Get the real facts on asthma

If you or someone you know is an asthmatic, you are aware of just how difficult coping with this disease is.

The following pages will lead you to facts you should be aware of on asthma. Issues like managing the disease properly to reduce the number and intensity of attacks, new (and old) alternative medicine that may help contain the disease, signs and symptoms and much more.

You'll also find information about childhood asthma. Plus, there's a must-read article on as well as how to help with someone is having a severe attack.

Asthma symptoms
Find out about common symptoms of this disease.

Causes of asthma
There are many factors that can set off an attack. These can range from the temperature to pollen to pet dander to all kinds of foods and more.

Asthma prevention
They say prevention is better than cure. While you may not always be able to entirely prevent asthma, you can take steps to manage your environment well enough to reduce the number of episodes you suffer. These steps can also bring down the severity of attacks, which is a big plus.

Asthma in the early years
Asthma in kids poses special challenges and calls for careful monitoring and management. Check out this page for more inputs.

Asthma medication
The medicines available today have proven very effective in giving symptomatic relief. There is no comprehensive cure for the disease as yet, though.

Alternative medicine
Approaches like biofeedback training are seen to be effective in treating asthma. There are also home remedies that have been used with varying degrees of effectiveness.

Childhood asthma
Asthma in kids is unfortunately, quite common. While there are various theories about why this is so, it is true that kids need special care if they are prone to this condition.