Asthma: Questions You Have, Answers You Need - Softcover

Brisco, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882606167 ISBN 13: 9781882606160

Publisher: People's Medical Society, 1994

Synopsis

The health series that cuts through the medical jargon and gets straight to the facts that people need to know.

· What are the symptoms?
· What are asthma triggers and how can I avoid them?
· How can I manage the disease?

This vital guide clearly answers hundreds of commonly asked questions about asthma. Essential reading for all sufferers – and parent’s of asthmatic children.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Asthma is a reversible and controllable disease. Yet the number of new cases has rise by 60 per cent over the last decade, with symptoms that range from relatively mild to life-threatening.

Many deaths from asthma are preventable and would not occur if asthmatics, or the parents of asthmatic children, knew more about the disease and its management. This vital guide cuts through the medical jargon and clearly answers hundreds of questions.

· What are the key triggers and how can you avid them?
· How do exercise, food and weather influence asthma?
· What drugs are used for treatment?
· What are the side-effects?
· When should an asthmatic child go to a casualty department?

ALL THE FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Paula Brisco is a respected health writer. Dr Robert Youngson is the well-established author of health guides including 'Royal Society of Medicine Encyclopedia of Family Health'.

About the Author

Paula Brisco is a respected health writer.

Edited by Dr Robert Youngson, the successful author of numerous health books including the Royal Society of Medicine Encyclopedia of Family Health (Bloomsbury 1995).

Edition details

• Publisher: People's Medical Society
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1882606167
• ISBN 13: 9781882606160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192