December 5, 2007 Copyright 2007 CBS. All rights reserved. (CBS) Asthma affects more than 15 million Americans, including nearly five million children. If you or someone you know suffers from asthma a new book, "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Taking Control of Asthma," answers many of the questions you might have. The book's co-author, Dr. Christopher Fanta tells The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm asthma is on the rise particularly in industrialized countries, but pollution is not to blame. He says, "Alternative theories include the following: One is that we spend more time indoors, exposed to those allergens that trigger allergic-type responses, including allergy of the bronchial tubes or asthma." Another interesting theory is that as our world has become more germ-free our immune systems have lost strength and are less able to drive allergic reactions away from the lungs. Asthma is a disease that tends to narrow the breathing passages in response to certain stimuli, ie such as recations to dust or pet dander. But airways are not always narrowed; sometimes they are hypersensitive, readily becoming inflamed when exposed to various substances like allergens from cats, dogs, feathers, and pollen; allergenic foods like peanuts, milk, or eggs; and irritants like tobacco smoke, exercise, strong scents, or air pollutants. Asthma can develop at any age, the aftermath perhaps of bronchitis or pneumonia. It most commonly appears in early childhood. About a third of children ...
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December 5, 2007 Copyright 2007 CBS. All rights reserved. (CBS) Asthma affects more than 15 million Americans, including nearly five million children. If you or someone you know suffers from asthma a new book, "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Taking Control of Asthma," answers many of the questions you might have. The book's co-author, Dr. Christopher Fanta tells The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm asthma is on the rise particularly in industrialized countries, but pollution is not to blame. He says, "Alternative theories include the following: One is that we spend more time indoors, exposed to those allergens that trigger allergic-type responses, including allergy of the bronchial tubes or asthma." Another interesting theory is that as our world has become more germ-free our immune systems have lost strength and are less able to drive allergic reactions away from the lungs. Asthma is a disease that tends to narrow the breathing passages in response to certain stimuli, ie such as recations to dust or pet dander. But airways are not always narrowed; sometimes they are hypersensitive, readily becoming inflamed when exposed to various substances like allergens from cats, dogs, feathers, and pollen; allergenic foods like peanuts, milk, or eggs; and irritants like tobacco smoke, exercise, strong scents, or air pollutants. Asthma can develop at any age, the aftermath perhaps of bronchitis or pneumonia. It most commonly appears in early childhood. About a third of children ...
December 5, 2007 Copyright 2007 CBS. All rights reserved. (CBS) Asthma affects more than 15 million Americans, including nearly five million children. If you or someone you know suffers from asthma a new book, "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Taking Control of Asthma," answers many of the questions you might have. The book's co-author, Dr. Christopher Fanta tells The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm asthma is on the rise particularly in industrialized countries, but pollution is not to blame. He says, "Alternative theories include the following: One is that we spend more time indoors, exposed to those allergens that trigger allergic-type responses, including allergy of the bronchial tubes or asthma." Another interesting theory is that as our world has become more germ-free our immune systems have lost strength and are less able to drive allergic reactions away from the lungs. Asthma is a disease that tends to narrow the breathing passages in response to certain stimuli, ie such as recations to dust or pet dander. But airways are not always narrowed; sometimes they are hypersensitive, readily becoming inflamed when exposed to various substances like allergens from cats, dogs, feathers, and pollen; allergenic foods like peanuts, milk, or eggs; and irritants like tobacco smoke, exercise, strong scents, or air pollutants. Asthma can develop at any age, the aftermath perhaps of bronchitis or pneumonia. It most commonly appears in early childhood. About a third of children ...
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