You likely know someone with asthma and are familiar with the wheezing and shortness of breath that come with an asthma attack. You might even...
Respiratory
All Respiratory Articles
What to Eat When you Have Pneumonia
Pneumonia tends to dampen the appetite making it hard to eat, and harder to recover. In this excerpt we discuss what to eat when you…
How to Clear Sinusitis
When you’re in pain from acute sinusitis, you probably don’t care much about the long-term problem. You just want the pain and swelling to go…
Bronchitis Self-Care Through Food and Nutrition
If you develop a cough that produces phlegm you may have bronchitis. Bronchitis self-care with proper food alongside treatment can speed recovery.
How to Prevent Altitude Sickness
Anyone who has experienced a layover in Denver can attest to the fact that altitude sickness is real, uncomfortable, and potentially debilitating until you can...
New Strategy for Severe Asthma
The chronic lung disease asthma can result in more than inconvenient wheezing. Close to 10 percent of adults with asthma have a severe, life-threatening type,...
Bet You Know Someone Who Still Smokes
Good news! Cigarette smoking among US adults has dropped steadily over the last 50 years. And yet—you are likely to know someone who still smokes....
Natural Medicine and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
There has been a lot of talk recently about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), recognized since 1956 as a mild respiratory virus. It’s the culprit for...
How to Use a Pulse Oximeter
Some COVID-19 sufferers experience dangerous drops in blood oxygen and a pulse oximeter can monitor that. But misunderstanding how to use it could be dangerous.
What Does It Mean to Be on a Ventilator?
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised fears about being on a ventilator. Here’s what it means…plus tips should that unlikely but daunting prospect arise.
Ozone-Safe Primatene Mist Inhaler Is Not Safe for Asthma
Primatene Mist epinephrine inhaler is now ozone-safe, FDA-approved and back on the market—but a dangerous choice for people with asthma. Here’s why.
If You Have Asthma, Do This to Protect Yourself from AFib
The risk for this dangerous irregular heartbeat is higher in people with asthma. Here’s what you need to do to help prevent it.