Latina Actress and Author Dayanara Torres Launches Online Asthma Education Resource for Hispanic Community in Partnership with Merck and AAFA
MIAMI, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Understanding and managing asthma is not always easy, especially without adequate patient resources. That's why Puerto Rican actress, author and mother of two children with asthma, Dayanara Torres, has partnered with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and Merck to launch the Asma En Espanol initiative, a new Spanish asthma education web resource to help patients learn more about asthma triggers and ways to manage the disease.

Is There a Link between Allergies and Asthma?
The short answer is absolutely YES, there is a link between having allergies and developing asthma. As you know, asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory tract with symptoms like a choking sensation, tightness in your chest, shortness of breath and characterized by a wheezing sound. Simply stated, continued research now suggests that allergies are somehow related to the development of asthma.

Overcome The Challenges Of Asthma
People with asthma often think that they are different from the other and cut off themselves from the normal fun and excitement of life. If you have asthma, look at it as just another challenge of life. Since it is not your fault that you have this disorder, you do not have to be embarrassed for being an asthma patient. There is no cure for Asthma but it can be controlled if addressed properly and an effective asthma management program can enhance a person's quality of life to a considerable extent. If adequately controlled, the children born with asthma can live a normal life and if controlled in adequate manner, it does not stop your child even pursuing his career in sports. An effective asthma management plan starts with understanding th ...

Is It Asthma Symptoms Or Allergies?
Do you wheeze and gasp after physical activity? Do you feel like your chest is filled with mucus and have impaired breathing after you have been around pollen and a long haired cat? If you answered 'yes? to either of these questions then you may suffer from asthma, allergies, or both asthma and allergies. It is easy to confuse asthma and allergies because they have very similar symptoms. While there symptoms may be the same, the underlying causes of each condition are different and the treatment for each condition is very different. Therefore, it is critical to know how to identify the difference between allergies and asthma symptoms.

Asthma Know The Symptoms Know The Tests
Asthma is a chronic respiratory illness that causes the airways that deliver oxygen to your body to constrict or get smaller. This may be caused from any number of factors that is often in response to common triggers such as dust, cold air, exercise or even a bronchial illness. Environmental odors such as those found in many work areas can also trigger work related asthma symptoms.