When your child has asthma, an asthma action plan can help you respond quickly to symptoms and prevent emergency department visits and hospitalizations. “An asthma action plan … outlines which ...

Q: Our pediatrician said we should have an asthma action plan for our son. How do we do that? A: An asthma action plan is designed to help families manage a child’s asthma. The goal is to avert asthma ...

Q: Our 8-year-old grandson is coming from Atlanta to spend the summer with us in Idaho. He has asthma, and our daughter has mentioned that my husband and I have to become familiar with his “asthma ...

Q: Our 8-year-old grandson is coming from Atlanta to spend the summer with us in Idaho. He has asthma, and our daughter has mentioned that my husband and I have to become familiar with his "asthma ...

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the lungs. In response to allergens, irritants or other stressors, the airways of those with asthma narrow, swell and produce extra mucus, making breathing ...

Trying to relieve symptoms when a child is wheezing and gasping for air can be stressful. Having a written plan on what to do and when to do it reduces panic and helps make your response to an asthma ...

After completion of an asthma outreach program in three communities in the Navajo Nation, the odds for routine asthma care ...

Dear Doctor: Our 8-year-old grandson is coming from Atlanta to spend the summer with us in Idaho. He has asthma, and our daughter has mentioned that my husband and I have to become familiar with his ...

Q: Our pediatrician said we should have an asthma action plan for our son. How do we do that? A: An asthma action plan is designed to help families manage a child's asthma. The goal is to avert asthma ...

Dear Doctor: Our 8-year-old grandson is coming from Atlanta to spend the summer with us in Idaho. He has asthma, and our daughter has mentioned that my husband and I have to become familiar with his ...