Understanding Asthma Symptoms
Warning signs of an asthma attack include:
*Tightness of breath/ hard to breathe * A decrease in lung function
* Signs of a cold.
* Frequent cough, especially at night.
* The frequent need to use your rescue inhaler.
* Losing your breath easily
Asthma symptoms include episodes of:
* Coughing, often and mostly in the evening
* Tickle in the throat or rattle in the chest
* Tightness or pressure in/on the chest.
* Shortness of breath.
* Wheezing (a high-pitched whistling sound that occurs when exhaling).
Compiled by TN August 2008 for http://yesasthma.com/ Call Your Doctor If * You or another person is experiencing an episode of asthma for the first time. Asthma can quickly become serious if not treated promptly and properly. * Your rescue inhaler (usually albuterol) does not work to relieve your symptoms within 20 minutes * You or the person with asthma cannot talk in complete sentences. Other things to look for: flaring nostrils; the skin between the ribs is sucked in with each breath; the lips or the skin under the nails appear grayish or bluish. These are all signs of extreme oxygen deprivation. Get immediate emergency treatment.
They look for problems to solve.
Read more...Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows.
Read more...Whether she's standing before two folks or 200, DeSoto County Schools registered nurse Patsy Davis doesn't pass up the opportunity to teach the district's Extracurricular Activity Safety Training Program.
Read more...Environmental and health concerns are on the rise as more dairies start to resemble factories. by Scott Weaver On a cool June day, Dean Dimond looked out from his back porch at a field of green wheat bending in the wind. Dimond lives on and farms a patch of land in the Magic Valley just north of Jerome.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Read more...In an arrest report, socialite Paris Hilton claims a purse she was carrying the night she was arrested for cocaine possession did not belong to her.
Read more...