Prescription: Caring For Life

Treatments To Control Childhood Asthma Asthma is a reversible disease of the airways. It can cause shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing. Environment, genes, lifestyle can cause asthma. There are multiple tests that can help diagnose asthma. If your child has a different kind of cough with wheezing and shortness of breath but does not have a cold, or has a cough and wheezes along with a shortness of breath, you can take him to a pediatrician for confirmation on whether he has asthma or not. Pediatric asthma causes a sound or noise while inhalation and exhalation. This can be one of the symptoms that should help you decide your visit to the pediatrician. Asthma treatment Asthma is a treatable condition. Usually a family history of asthma is checked as this disease could be genetic. The main treatment of asthma includes inhalers. These help you breathe in the medicine. This is the basic treatment and can be administered both to children and adults. There are two types of inhalers –

Common Causes of Hair Loss Hair loss or baldness can be a very distressing condition which can be caused by one of several factors: ·         Heredity – this is the most common cause particularly in men and is often referred to as male pattern baldness or female pattern baldness.   It is usually gradual and characterised by thinning hair in females, a receding hairline and bald spots in men ·          Hormonal changes – these can be temporary and permanent, for instance, pregnancy, childbirth and the menopause in women and may also be caused by medical conditions in both genders such as Alopecia and Ringworm ·          Medications – hair loss is a noted side effect of certain medical treatments such as chemotherapy for cancer and medicines which treat arthritis, heart disease, hypertension and heart problems ·          Radiation treatment –   this can alter the way the hair grows ·          Stress – a severe physical or emotional shock can cause hair thinning or actual los