Tag: asthma sufferer

Famous People With Asthma

As asthma is one of the most commonly occurring illnesses across the world, it’s little wonder that many a famous face has suffered from the illness. Here’s a look at the notable inclusions on the list of famous people that…

Asthma Sufferers: What You Should Avoid

Although asthma is largely controllable with medication, there are certain stimulants that can bring on an attack even if medication has been used. Learning to identify these stimuli and – wherever possible – avoid them is an important part of…

Learning To Live With Asthma

Asthma is a respiratory illness, caused by an inflammation and subsequent narrowing of the ‘tubes’ of the lungs (medically known as the bronchi). It is largely incurable but is not life threatening, and for many asthma sufferers it is merely…

Home Remedies To Soothe Asthma Irritation

While any asthma sufferer should always first and foremost rely on their inhalers and other medication to ease the condition, there are at-home remedies that can be tried. Please not these should be used in conjunction with formal medical treatment,…

Know Your Asthma Inhalers

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that affects people of any age and is generally considered to be incurable but livable with. With correct monitoring and treatment, asthma is rarely a life-threatening illness – and even when it is, only…

Tips For An Asthma Friendly Home

Asthma is an illness that is easily exacerbated, as sufferers are particularly sensitive to their environment. Major contributors to discomfort for asthma sufferers come in the form of dust – a well known, researched and proven stimulant of asthma. However,…

Fact Or Fiction: Exercise-Induced Asthma

There is great debate among the medical community on the issue of “Exercise-Induced Asthma”. This is a type of asthma attack that occurs at a particular time; namely, during or after exercise. Some physicians insist that exercise-induced asthma does not…

Asthma and The Environment

When an illness effects something as basic as breathing, it is not too much of a stretch to understand that the very place in which you live could be having a detrimental effect on that illness. With the respiratory illness…