http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Tom+Alter Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158692&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet In certain cases asthma becomes very acute and many complications arise out of an asthmatic attack. Children and young adults are more vulnerable to sudden and unpredictable attacks of asthma. These attacks are mostly triggered by allergens and excessive exercise. The immediate treatment for these i... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158688&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Asthma is a disease that was for a long time considered to be governed by the malfunctioning of the nervous system. For this reason in the old texts this disease is mentioned as Asthma nervosa. Only when it was completely established that this was not entirely true, this practice was discontinued. H... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158680&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Asthma is a disease that is a world wide phenomenon. There are numerous factors that contribute to the cause and aggravation of this disease. With the increase in environmental factors that are known to contribute towards the increase in instances of this disease it would not be completely wrong to... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158059&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Some people who inherit an allergy sensitive background develop certain allergies from time to time. These allergies may be due to many environmental factors and sometimes symptoms of asthma are also impersonated by them. Some common forms of these allergic reactions may be seasonal while others may... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158061&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet A few types of asthma are special because they are caused due to certain special conditions. There are mainly four such special conditions that are well recognised by doctors. These can be described as: Exercise Induced Asthma: As the name suggests this is the difficulty in breathing and asthma like... Travel Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158063&ca=Travel Asthma is a disease that is generally known to be very unpredictable in adults. This makes many people very scared of it. The young adults who get diagnosed with asthma especially feel the brunt of living with the disease a very insurmountable challenge. This is because adulthood is the time for per... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158064&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder and is very prevalent in almost all parts of the world. There are mainly two different kinds of asthma. Sometimes there are symptoms that resemble asthma but do not actually qualify to be the full blown disease. This brings us to the need of understanding ast... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158687&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Many asthmatics have severe aggravation in their condition due to allergies to certain allergens. Common allergens causing asthma are: Plant Pollens: Pollen grains are the powdery substance produced by the plants for the process of reproduction. Individual pollen grains are very small in size so col... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=156321&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Asthma is a disease that has been mentioned in medical history over and over again. So it can aptly be termed as an ancient disease. It is not right therefore to term it as a disease that is only a resultant of modern day lifestyle. But definitely there is an increase in number of asthma cases over... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Tom Alter Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=155955&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet There is a lot of controversy and debate regarding the point whether tonsils should be removed or not in a person suffering from asthma. Different doctors have different opinions in this matter. Some advocate tonsillectomy (removal of tonsils) while others do not. It is therefore important to unders...