Asthma
The word asthma comes from the Greek word for “panting”. It is a chronic inflammatory disease that is accompanied by wheezing and shortness of breath. The two main types of asthma are intrinsic asthma, which usually develops in conjunction with an infection or later in life or may follow the birth of a...
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Asthma General Info
Patient handout for Asthma from Blackmores Company
Patient handout for hay fever suffers from Blackmores Company
Hay fever symptoms are an allergic response to pollens and other airborne substances that irritate the mucous membranes of the nose, throat and eyes. This results in itchiness and swelling of the affected area.
Symptoms
Hay fever occurs seasonally (every Spring for example), and includes symptoms such as:
Sneezing
Itchy, painful nose, throat
Nasal and...
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Too ill to see you
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic
Shock horror, you have just been told your practitioner cannot see you, as they are too ill to treat you! Even natural practitioners with an excellent life-style, can become pray to modern life and stresses.
However, having a bout of illness isn’t always a bad...
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Hay-fever
Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic
It is thought that 1 in 10 people dread the end of winter, due to the misery it causes them, due to hay-fever.
First the nose begins to run, the throat becomes itchy and irritated, and finally your eyes water accompanied by sneezing.
Problems in spring...
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Asthma variations in different countries
Mark Perrin-Jones
A study by the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in children has seen some enormous differences from country to country. New figures on childhood asthma worldwide revealed that in Japan, small children are more likely to have asthma than if they were living in China! In various countries the asthma percentages among...
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Stress Induced Asthma Attacks in Children
Mark Perrin-Jones
Researchers in Britain and Finland studied 90 children aged 6 to 13 with chronic moderate to severe asthma over a period of 18 months. They discovered that the more a child was under stress, the more likely he or she is to suffer from asthma attacks.
The researchers observed 2 types of stress which...
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