Asthma Stop Suffering, Start Living

by Gershwin, Eric; Klingelhofer, Edwin L.

• ISBN13: 9780201608472
• ISBN10: 0201608472
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-20
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

This authoritative book clarifies a complex disease with the latest medical facts, sympathetic advice, and many helpful charts and illustrations. Use its complete program to stop suffering and start living! With this book, you can truly breathe more easily. Whether you suffer from asthma or care for an asthmatic child,Asthma: Stop Suffering, Start Livingis the complete guide to controlling this disease. what to do during an asthma attack new information on drug treatmentswhich medicines to use first and which are not recommended advice on aerosol inhalers and other ways adults and children can take medicine how to choose and work with an asthma specialist tips on how people with asthma can exercise, travel, and enjoy all aspects of life warning lists of food preservatives and other common substances that can trigger asthma facts asthmatics should know about pregnancy, anesthesia, and other situations not discussed in similar books home remedies and alternative ways to control asthma listings of groups concerned with asthma, programs for asthmatic children, and sources of useful products.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
To Our Readers	p. vi
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. 1
What Is Asthma?	p. 7
The Onset and Course of Asthmatic Disease	p. 17
Allergies and Asthma	p. 23
Allergic Complications Associated with Asthma	p. 28
Identifying the Cause of Asthma	p. 42
Avoiding the Cause of Your Asthma	p. 59
Diet and Asthma	p. 73
Chemical and Occupational Asthma	p. 84
Sports, Exercise, and the Asthmatic	p. 90
Surgery, Anesthesia, and Asthma	p. 96
Pregnancy and Asthma	p. 100
Self-Help for People with Asthma	p. 107
Medical Care	p. 119
Breathing and Other Exercises to Ease Asthma Attacks	p. 127
The Use of Drugs to Prevent or Relieve Asthma Symptoms	p. 136
Allergy Shots and Asthma Treatment	p. 152
The Treatment of Acute Asthma	p. 158
Summer Camps and Other Special Treatment and Care Programs	p. 166
Traveling with Asthma	p. 173
Home Remedies and Alternative Strategies in the Treatment of Asthma	p. 179
Elimination Diet for Asthma	p. 189
Foods Containing Tartrazine	p. 191
Foods Containing Metabisulfite	p. 192
Foods Containing Salicylate	p. 193
Food Families	p. 194
The Asthma IQ Test	p. 196
Organizations Concerned with Asthma	p. 199
Sources of Products for People with Asthma	p. 200
Asthma Education Programs for Children	p. 203
Index	p. 205
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