Description: In the last decade alone, asthma and deaths from asthma have doubled to more than 5,000 each year. This alarming statistic is due to the increasing amount of additives in foods, higher levels of pollution, and households trapped with harmful aerosols. The Asthma Self-Care Book provides crucial information on the disease, its causes, and its treatment, and empowers readers with all the information they need to sustain healthier, more satisfying lives in an increasingly hazardous environment. Written by a fellow sufferer who almost died from an attack, Geri Harrington's guide casts a hopeful light on such topics as children's asthma, breakthrough medications, and specialized centers that care for asthmatics. Readers will learn how to regain control of their illness through breathing exercises, training at home, and the help of clinics. Focusing on prevention through proper management, The Asthma Self-Care Book asserts the need for individually tailored programs developed by a physician, as well as the key role asthmatics themselves must play as responsible, active participants in their own health care.

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