Ozone and Asthma: How Smog Affects Your Lungs and What to Do on Bad Air Days
Ground-level ozone, often called smog, is a powerful lung irritant. The EPA says it can cause coughing and a scratchy throat, inflame...
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Asthma
Allergies and asthma often travel together. Here you will find guides on asthma triggers at home and outdoors, how air quality affects breathing, treatment options to discuss with your doctor, and stories from people who stay active with asthma.This content is for education. Your asthma action plan from your doctor always comes first.
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High-Fat Meals and Asthma: What a Fast-Food Study Found
A single high-fat, fast-food style meal increased airway inflammation and blunted the effect of a rescue inhaler in people with asthma, according...
Spray Cleaners and Asthma: What the Research Shows and How to Clean Safer
Using household cleaning sprays regularly has been linked to new asthma in adults. In a European study that followed more than 3,500...
Air Quality Index (AQI) and Asthma: What the Numbers Mean and How to Lower Your Exposure
You can’t lower your city’s Air Quality Index, but you can lower how much polluted air you breathe. The AQI is the...
Asthma FAQ: Clear Answers to Common Questions
Asthma is a long-term condition in which the airways in the lungs can become inflamed and narrowed, making it hard to breathe....
Does Pulmicort Reduce Height? What Research on Inhaled Steroids and Growth Shows
Inhaled corticosteroids such as budesonide (Pulmicort) are a mainstay of treatment for persistent asthma in children. They can slightly slow growth, mostly...
Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma: How It Works and What the Evidence Shows
Alair is a device for bronchial thermoplasty, a procedure that uses controlled heat to reduce the muscle around the airways in adults...