Calling asthma under-diagnosed and under-treated, the federal government issued new guidelines yesterday that recommend prompt, aggressive treatment for this common respiratory condition. An estimated 34 million Americans -- including nearly 5 million children -- suffer the wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough that characterize asthma, according to the latest government figures. Asthma claims 5,000 lives each year. What troubles researchers is that the incidence of asthma has...
Hospital uses new asthma treatment Procedure relaxes bronchial tubes
Highland Park Hospital is using a more aggressive treatment for children suffering from asthma this fall, the start of the asthma season triggered by autumn leaves, pollen and mold. The treatment, called continuous nebulization, distributes a large, continuous dose of the drug albuterol to the lungs through a small machine called a nebulizer. The drug relaxes bronchial tubes to help asthma sufferers breathe more easily.Many hospitals in Lake County treat asthma in emergency rooms or...
Suit: City Failing Kids With Asthma / Says homeless don't get essential treatment
At a time when nearly 40 percent of the children in the city's shelter system suffer asthma, a federal class action lawsuit charges that the city and state deny the city's youngest homeless the essential medical treatment to which they are legally entitled. "Asthma has reached epidemic proportions particularly in this city's poorest neighborhoods. New York's homeless children with asthma are being denied the opportunity for a normal...
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