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All About Asthma

Stop Suffering And Start Living

By: Irwin Polk

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Paperback | 27 April 2005 | Edition Number 1

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"A wonderful blessing and an invaluable aid in the understanding, treatment, and control of asthma. Should be required reading for every asthmatic". -- William A. Kaloss, M.D., Pediatrician/Allergist in Private Practice, Red Bank, New Jersey

According to the U.S. Public Health Service, asthma is a serious disease that affects over 10 million adults and children in this country. It is a leading cause of schooltime absence and hospital admission in children, and is a major reason for time lost from work among adults. With a reported 5,000 asthma deaths in the United States, asthma can no longer be dismissed as a mere childhood ailment.

All About Asthma is the perfect resource for patients and their families to understand, prevent, and manage the disease. Also available in paperback, the book provides up-to-date information on the following crucial subjects:
-- the effects of asthma on children
-- the particular concerns of asthma on pregnant women
-- the problem of excess air trapped in the chest
-- the careful treatment needed for the elderly
-- the important differences and similarities between asthma and allergy
-- the traditional and alternative medications available to all asthmatics

With helpful glossaries of explanatory tables and charts, this will be an invaluable guide for patients and their families as well as for professionals in public health, pediatrics, gerontology, obstetrics, and pharmacology.

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Non-Fiction Family & Health Popular Medicine & Health Relationships & Families: Advice & Issues Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Illness & Specific Health Conditions Medicine Clinical & Internal Medicine Respiratory Medicine Miscellaneous Items

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. i
the Asthmatic Patient	p. 7
the Lungs What They Are and How They Work	p. 15
the Causes of Bronchospasm	p. 29
Making the Diagnosis of Asthma	p. 45
the Role of Allergies in Causing Asthma	p. 57
Laboratory Tests in the Management of Asthma	p. 77
Bronchial Dilators and Ephedrine and Caffeine Families of Drugs	p. 89
Cortisonelike Drugs	p. 105
Other Useful Drugs	p. 111
Breathing Exercises and Airway Obstruction	p. 119
Management of Acute Asthma	p. 133
Management of Long-Standing Asthma	p. 145
Asthma in Children	p. 153
Asthma and Pregnancy	p. 161
Wheezing in Other Diseases	p. 165
Coming Soon to Your Local Pharmacy?	p. 173
Alternative Asthma Treatments	p. 179
Finding and Working with Your Doctor	p. 187
the Take-Home Message	p. 195
Endnotes	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 205
Sources of Additional Information	p. 207
Sources of Asthma and Average Peak Flows	p. 211
Index	p. 217
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