Back to School with Asthma | Have An Asthma Action Plan
At the top of your list of “must dos,” should be how to prepare for another successful school year supporting the management of your child’s asthma with anyone who interacts with him or her.
Understanding Home Radon Mitigation
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), 40% of homes in Pennsylvania have radon levels above the recommended guidelines. Recently, my home required a radon mitigation system installed by a local company. During the process, I had...
Coronavirus And COPD: What You Should Know
Those living with COPD and their caregivers must be well-informed about COVID-19 and variants of the virus. For up-to-date information on COVID variants, Visit CDC's COVID Data Tracker:U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People with COPD are not at...
Philips Respironics DreamStation Devices
We are committed to supporting clinicians through the complete remediation process and will provide a range of resources to help you better inform, instruct, and support your patients. This bulletin was created to help address common questions and concerns as well as...
Covid-19 and The Flu
People with chronic lung disease may find exercise makes them short of breath, so they tend to avoid it. Exercise training can result in improvement in your quality of life, exercise capacity, and respiratory muscle strength. Some hospitals offer rehabilitation...
Exercise and Chronic Lung Disease
People with chronic lung disease may find exercise makes them short of breath, so they tend to avoid it. Exercise training can result in improvement in your quality of life, exercise capacity, and respiratory muscle strength. Some hospitals offer rehabilitation...
Asthma and Covid-19
Being proactive and adequately managing your asthma can help reduce the impact of Covid-19 on your health. However, COVID-19 can affect your respiratory system and trigger an asthma exacerbation. Adequately manage your asthma by the following: Talking to your...
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)- Infants to Older Adults
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) is a very contagious virus that affects a majority of infants before age 2, and is most common in late fall to early spring. Most children’s RSV appears as a common cold, but a few infant’s RSV can cause serious problems...
Atopic March ( Allergic March )
Atopic march, also called allergic march, is the way allergies appear from infancy and progress through childhood. While this march can occur at any time, studies show that allergies tend to occur and progress in order from skin; atopic dermatitis (eczema) then to...
Asthma in the Classroom
Breathe Pennsylvania provides pediatric asthma education, support, and resources through their Certified Asthma Educators. My name is Jeannie Simms, AE-C, and recently a question came in regarding how a teacher could support her students with asthma in the classroom....