ATLANTA, may 24 (UPI) — about 9 percent of all U.S. asthma cases are made worse by work-related exposures, federal health officials say.

Work-related asthma includes work-exacerbated asthma — pre-existing or concurrent asthma worsened by factors related to the workplace environment — and occupational asthma, new onset asthma attributed to the workplace environment. Work-related asthma is a preventable occupational lung disease associated with serious adverse health and socioeconomic outcomes, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The Asthma Call-Back Survey collects detailed information on asthma, including data on asthma symptoms, healthcare utilization, medication use, knowledge of asthma, cost of asthma care, work-related asthma, comorbid conditions and complementary and alternative medicine use for asthma, the report said.

The 38,306 adults surveyed — who had been employed at one time and currently had asthma — represented an estimated 16 million adults in 38 states and the District of Columbia.

Of these, the estimated proportion who had work-related asthma was 9 percent. those with work-related asthma were most likely to be ages 45-64, blacks and other minorities.

The estimated proportion of ever-employed adults with current asthma who had work-related asthma was similar among men and women.

The findings were published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Essex: Hospital runs asthma clinical trial

2:20pm Monday 17th October 2011

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Adults who suffer from house dust mite induced asthma are invited to take part in new clinical trial.

Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford is one of only six sites in the UK to take part.

Dr Steve Jenkins, respiratory consultant and allergy specialist, said: “The aim of the trial is to investigate if an allergy vaccination (also known as immunotherapy) with a house dust mite tablet can reduce asthma symptoms and daily intake of asthma controller medication.

“All we ask for people to take part is that they are aged 18 years or over, have had asthma caused by house dust mites for a minimum of one year, have used inhaled asthma medicine for a minimum of six months within the last year and haven’t been to the hospital for their asthma within the last three months other than routine out-patient appointments.”

For further information call research nurse Sarah Williams on 01245 516921.

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Could I have asthma? As I stated in my other question about my coughing, could that be an early symptom of asthma?

Symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.

Coughing wheezing difficulty if breathing. Smoke bothers you more than before. cold air bother and effects your breathing

It doesn't occur every night, but I often get wheezy and have to use my inhaler right before I go to sleep or else I'll be up all night. it occurs even more during the seasonal changes. otherwise, my asthma stays in check. does anyone have any recommendations as to how to deal with this?

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I have asthma and recently it has been giving me some trouble. I have been put on Prednisone and am already using flovent and albuteral. does anyone have any homeopathic remedies that might help relieve some of my asthma symptoms?

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Preventing asthma symptoms altogether is the key to a healthy, asthma-free life. In order to prevent the symptoms, you would have to take one or more asthma treatments. there are many asthma treatments available and the correct one for you depends on your symptoms and severity. Each treatment targets a different area and stops different symptoms, so you will need to decide which one you will benefit from.

Inhaled corticosteroids are the most common form of asthma treatment. you will take the prescribed dosage on a daily basis. The medicine may take a few days or weeks for the corticosteroids to prevent the asthma symptoms, but this asthma treatment will eventually keep all symptoms from happening. Corticosteroids will also help heal any damage done by previous asthma attacks.

Short-acting beta agonists are another form of asthma treatment that is great for short-term relief. these are sometimes referred to as inhalers. they include either albuterol, levalbuterol or pirbuterol which provide quick relief that can last up to a few hours.  they are perfect for sudden attacks and to fight off symptoms. This form of asthma treatment is not ideal for long-term prevention and will also not heal any existing problems caused by previous asthma attacks.

Leukotriene modifiers and long-acting beta agonists are asthma treatments that are generally prescribed for long-term effects. Leukotriene modifiers are oral medications that help prevent the symptoms from within. they stop the airway inflammation and prevent the onset of asthma attacks. The long-acting beta agonists are like the short-term ones, however they are not to be used with sudden attacks. This type of asthma treatment is taken daily and releases a powder into the airway. The powder helps open the airways and reduce inflammation. however, some doctors won’t prescribe this treatment because they have been known to cause asthma attacks instead of prevent them.

There are many different asthma treatments and there is no way to know which treatment is the right one for you. you will need to speak with your doctor and explain what symptoms you experience and how frequently. your doctor will help determine which asthma treatment you will benefit from.

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Xopenex (levalbuterol) is an inhaled medication for the treatment of acute asthma symptoms, including coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Xopenex (which contains R-albuterol) is the active isomer of albuterol (which contains a racemic mixture of both R- and S-isomers) Xopenex was first developed because animal studies suggested that S-albuterol caused inflammation in the lungs, which could possibly worsen asthma. it was also thought that as more racemic albuterol (mixture of the R and S-albuterol isomers) was taken, the S-albuterol isomer would accumulate within the lungs and worsen asthma symptoms. Xopenex was therefore expected to work better at treating asthma symptoms than racemic albuterol.

Albuterol is well-known to cause certain side effects, including muscle tremors, jitteriness, palpitations and increased heart rate. Early studies on Xopenex suggested that because far less medicine was needed to achieve the same benefit as albuterol, fewer side effects would occur. In addition, it was initially thought that the S-albuterol isomer was primarily responsible for many of the albuterol side effects, and therefore Xopenex, which does not contain the S-albuterol isomer, would cause few side effects.

But more recent studies show something quite surprising…

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Hi! I have asthma and am on meds but, i cough all the time and tomarrow i am going to be outside in the city and need to know if there is something that can help my asthma symptoms along with my inhaler. I am also prone to sickness and am trying not to get sick.
any suggestions?
Please be kind:)

I went to my doctor due to the asthma symptoms, and he told me that it would go away when the pollen levels get a touch lower.

He told me to try some home treatment and remedies, like honey, in the meantime, and I wanted to see more suggestions.

Thanks for the help!

well if there is a local honey keeper then you should go get honey there because you get immune to the pollen and other things in the air because it is in your system you should eat a tablespoon of the honey every morning and only local honey will work not storebought because there are different things in the air in different places so you need to get local =) hope this helped i do this every morning and this helps me a ton

This may saound crazy but coca cola! My friend has a son with asthma and he told me when his son starts weezing to give him a little coca cola and when I did the weezing actually stoppes I recently started trying it on my one year old daughter who actually has asthms also and it works on her to. so I hope this helps. it dosent hurt to try

Briefly – squash, onions, lots of vitamin C (orange juice) and vitamin E (wheat germ – muffins) and particularly fish for its Omega 3, Brazil nuts for their selenium, halibut, spinach and black-eyed peas for their magnesium.

INHALE vixs in hot water or try hot water honey and lemon keep dust at bay and stay away from animal fur