Category: asthma

If you wake up at night coughing, wheezing, and feeling breathless, you could have nocturnal asthma. So, what is nocturnal asthma? Also called nighttime asthma, it is the type of asthma that gets worse at night. It’s not unusual for asthma symptoms to worsen after dark. Even in healthy people, “your best lung function is… Continue reading What Is Nocturnal Asthma?

When e-cigarettes first came on the market, they were touted as a safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes. While e-cigarette aerosol doesn’t include all the contaminants found in tobacco smoke, evidence has been piling up that vaping is much more harmful than many doctors and scientists originally believed. Because of growing safety concerns, the U.S.… Continue reading New, Large Studies Link Vaping to Asthma and COPD

Chances are, everyone knows someone who has asthma. That’s because approximately 18 million adults in the United States have the condition. Despite its prevalence, asthma is often misunderstood — as is severe asthma, which affects up to 10 percent of those who have asthma. Severe asthma can be difficult to control, even with maintenance medications… Continue reading Things People With Severe Asthma Wish You Knew

As millions of Americans receive COVID-19 vaccines each week, people with asthma may wonder when their turn will come. Are there vaccine side effects people with asthma should be on the lookout for? Is it okay to get the vaccine on a day when you’ve had an asthma attack? Here are the answers to the… Continue reading Asthma and COVID-19 Vaccines — Answers to Your Top Questions

Managing asthma can require frequent doctor visits to gain control over the condition, monitor your control to determine whether your current treatment is working, and make adjustments in your treatment plan, as necessary. According to the guidelines developed by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program’s expert panel, such visits may need to take place… Continue reading Telemedicine for Asthma Care

If you have gastroesophageal reflux disease  (GERD) and you’ve inexplicably developed bouts of shortness of breath, wheezing, or coughing, you may want to consider the possibility that what’s going on in your gut could be to blame. Believe it or not, GERD can trigger asthma-like symptoms — these are often called extraesophageal symptoms — even if you’ve… Continue reading The Surprising Connection Between GERD and Asthma

For some asthma patients, symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing can get worse at night. This so-called "nocturnal asthma" can be a sign that asthma control is deteriorating. Previous research has shown that more than half of asthma-related deaths occur at night. While the sleep hormone melatonin has been shown to… Continue reading Sleep Hormone Melatonin May Worsen Asthma

For most people with asthma, inhalers and other standard forms of therapy can prevent or limit breathing problems and other symptoms. But for those with severe asthma, the usual treatments don’t get the job done. If someone experiences asthma symptoms more than twice a week, their asthma is termed “persistent.” And among those with persistent… Continue reading Severe Asthma (Status Asthmaticus): Attacks, Symptoms, Treatments, and More

Many of us have struggled with our weight at one time or another, and lot of us have also given up trying to lose weight because exercise made it hard for us to breathe. A growing body of evidence suggests that our frustration isn’t all in our heads. We have two very real problems: obesity… Continue reading Does Obesity Cause Asthma? What We Know

Research has yet to prove exactly what causes asthma. But new data has identified a potential link between higher meat consumption in childhood and asthma symptoms, according to a study from researchers at Mount Sinai in New York City. Higher consumption of pro-inflammatory compounds found in cooked meats, called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), was linked… Continue reading Study Links Higher Meat Consumption to Childhood Asthma Risk