs is pulled tight while breathing. | | | | Of coursedoctors responsible for asthma in kids |
| Rest of body seems small compared to chest. | | | | I think that the doctors are more to blame than you, |
| Your baby's fingernails become blue | | | | because they should know better. doctors cause a |
| Your infant doesn't cry much because of shortness | | | | lot of the trouble in their endless attempts to sell you |
| of breath. | | | | more drugs. Tests show that antibiotics destroy the |
| Struggles to breath through mouth and flared nostrils. | | | | correct activity in a child's intestine. This leads to |
| Grunts like a pig during breast feeding. | | | | impaired immune systems and asthma. |
| Asthma and pregnancy | | | | Abusing prescription drugs is as common as, or |
| So much for asthma in kids. Now how could mothers | | | | maybe even more common than, street drug use - |
| give rise to asthma? (I'm not letting fathers off the | | | | and doctors are often to blame. your child could die |
| hook either.) If you breathe badly you can't give | | | | from a prescription drug that has helped make your |
| your baby enough Oxygen.. Your baby gets all its | | | | doctors wealthy. |
| Oxygen from your bloodstream so if you don't | | | | Some children are constantly ill, because steroids |
| breathe properly your baby will be deficient. Yes, you | | | | prescribed by doctors have affected their immune |
| really can learn to breathe properly. | | | | system. |
| Doctors like to charge you as much as possible, like | | | | Danger in the showers. When chlorine vaporizes it |
| any other business people. They offer us quack | | | | combines with other airborne particles and forms |
| medicine to make us feel better, while making | | | | dangerous chloroform gas. Tests show that asthma |
| asthma worse, while telling us there is no cure. | | | | and other breathing problems are created. The U.S. |
| CORRECTION: I've just discovered it's not all the | | | | EPA states that "Due to chlorine and showering, |
| doctors' fault. They have been told by the medical | | | | there is an elevated level of chloroform gas in |
| industry that they will lose their licence to practice | | | | virtually every home in America...". Many studies have |
| medicine if they tell you about the free cure for | | | | linked chlorine to childhood asthma and reported that |
| asthma. | | | | most of the risks are associated with showering in |
| The medical industry offers this official point of view | | | | chlorinated water. |
| (note the drug adverts included): "Remember: Using | | | | Sing Your Cares Away |
| asthma medicine during pregnancy is much safer than | | | | Maldon & South Chelmsford Primary Care Trust |
| letting your asthma get out of control. Such asthma | | | | has started a project to improve the quality of life of |
| medicines as inhaled beta-agonists (quick relief | | | | local children with asthma. |
| medicines like Maxair or Proventil), cromolyn | | | | "Asthma is a serious condition for many youngsters," |
| (medicines that prevent triggers from causing | | | | says Sarah Southerby, the PCT's healthy living |
| reactions in your lungs, like Intal), and inhaled steroids | | | | co-ordinator. "The 'Huff and Puff' project holds |
| (long-term controller medicines like Flovent) are safe | | | | innovative classes using song and art as mediums for |
| for pregnant women when you take them as | | | | helping children to control their breathing." |
| directed by your doctor. Please don't read the | | | | The workshops include simple songs, rhythms and |
| instructions as it might decrease our income." Some | | | | breathing techniques, to teach the children not to |
| of that is untrue. | | | | panic when they suffer shortness of breath. |