Patients always turn to available rescue medications during asthma attacks, but unfortunately, they could find that their inhalers are expired or empty. According to a recent study, it was found that about a half of respondents found that their inhalers were empty or expired during asthma attacks. The finding was recently presented by an allergist,…
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A New Kind of Gene is Identified as the Cause of Asthma in Children
A rogue gene has been found as a possible direct cause of asthma in children, offering many of them hope for better treatment or even an effective cure. A faulty gene may weaken or even cause abnormalities in airways lining, triggering severe allergic reactions to environmental factors, researchers said. They hope that the finding could…
Asthma May Delay Pregnancy in Women
According researchers in Denmark, women with asthma tend to have delay in getting pregnant. However, it still isn’t clear whether asthma have direct biological link on fertility or it simply causes fewer intercourses among couples. However, studies show that there’s a clear association between infertility and asthma, as it takes longer for women to get…