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Archive for December, 2009
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Counting Down a Decade of Asthma – No. 10, Letting Expectations Go
A Decade of Asthma Charlotte Moore, a British journalist and author, wrote a fascinating book called George & Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism. In it, she describes coming to terms with the autism that affects two of her three sons and releasing the expectations of a cure, of some sort of full recovery, of [...] -
A Decade of Asthma
Introduction to a Decade of Asthma Here we are at the end of 2009 and in the final days of the Aughts, so, accordingly, the Internet is crammed full of lists to see us through to 2010. Have you, for example, been wondering about the completely subjective top albums or songs from 2000 through 2009? How about the [...] -
Tuesdays are Your Turn – H1N1 FluMist and Viral Shedding
One of this site’s regular readers left a comment yesterday with a perfect question for today’s Reader Response. You can read the whole thing on this post, but here’s a summary: Roe has an 25 year-old daughter with lifelong asthma who’s currently in the middle of a flare. She’s taking steroids for it, but so [...] -
Review – Prism Analytical Technologies Home Air Check
(Disclosure: Prism Analytical Technologies started advertising on Asthma Mom three months after this post. The kit was tested and reviewed in good faith.) This is the third indoor air quality kit I’ve tested. In the first one, I used a vacuum attachment to capture dust and debris from the floor of my test area, and [...] -
H1N1 Flu, Asthma News – Week Ending Dec. 10
Swine Flu Statistics on Deaths, Hospitalizations So far, almost 10,000 deaths can be attributed to swine flu in the U.S. To break it down further, the CDC reports 7,500 H1N1 deaths in young adults and 1,100 in kids. Approximately 1 in 6 Americans have contracted it overall. UK Research Backs Up Evidence that H1N1 Less Serious Than [...] -
Happy Flare-Free Holidays
You know as well as I do that there’s no way to guarantee a triggerless Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, or any other winter holiday. But! Like every other occasion, event, place, time, day, random weather pattern, and otherwise innocuous element of everyday life – when it comes to asthma, this season is full–full–of potential triggers that [...] -
Tuesdays are Your Turn – The Holiday Flare Season
The most sacred day of western childhood, December 25, is coming up fast, isn’t it? Every year, my daughter somehow manages to stay healthy on Christmas, and I can really only remember one year of her flaring while opening presents. With the other major fall/winter holidays, though, not so much. AG spent one Halloween in the hospital [...] -
Asthma in the Media
Parent Websites and Asthma Coverage Asthma Death of British Schoolboy, Subsequent Suspensions, Highlight Need for Better Awareness and Training Changing Health Perceptions Through Television (or wanting to) Breathing Problems after the Haiti Earthquake New York EMTs Ignore Dying, Asthmatic Pregnant Woman Paige Dechausse and Her Inhaler on American Idol Asthma in Pop Culture: Gilmore Girls, House, Johnny Cash The Famous People [...] -
Swine Flu and No Fever
Dear readers who’ve ended up here after Googling *H1N1 no fever,* - Yes, you can have swine flu without a fever. - Yes, it’s a little uncommon but not completely unheard of. In fact, this feverless flu quality is just one more feature that sets H1N1 apart from other outbreaks and even regular old seasonal flu. (More [...]
