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Sign up with FacebookWendy Turner: Most of us know the discomfort and panic that can occur when we are short of breath. Well, asthma is an extreme form of this, particularly distressing for babies and the young children. Dr. Su Laurent is here. Now as you know she is ...
Male: What is exercise-induced asthma? Michael Marcus: Exercise-induced asthma is a problem where patients who reach a certain level of exercise will start having difficulty breathing and tightness of the chest or cough and these symptoms will the...
Host: We've all had the odd case of pins and needles, but have you ever considered using the real thing to get yourself back on track? According to recent archeological evidence, acupuncture has been used by human beings to heal each other for ove...
Female Speaker: Persistence pays off. Sacramento swimmer and three time Olympic gold medalist Debbie Meyer can attest to that, she also has asthma. Debbie Meyer: These are the gold medals I won in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City for the 200, 400,...
Jennifer Whitney: Breathless, could you imagine not being able to breathe. I'm Jennifer Whitney, for the next half hour we'll explore the growing epidemic of asthma here in the valley. The problem is year around, our summers maybe dreamy but poor ...
Female Speaker: Marie Coleman can vividly recall the asthma attacks that use to send her to the emergency room on a monthly basis. Marie Coleman: Your lungs are burning; you're panicked, the more you can't breathe, the more you panic; the more you...
Casey Bass: Today, on Clubhouse Gas we're joined once again by Asthma educator at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Maryanne Morris. We continue our discussion on Asthma, how it affects the kids and how it affects the sports that they play right h...
Female: Today, Coach Kendra has some tips on how to remain active if you have asthma. Coach Kendra: Asthma is a disease of the lungs, which impacts the ability to breathe. People who have asthma know that their condition can sometimes make it hard...
Host: One common condition children get is coughing and wheezing, and we use this term asthma. What is asthma, Dr. Marcus? Michael Marcus: Asthma is probably the most common chronic disease of childhood, and its one of the most common causes for c...
Male: Many Pediatricians give these kids a nebulizer. Why? Dr. Marcus: Nebulizer is a device which allows the medication to go from a liquid form into an inhaler or in this form thereby allowing the child to breathe the medication in. In certain c...
Male: Some kids are diagnosed with wheezing and asthma. In different approaches some people use nebulizers, some use inhalers and we know that you strongly advocate the use of inhalers and also spacers. Can you sort of like explain why if you have...
Host: If a child wheezes and they are very young, many pediatricians today give these kids a nebulizer, why? Michael Marcus: Nebulizer is a device which allows the medication to go from a liquid form into an inhaled or a mist form, thereby allowin...
(Music playing) Female: If you are one of the 20 million Americans who have asthma, your biggest priority will probably be preventing an attack. Dr. Joshua Fink: Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition, which currently has no cure. Anyone who ha...
Female: Sorry to say it, but having asthma does not give you license to become a couch potato. Even asthmatics can and should maintain active lifestyles. Male: Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition in which the airways narrow and breathing bec...
More than twenty million Americans suffer from the condition known as asthma. But what exactly is this disease? Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition in which a person’s airways become narrowed making it difficult to breathe. There is currentl...
How Asthma Can Be Treated Thank you Diego for sharing your story with us I think it is a remarkably similar to many other people who have asthma. We know that asthma is an inflammatory condition of the airways. In Diego’s case he describes a numbe...
Chris Beurman: Hello and thanks for joining us. My name is Chris Beurman, Community Relations Manager with Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners and today, I’m joined by Candace Ramos, our Senior Education Coordinator for the Asthma Management P...