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It is no longer so surprising to read about alarming air pollution levels in our cities. On more than one occasion, these levels have risen above the danger levels. For some people, this may simply create an annoying fog that makes it difficult to see. For others, it can cause serious health issues. Air pollution is one of the most common reasons for the growing instances of asthma and allergies. Children are most susceptible to such diseases caused by air pollution.
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Asthma is a condition that severely affects the lungs. The airways become narrow and the lungs become inflamed. Its characteristic features include bronchospasm, reversible airflow obstruction and variable and recurring symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. This might be caused up to 2 to 3 times a day.
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Causes:
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Daily use of antibiotics
Cesarean sections
Asthma in family
Asthma is usual...more
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If you have been diagnosed with asthma, it is important for you to know about the most common triggers of asthma. Asthma is a medical condition, which is characterised by paroxysmal wheezing respiration dyspnoea. It causes breathing difficulties, tightened chest and coughing. By identifying and reducing your exposure to several asthma triggers, you will be able to manage or control your asthma symptoms and the frequency of your asthma attacks. Here are the most common triggers of asthma you shou...more
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Has your child been coughing frequently lately? Is the cough chronic in nature, making your child breathe rapidly, and does he/she complain about a tightened chest? These symptoms signify that your child is having asthma. Asthma is a medical condition characterized by paroxysmal wheezing respiration dyspnoea. It is common in children and an affected child experiences difficulty in breathing, and a whizzing sound is produced, especially during expiration. Asthma may lead to severe health complica...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, out of 194 countries, India recorded the highest death rate of children below five years due to indoor and outdoor air pollution. This report also estimated that India has the second highest death rate overall due to air pollution, after Nigeria.
Another report, titled, "Air Pollution and Child Health", estimated that in 2016 approximately 100,000 children (below 5 years) died due to respiratory complications caused by outdoor and...more
Another report, titled, "Air Pollution and Child Health", estimated that in 2016 approximately 100,000 children (below 5 years) died due to respiratory complications caused by outdoor and...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Asthma, as known to most, is a chronic respiratory condition characterized by swelling and narrowing of the airways with an increased mucus production. The condition can affect children as well adults. However, it is quite disturbing to see that asthma among children is on a mercurial rise. In many cases, children below the age of 5 years seem to be at the receiving end, complicating the things further. What is worse, being so small, some children are not even aware of their condition.
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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Asthma is a painful pulmonary disease that is usually caused due to inflammation of the air passages. The tubes that help us breathe in and out can get contaminated with pollutants and allergens like dust, smoke, pet hair, pollen and nettle, amongst various other substances. This can lead to coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain due to breathing difficulties and wheezing as the lungs try to get more oxygen which cannot pass through the swollen airways. This is usually characterised as asthma...more
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Is your child getting exhausted after a bout of cough? Does he or she suffer from constant wheezing and tightness of the chest? Does your child feel drained out after climbing a flight of stairs? Do you know a child who always seems to run out of breath and cannot participate in school sports tournaments or play outside for a long time? The child could be suffering from asthma, which is a serious breathing problem. Most children are affected by asthma. Staying in a polluted city just makes the c...more
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The term asthma and bronchial asthma are often used interchangeably. Bronchial asthma refers to the chronic inflamation of the airways either due to some internal or environmental allergen. This leads to the narrowing of airways, which makes breathing difficult and blocks air from entering the lungs. Children are most affected by this condition as the immune system is still in the process of maturity and often grows out of it as they age. However, if not treated, this can lead to many complicati...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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Chronic respiratory diseases like bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, copd, sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease are vulnerable to repeated infections and multiple hospital visits or admission.
The main reasons for the increased susceptibility is altered lung defence, use of steroids in various respiratory conditions and multiple comorbidities like diabetes and coronary disease.
Patients should ideally be vaccinated for pneumococcal and influenza disease routinely.
The main reasons for the increased susceptibility is altered lung defence, use of steroids in various respiratory conditions and multiple comorbidities like diabetes and coronary disease.
Patients should ideally be vaccinated for pneumococcal and influenza disease routinely.
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All fruit parts are edible. And used in many dishes. They come in two types: green and yellow. The big ones are sweeter than smaller ones. They are found native in tropical southeast Asia. They are consumed in many parts of the world like Brazil, the USA, Caribbean, and South Asia.
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Children are prone to infections like colds and coughs. Exposure to such viruses strengthens a kid s immune systems and their ability to combat them. If the coughing isn t severe or accompanied by additional, serious symptoms, you can assist your kid in managing their symptoms. ;
You can do so by making them feel comfortable and well rested as they do not require any type of medication or treatment if the symptoms are not affecting them. Many kids who have...more
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When there is pediatric streptococcal infection to children or adults, there is onset or aid in a neuropsychiatric disorder or condition called pandas (autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus infections). Pans (pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) is an umbrella under which pandas come as a subtype. Pans have many triggers and associated causes due to which different problems occur in the body. In pandas main symptoms are: ocd (obsessiv...more
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease which has affected people of all ages including children. In this disease the muscles of the air tubes get constricted or swollen or excessive mucus production is observed in the airways leading to difficulty in breathing. The particular cause of the disease is not known as many people have it and many don't but doctors say that it may be due to certain genetic factors. Studies show that it has affected more than 3.2 crore people of the world and is mor...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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प्रदूषण, इस समय की लाइफ स्टाइल और बाकी कारणों की वजह से अस्थमा के मामले इन दिनों काफी बढ़ रहे हैं। अस्थमा एक ऐसी स्थिति है जिसमें सांस लेने की नली और वायुमार्ग पतले हो जाते हैं या उनमें सूजन आ जाती है। ऐसी स्थिति में शरीर अतिरिक्त बलगम का उत्पादन कर सकता हैं।
इससे सांस लेना मुश्किल हो सकता है और सांस लेने में तकलीफ हो सकती है। अस्थमा की समस्या हर व्यक्ति के लिए अलग अलग हो सकती है। किसी के लिए यह एक छोटी सी परेशानी है। दूसरों के लिए, यह एक बड़ी समस्या हो सकती है। कई बार कुछ लोगों को जान...more
इससे सांस लेना मुश्किल हो सकता है और सांस लेने में तकलीफ हो सकती है। अस्थमा की समस्या हर व्यक्ति के लिए अलग अलग हो सकती है। किसी के लिए यह एक छोटी सी परेशानी है। दूसरों के लिए, यह एक बड़ी समस्या हो सकती है। कई बार कुछ लोगों को जान...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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आज के प्रदूषण, खानपान की कमी, लगातार बढ़ते स्क्रीन टाइम की वजह से बच्चों से लेकर बड़ों तक कमजोर दृष्टि की शिकायत आम बात हो गयी है। दृष्टि कमजोर होने पर चश्मा, सर्जरी या फिर लेसिक लेजर की सहायता ली जाती है। पर कुछ ऐसे प्राकृतिक तरीके हैं जो आंखों की रौशनी को बेहतर कर सकते हैं। इस लेख में हमे ऐसे ही खाद्य पदार्थ और तरीकों पर चर्चा करेंगे-
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यह तो हम सबको पता है कि विटामिन ए, सी, और ई सभी आंखों के स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छे हैं। इन विटामिनों में एंटीऑक्सीडेंट और सूजन रोधी गुण होते ह...more
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यह तो हम सबको पता है कि विटामिन ए, सी, और ई सभी आंखों के स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छे हैं। इन विटामिनों में एंटीऑक्सीडेंट और सूजन रोधी गुण होते ह...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonologist•Hyderabad
Dr. K. K. Reddy
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/hyderabad/doctor/dr-k-k-reddy-pulmonologist
Mbbs diploma in tuberculosis and chest diseases dtcd
27 years experience - 350 at clinic
He has significant medical knowledge in pulmonology and is well recognised as a leading medical expert. A name like his would be hard to forget. Professionalism was refined during his 1995 graduation from the mbbs at osmania medical college in hyderabad, from which he received high honours.
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Https://www. Lybrate. Com/hyderabad/doctor/dr-k-k-reddy-pulmonologist
Mbbs diploma in tuberculosis and chest diseases dtcd
27 years experience - 350 at clinic
He has significant medical knowledge in pulmonology and is well recognised as a leading medical expert. A name like his would be hard to forget. Professionalism was refined during his 1995 graduation from the mbbs at osmania medical college in hyderabad, from which he received high honours.
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Homeopathy Doctor•Bangalore
1. Dr. Rishabh vyas
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/bangalore/doctor/dr-rishabh-vyas-homeopath
Bhms
7 years of experience 300 at the clinic 250 online
He is a diabetologist and a thyroid specialist. He is a practising sexologist and an authority on male sexual dysfunction. He is an expert in infertility and allergies. He has training as a homoeopath. In 2015, he received his bachelor of homeopathic medicine and surgery degree from rajiv gandhi university ...more
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/bangalore/doctor/dr-rishabh-vyas-homeopath
Bhms
7 years of experience 300 at the clinic 250 online
He is a diabetologist and a thyroid specialist. He is a practising sexologist and an authority on male sexual dysfunction. He is an expert in infertility and allergies. He has training as a homoeopath. In 2015, he received his bachelor of homeopathic medicine and surgery degree from rajiv gandhi university ...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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General Physician•Bangalore
1. Dr. DRWIJENDRA PRASAD
MBBS, MD, DIP DIAB, FACP
25 Years Experience 300 - 400 at clinic 400 online
Dr. Dwijendra is a renowned general practitioner in the area. He offers reasonably priced medical care of the highest possible standard. His therapeutic areas of expertise are diabetes and internal medicine, and he has years of experience in both. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, a Doctor of Medicine, a Diplomate in Diabetes Research from the M.V. Diab...more
MBBS, MD, DIP DIAB, FACP
25 Years Experience 300 - 400 at clinic 400 online
Dr. Dwijendra is a renowned general practitioner in the area. He offers reasonably priced medical care of the highest possible standard. His therapeutic areas of expertise are diabetes and internal medicine, and he has years of experience in both. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, a Doctor of Medicine, a Diplomate in Diabetes Research from the M.V. Diab...more
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