asthma

Mother self-isolating due to asthma gets angry note from neighbour telling her to keep her son quiet

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Mother, 26, self-isolating due to asthma gets angry note from neighbour telling her to keep her two-year-old son quiet so hits back with devastating letter in his name Single mother Lauren McCabe has asthma and low immune system is isolating Downstairs neighbours complained they could hear Leo, two, running around In her son’s name who … Read more

Millions of asthma patients should cut down on socialising for weeks to avoid serious coronavirus

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Millions of asthma patients and any Britons who get the flu jab on the NHS should cut down on socialising to avoid serious illness caused by the coronavirus, a top doctor has warned.  The NHS deems adults with long term conditions, including respiratory diseases, necessary to receive a free flu jab every winter. Jonathan Van-Tam, … Read more

Weird ‘cures’ including addictive drugs for weightloss and cigarettes for asthma

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Thanks goodness for modern medicine! Vintage posters reveal the VERY bizarre cures of days gone by – including the tapeworm diet and asthma cigarettes Bored Panda has shared adverts for bizarre ‘cures’ for ailments including asthma The medical practices were popular at various points throughout history Victorian tapeworm diet promised that you could eat without … Read more

Could a matchbox-sized electrical implant end the misery of diabetes, asthma AND arthritis? 

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Diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 13, by the time she reached 25, schoolteacher Kelly Owens had given up all hope of living a normal life. The debilitating inflammatory bowel disease affects about 300,000 people in the UK, causing diarrhoea, extreme tiredness, stomach aches and weight loss. There is no cure, but drugs such as steroids … Read more

Do detergents cause childhood asthma? Cases of the disease rise 37% in ‘extra clean’ homes

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Do detergents cause childhood asthma? Cases of the disease rise 37% in ‘extra clean’ homes amid fears cleaners can damage babies’ airways Fears over link to child asthma from frequent household cleaning products use  Study suggests children have 37% higher risk of the illness in ‘extra clean’ homes More than one million children and five … Read more

Babies exposed to household cleaning products may develop childhood asthma, wheezing: Study

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By: Lifestyle Desk | New Delhi | Published: February 18, 2020 4:41:39 pm The findings revealed an association between early exposure to cleaning products like dishwashing soap, multisurface cleaners, and laundry soap, and the risk of asthma and wheezing. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock) Early exposure of babies to household cleaning products like laundry soap and dishwasher detergent … Read more

Mother reveals how her baby girl nearly died when her pollen allergy triggered asthma attacks  

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A mother has revealed how her baby girl nearly died twice after a pollen allergy triggered life-threatening asthma attacks. Lottie Provis was found blue, lifeless and choking on her own vomit in her cot by her parents Kate, 26, and Steve, 31, when she was 18 months old in May 2015.  She was given hours … Read more

Traffic-related air pollution causes FOUR MILLION cases of asthma each year

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Four million children around the world develop asthma each year because of road traffic pollution, a major study has estimated. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide, largely from road transport, is thought to be behind 38,000 new cases in the UK and 240,000 in the US each year. The global research ranked the UK the 29th worst … Read more