31 May 2001 Messenger-Inquirer Summer is a time for increased activity outdoors, where children and adults with asthma must cope with heat and humidity, pollens and air pollution. Know what triggers attacks. Stay indoors at midday and during the afternoon when the pollen count is typically high. A drop can signal problems. Ask for smoke-free hotel rooms.
Smoke lingers in drapes and carpet and can cause breathing problems.
Ask your doctor about changing your medication regimen if you have any physically challenging activities planned, such as hiking. It is great for asthmatics and improves lung capacity and builds strength and endurance. Thursday, June 7, and continuing until 3 p.m. June 8 at the Holiday Inn Hurstbourne in Louisville. Anyone with spasmodic dysphonia, oromandibular dystonia, writer's cramp, blepharospasm, cervical dystonia or generalized dystonia may attend. Researchers at the Imperial College of London reported in the British Medical Journal that between April 1991 and March 1995, the percentage of head injuries declined to 28 percent from 40 percent, thanks to the increasing use of helmets.