How to Store Asthma Inhalers
Asthma inhalers are a fast, convenient way to deliver medications to relieve the symptoms of asthma. Inhalers are the preferred method of dispensing both broncho-dilators such as albuterol, which act...
View ArticleWhat Is the Difference Between Albuterol & Xopenex?
The difference between Albuterol and Xopenex can be very difficult since the two drugs are extremely similar. While both are used to treat the same condition, there are some specific differences...
View ArticleHow Do I Know if It Is Wheezing in Children?
You have been hearing your child making audible sounds as she is trying to breathe. It sounds like she is "whistling" with her breath.This sound is called "wheezing," meaning her airway may be...
View ArticleHow to Tell the Difference: Asthma or Pneumonia
Although asthma and pneumonia affect your lungs, the causes and symptoms are different. Asthma, which is a chronic lung disease, occurs in the bronchial tubes or airways in your lungs. Pneumonia, which...
View ArticleHow to Use Saline in a Nebulizer
Using saline solution in a nebulizer is an excellent and safe way to help lung congestion. The saline solution helps break up mucus in the lungs so that it may be expelled by a cough. It can also...
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How Long Does Asthmatic Bronchitis Last?
According to public health website Kids Health, bronchitis is a condition in which the mucous membrane lining the bronchial tubes becomes inflamed. The bronchial tubes are a network of airways which...
View ArticleHow to Use an Advair Inhaler
Advair is a medication that is used for asthma, bronchitis and emphysema. It combines two medications called fluticasone and salmeterol, which according Drugs.com, serves as a bronchodilator for...
View ArticleHow to Make Homemade Spacer Devices for Asthma
Inhaled asthma medications such as bronchodilators, are the most effective way to rapidly reverse the narrowing of an asthmatic child's airways. Inhaled medicines are typically administered with a...
View ArticleHow to Treat Asthma Based on Oxygen Saturation
Oxygen saturation is a measure of how much oxygen the blood is carrying. It is expressed as a percentage of the maximum oxygen that the blood could carry. For asthmatic patients with frequent or severe...
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What is the Difference Between Albuterol & Pulmicort?
Albuterol is a generic inhalant medication, and Pulmicort is a brand name for the prescription inhalant medication budenoside. Despite the fact doctors prescribe both Albuterol and Pulmicort for...
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Salbutamol Syrup Side Effects
Salbutamol syrup, also called Albuterol and Ventolin syrup, is a medication intended to treat bronchospasm as a result of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It works by opening breathing...
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Side Effects of Out-of-Date Albuterol
Albuterol is essentially a white crystalline solid, soluble in ethanol. In controlled clinical trials, this medication relaxes smooth bronchial muscles and reduces hypersensitivity, or "ticklish...
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What Are the Dangers of an Albuterol Inhaler if Not Needed?
Albuterol is a bronchodilator that relieves symptoms of asthma and other respiratory problems by relaxing muscles in the lungs and increasing air flow (According to Drugs.com.) Albuterol is relatively...
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Why Is Ice Cream Bad for Acid Reflux Sufferers?
Ice cream by itself is not bad for acid reflux sufferers. There are, however, anatomical and environmental factors that can exacerbate acid reflux. The primary advice is this: If eating a certain food...
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How to Use a Albuterol Inhaler
For every asthmatic, the causes of the attack are different, but the tight-chested, shallow and labored breathing is always the same. The only way to relieve the discomfort and be able to breathe is to...
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Why Is Adrenaline Used in the Treatment of an Asthma Attack?
Adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine, is sometimes used to treat an asthma attack. The most recent guidelines, however, by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute state that adrenaline...
View ArticleAbout High Levels of ABS Eosinophils
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cells. They play important roles in parasite defense reactions, allergic responses, tissue inflammation and immune regulation. When a stain (eosin) is applied to...
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Military Requirements With Asthma
If you hope to enlist in the military and have been diagnosed with conditions of chronic asthma, including reactive airway disease, exercise-induced bronchospasms, or asthmatic bronchitis, you will be...
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How to Use an Inhaler for Asthma
When using an inhaler for asthma, typically the best thing to do is to check the packaging insert for specific instructions. Find out why the mouth should be rinsed after using inhaled steroids with...
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How to Use a Nebulizer for Asthma
A nebulizer machine is often available by prescription for asthma treatment, and it uses a tubing that needs to be cleaned regularly. Find out how to assemble and use a nebulizer with help from a...
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How to Make an Asthma Spacer
In order to make an asthma spacer, a plastic bottle can be used with a hole cut in the middle to correspond to the entrance of the metered dose inhaler. Find out how to use an asthma spacer with help...
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Respiratory Updraft Breathing Treatment
Taking a breathing treatment using a respiratory updraft device or a small volume nebulizer is the standard treatment modality when taking a bronchodilator. Most respiratory updraft devices are...
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How to Wean Off Singulair
Asthma and allergy sufferers who are prescribed drugs like Singulair know how difficult it can be to live with the side effects. Reducing your dependency on the drug will eliminate the side effects and...
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What Is the Difference Between a Nebulizer & Atomizer?
Nebulizers are essentially electric atomizers, as both convert liquid chemicals into a fine mist. However, there are differences between the two. The nebulizer takes time to dispense, while the...
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The Effect of Asthma on RBC Count
A red blood cell count (RBC) measures the number of blood cells contained per cubic milliliter of blood. Doctors order RBC counts for a variety of reasons such as for a physical, to monitor...
View ArticleWhat Is Perihilar Scarring of the Lungs?
Lung scarring can be a highly dangerous condition and is usually caused by inhaling dangerous chemicals or by infections. Lung scarring is generally defined by which area of the lung is injured, with...
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Ventolin Hfa Vs. Proair Hfa
According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, an estimated 34.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma. Most asthmatics have a rescue inhaler that they use either as...
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Chihuahuas & Children With Asthma
There are many triggers that precede an asthma attack, and animal hair and dander are high on the list. However, there is speculation that certain breeds of dogs, such as the Chihuahua, may actually...
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About Breathing in Humid Weather
According to the University of Maryland, there are no standards to assess difficulty of breathing. Likewise, it is difficult to study the effects of humidity and heat on breathing problems because each...
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What Is the Difference Between Albuterol & Proventil?
Albuterol is a medication for asthma and conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to PubMed Health. Proventil serves the exact same purpose and is, in fact, a brand...
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Airline Asthma Inhaler Regulations
Asthmatics use a variety of inhaler medications to control their breathing. Although regulations posted at the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website say that all these...
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How to Strengthen Weak Lungs
Lungs take in air, allowing your body to absorb oxygen. However, if you have a breathing condition such as asthma or bronchitis or have chronically weak lungs, you may need to strengthen your lungs...
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How to Dispose of Inhaler Pharmaceuticals
Once those inhaler pharmaceuticals expire, it's time to throw them away. Leaving expired medicine of any kind around the house is not safe. But how you get rid of the spent or expired inhaler depends...
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What is a Patent Airway?
Medical professionals and those who work with trauma patients will hear the term “patent airway” used over and over. This is because a patent airway is absolutely crucial to the health and safety to...
View ArticleHow to Quit Advair
Advair is a type of corticosteroid medication developed to treat asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema and other pulmonary disorders. An inhaler delivers the medication to patients...
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Levomethamphetamine Inhaler Abuse
Levomethamphetamine is an active ingredient most commonly found in over-the-counter nasal inhalers. It is also known as levmethamfetamine, l'methamphetamine, levodesoxyephedrine and l-desoxyephedrine.
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How to Use Only Water in My Nebulizer
Nebulizers are often used by children and adults to treat asthma or other breathing conditions. This air machine converts liquid, such as asthma medicine, into a breathable fine mist. Instead of...
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How to Pass the Military Asthma Test
The military has specific physical guidelines for enlistment, including guidelines about asthma. Current guidelines state that asthma is only disqualifying if it occurs after your 13th birthday. You...
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How to Help Someone Having an Asthma Attack Without an Inhaler
Trying to help a person struggling through an asthma attack without an inhaler can be a frightening experience, but the most important thing you can do to help is to stay calm. Aside from breathing...
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The Differences Between a Peak Flow Meter and a Spirometer
Peak flow and spirometry seem to have similar functions. While they both measure the amount of air your lungs can force out, a peak flow meter is used to monitor symptom management at home while...
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How to Open Up Your Airways
When your airway is not fully open, breathing can become difficult. People who suffer from asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often face this problem when inflamed airways narrow...
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What Are the Causes of Shortness of Breath in the Morning?
Shortness of breath is also known as dyspnea. It is usually the symptom of something else, including cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Shortness of breath causes a discomfort in breathing that may be...
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Home Remedy to Eliminate Wheezing
Narrowed airways create a whistling sound when you exhale called wheezing. It's commonly associated with asthma, but other lung diseases can cause wheezing as well. According to Aultman Foundation,...
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What Are the Dangers of Using a Nebulizer?
Though nebulizers can be beneficial in treating respiratory diseases, they can also be dangerous. Overuse can lead to cardiac and nervous system issues and cause the patient to become psychologically...
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How to Relieve Nasal Congestion in Infants
Nasal congestion in infants can be caused by a variety of reasons, such as the common cold. Determine how to relieve you toddler's nasal congestion with advice from a doctor in this free video on...
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How to Relieve Infant Gas Pain
Relieving gas pain in infants is hit or miss, because nothing has actually proven to reduce this. Decide what steps to take when trying to relieve your infant's gas pain with help from a doctor in this...
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Natural Ways to Stop Wheezing
Wheezing is often a sign of asthma and can be triggered by exposure to cold air, exercise and allergens. If wheezing is not severe, or if medication is not available, it can often be reduced or stopped...
View ArticleHow to Determine Peak Flow Meter Ranges in Asthma
The peak flow meter is a small plastic device used by asthmatics and sufferers of pulmonary conditions to measure breathing regularity. When used daily, a peak flow meter can chart a patient's...
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Why Does Asthma Cause Headaches?
During an asthma attack, the patient is desperately trying to get air. But after the attack is done, over the counter medication used for headache pain may also cause more headaches in an asthma patient.
View ArticleHow to Sleep With Asthma
By removing the factors that will trigger an asthma attack, your chances of getting a good night's sleep become greater. Produce a sleeping environment that has the air quality controlled and that is...
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