Positive Options for Children with Asthma
eBook - ePub

Positive Options for Children with Asthma

Everything Parents Need to Know

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Positive Options for Children with Asthma

Everything Parents Need to Know

About this book

** How to Help Your Child Live an Active, Healthy Life
** A straightforward simple guide for parentsWritten especially for parents, this book is a comprehensive guide to a better understanding of childhood asthma. Only parents and the immediate family know the intense anxiety and pain they experience when their child suffers from breathlessness, or wakes up in the middle of the night with a severe attack of asthma.Written in a warm, reassuring tone, the author explains the causes of asthma in children, discusses what goes wrong inside the lungs, and reviews the various diagnostic procedures and treatment options available, including advances in safe medication. Most important, the book discusses the critical role parents can play in preventing and managing asthma attacks: ** Creating a safe, allergen-free environment
** Recognizing advance warning signs
** Pre-empting attacks
** Reducing the intensity of attacks
** Ensuring safe and minimal medication
** Enhancing body immunity and tolerance to allergens
** Helping the child to help himselfThis edition for the US market includes the latest updates in the field and a new chapter on alternative treatments for asthma in children.This is the ninth book in Hunter House's popular Positive Options series.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Asthma in Children
  10. Chapter 2: Early Symptoms and Warning Signs
  11. Chapter 3: Asthma in Children: What Goes Wrong?
  12. Chapter 4: What Causes Asthma?
  13. Chapter 5: The Inhaled Allergens
  14. Chapter 6: Protecting Your Child from Food Allergies
  15. Chapter 7: Conditions that Make Asthma Worse
  16. Chapter 8: Diagnosing Asthma in Children
  17. Chapter 9: Tests for Diagnosing Asthma
  18. Chapter 10: Combating Asthma in Children
  19. Chapter 11: How Asthma Medications Can Be Effectively Delivered
  20. Chapter 12: Are Allergy Shots Helpful?
  21. Chapter 13: Can Exercise Induce Asthma?
  22. Chapter 14: Preventing Asthma: Some Necessary Precautions
  23. Chapter 15: Early Symptoms of an Attack: What Parents Must Know and Do
  24. Chapter 16: Managing Asthma: Guidelines for Parents
  25. Chapter 17: Seeking Medical Assistance
  26. Chapter 18: Alternative Therapies for Asthma
  27. Chapter 19: Making Children Independent
  28. Chapter 20: Some Important Rules for Parents
  29. Glossary
  30. Bibliography
  31. Resources
  32. Index