Asthma Sourcebook
Contributors: Annemarie Muth (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: November 15, 2000
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 627
ISBN-13: 9780780803817
Subjects: Popular works; Health & Fitness; Gastroenterology; Consumer Health; Health/Fitness; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Diseases - Respiratory; General; Diet / Health / Fitness; Asthma
Table of contents: title: The nature of asthma and related ailments. What is asthma? -- Practical and effective asthma care -- Exercise-induced asthma -- Sinusitis -- Rhinitis update : a guide to diagnosis and treatment -- Cardiac asthma and emphysema -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Gastroesophageal reflux : a common factor in adult asthma -- Vocal cord dysfunction -- Chronic cough -- Asthma statistics. Asthma surveillance and intervention programs -- 	Asthma by race, sex, age, and state -- Forecasted estimates of self-reported asthma prevalence by state -- Seasonal variation of hospitalizations for asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema -- Asthma by family income and age -- Missing the mark : U.S. Not meeting asthma goals -- Mortality and markers of risk of asthma death -- Asthma symptom differences by age and sex -- Asthma in the workplace -- Theories about the causes of asthma. Genetics of asthma -- Environmental genome project -- Asthma clinical genetics network -- Asthma and race -- Interleukin-11 and asthma -- Infectious asthma -- Triggers and risk factors associated with asthma. Targeting asthma triggers -- Nitrogen dioxide and allergic asthma -- Ozone and your health -- How energy policies affect public health -- Noncancer respiratory health effects of passive smoking -- Fragrances and health -- Cockroach antigens -- Occupational asthma -- Agricultural allergens and irritants -- Latex allergy -- Food and asthma -- Risk factors associated with fatal asthma attacks in children -- Access to asthma health care by African American families -- Diagnosis and treatments. Asthma assessment and diagnosis -- Asthma medications -- Pediatric and geriatric drug safety -- Corticosteroids : benefits and risks -- Update on theophylline -- Asthma inhalation therapy -- Your metered-dose inhaler and chlorofluorocarbons -- Adrenergic bronchodilators -- Stepwise management of symptoms -- How to use your inhaler effectively -- Immunotherapy (allergy shots) -- Asthma and the leukotriene receptor : new options for therapy -- Asthma management. Role of the allergist in cost-effective treatment of asthma -- Role of the pharmacist in asthma care -- Peak flow monitoring -- Chronotherapy : controlling nocturnal breathing problems -- Managing asthma in the child care setting -- Managing asthma at school -- Controlling asthma exacerbations at home, in the emergency department, and in the hospital -- Asthma and pregnancy -- Asthma and aging -- Other aids to wellness and prevention. Home air cleaners : preventative therapy for asthma -- Vitamin supplements : aid for asthmatics against air pollution -- Vitamin C's role in controlling asthma -- Who should get the flu vaccine -- Estrogen fluctuation and asthma severity -- Breathing method reduces asthma attacks -- Exercise for asthma patients -- Additional help and information. Glossary -- Resources.