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Archive for December, 2007
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‘Tis the Season for. . . RSV, Unfortunately
Respiratory Syncytial Virus time is here, with the South and Northeast seeing cases already. It’s a little early, but not surprising since Florida has the longest RSV season in the country. People tend to associate RSV only with babies and children under age 2, but anyone can contract it. In fact, you’ve probably already had it [...] -
Lung Links
Is it possible to have too many asthma resources? I’m thinking no, so here’s a quick overview of some links I’m adding to the sidebar: 1. Discovery Health Asthma Interactives Despite our deep and abiding love of the Discovery Channel and my constant–some might say overbearing–insistence that the girls visit its website for games instead of [...] -
Asthma Fatigue or Just Plain Tired? The Tipping Point
Twelve days until Christmas. Eighteen before New Year’s Eve. Class parties, out-of-town relatives, a houseful of cousins all under the age of 10, and Santa Claus loom in the near future. Oh, and a cold front’s about to come through. We’ve got a perfect storm of possible asthma triggers ahead, and fatigue is one that serves double-duty [...] -
Asthma-Friendly and Not-So-Friendly Schools in the News
Three bits of regional asthma news are really making me think about the schools in my area, my kid’s health, and what I’m not doing to help. First, a state getting it wrong. One of today’s letters to the editor in the Boston Globe states that out of 423 Massachusetts school applications for state construction money, [...] -
Holiday Presents for Asthma Kids
Dear Well-Intentioned Friends and Family, First of all, I appreciate very much the sentiment behind your Christmas gifts to the Asthma Girl. Choosing to spend your time and money on either of my daughters tells me more about how much you love them than the actual presents do, and I thank you for both. However, please stop [...] -
On Holidays, Air Freshener, and Asthma
Speaking of artificial vs. live Christmas trees, those air freshener plug-ins and sprays that smell like Fraser firs, Scotch pines, or blue spruces are pretty popular this time of year for people with trees of the vinyl variety. Isn’t it ironic, though, that products designed to make the air smell clean and fresh actually dirty [...] -
Asthma & Allergy Coupons Online
Right before Thanksgiving I posted some information about prescription help programs and inhaler coupons. Today I found a great link for even more coupons and rebates for allergy and asthma meds, including some that didn’t appear in the last post. Internet Drug Coupons has more allergy deals than asthma ones, including Clarinex, Flonase, Nasonex, and Zyrtec. [...] -
New Research on Traffic and Asthma
It doesn’t take a scientist to guess that dirty air will probably cause problems for people with asthma or other lung disorders, but it does take scientists to find evidence for the connection. The biggest news about asthma this week is the 2 European studies that show how vehicle emissions, especially diesel, harm lungs. Here’s the [...] -
Christmas Trees and (wait for it) Asthma
I love my Christmas tree, but I hate the way it smells. Or lacks a scent, to be more accurate, because this is a fake tree. I don’t actually like artificial trees and we didn’t even buy this one for the reason you might expect (Asthma Girl) but because a combination of living in South [...] -
On Holiday Candles and Asthma
And now, in this series of posts about asthma during the winter holidays, we need to talk about candles. I took this photo last night after getting Asthma Girl and her erstwhile sidekick into bed last night and thought, *Maybe the Internet folks are not terribly interested in photos of Christmas stuff in your home.* Then [...]
