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Asthma For Dummies

Authors:

William E. Berger ,

Jackie Joyner-Kersee ,

Tonya A. Winders

Overview

Breathe easier and live a full life with proper asthma treatment

Asthma For Dummies is a reassuring and realistic guide to managing asthma, whether you’re living with it yourself or have a loved one who suffers from the disease. It’s packed with authoritative information on symptoms and diagnosis, plus resources you can use to enhance long-term asthma management. Find the best treatments and reduce asthma complications with compassionate advice and all the latest details on medication options, including asthma controller drugs, rescue asthma medications, and future trends in asthma therapy. Discover the most common triggers and suggestions for avoiding them in daily life. With the expert advice in this Dummies guide, you can tackle asthma.

Learn all the basics about diagnosing and managing asthma in adults and children
Find out about the newest treatments, therapies, and alternative strategies
Prepare for your doctor’s appointment with questions to ask and ideas for working through financial concerns
Know what to do about complications, dual diagnoses, and special circumstances

This updated edition of Asthma For Dummies is a must-have for asthmatics and parents of asthmatic children.

Breathe easier and live a full life with proper asthma treatment

Asthma For Dummies is a reassuring and realistic guide to managing asthma, whether you’re living with it yourself or have a loved one who suffers from the disease. It’s packed with authoritative information on symptoms and diagnosis, plus resources you can use to enhance long-term asthma management. Find the best treatments and reduce asthma complications with compassionate advice and all the latest details on medication options, including asthma controller drugs, rescue asthma medications, and future trends in asthma therapy. Discover the most common

triggers and suggestions for avoiding them in daily life. With the expert advice in this Dummies guide, you can tackle asthma.

Learn all the basics about diagnosing and managing asthma in adults and children
Find out about the newest treatments, therapies, and alternative strategies
Prepare for your doctor’s appointment with questions to ask and ideas for working through financial concerns
Know what to do about complications, dual diagnoses, and special circumstances

This updated edition of Asthma For Dummies is a must-have for asthmatics and parents of asthmatic children.

Asthma For Dummies Cheat Sheet

At least 330 million people in the world have asthma, which is a life-long lung disease characterized by respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Although there is no cure for asthma, it can be well managed and controlled with new and innovative medications and treatments. You and your doctor can design a step-by-step plan for living with your condition and preventing asthma attacks.

About The Authors

William E. Berger, MD, MBA, has been diagnosing and treating patients with allergies and asthma for over 25 years and has served as president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.