How can you treat asthma? Dr. Sol Harari, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, talks about some treatment options, such as bronchodilators, anti-inflammatories, and anticholinergics, among others.…
About treating asthma with steroids, Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says decades ago, they used to use oral steroids a lot more than they do now. “We have inhaled steroids, a child is getting micrograms …
If your child is asthmatic, it is important to make sure you let the school know it and prepare an action plan that includes your child’s name; your name and home, cell phone and work numbers; the name and number …
Asthma can be very scary, but it can also be very well managed, affirms Dr. Javier Hiriart, Pediatrician at Family Medicine Center at West Kendall Baptist Hospital.
He considers educating about what the illness is and knowing what triggers it …
A good asthma control prevents chronic and troublesome symptoms, like coughing and shortness of breath; it reduces the need for quick-relief medicines, and it helps to maintain good lung function.
It also improves sleep, it helps to maintain normal activity …
The most common asthma triggers are tobacco smoke, dust mites, outdoor air pollution, cockroach allergens, pets, mold, and smoke from burning wood or grass.
Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says about tobacco smoke that there …
Dr. Rodney Benjamin, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with South Miami Hospital, says the most logical thing to do to avoid asthma is improving the environment.
“Rather than giving medicines and getting into all the complex things, the simplest …
Jennifer Couceyro, Advanced Registered Nurses Practitioner with Baptist Children’s Hospital, explains the diagnosis of asthma does take time. “It’s not a one-time illness diagnosis, it’s over a period of time; when you’ve had repeated exacerbations of this reactive airway condition …
