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Understand and control your asthma / Hélène Boutin and Louis-Philippe Boulet ; with the collaboration of Denis Bérubé [and others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995.Description: 1 online resource (110 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773564831
  • 0773564837
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understand and control your asthma.DDC classification:
  • 616.2/38 20
LOC classification:
  • RC591 .B6813 1995eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Respiratory System and Asthma -- THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- WHAT IS ASTHMA? -- SYMPTOMS AND PHYSICAL SIGNS -- DIAGNOSIS -- RECORDING YOUR SYMPTOMS -- WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME IF I HAVE ASTHMA? -- REVIEW: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ASTHMA -- 3 The Triggering Factors -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- PERSONAL FACTORS -- REVIEW: THE TRIGGERING FACTORS -- 4 Medication -- USING MEDICATION -- PRINCIPLES FOR USE -- MAIN TYPES OF MEDICATION -- USING INHALERS -- BRONCHODILATORS
INHALED BRONCHODILATORSBRONCHODILATORS IN TABLET FORM -- BRONCHIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS -- STEROIDS (CORTICOSTEROIDS, CORTISONE DERIVATIVES) -- NON-STEROIDAL BRONCHIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (CHROMONE DERIVATIVES) -- OTHER DRUGS -- ANTIBIOTICS -- ANTIHISTAMINES -- ZADITEN® -- CONTROLLING YOUR ASTHMA -- LEVELS OF ASTHMA TREATMENT -- CRITERIA FOR SATISFACTORY ASTHMA CONTROL -- WHEN SHOULD THE TREATMENT BE CHANGED? -- ACTION PLAN -- REVIEW: MEDICATION AND MANAGING ASTHMA -- 5 A Healthy Lifestyle and Asthma -- DIET -- FLUIDS -- SLEEP
CAN I STILL EXERCISE?RELAXATION -- REVIEW: A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND ASTHMA -- Appendices -- APPENDIX 1 -- MYTHS AND CONTROVERSIES -- APPENDIX 2 -- EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS -- APPENDIX 3 -- ASPIRIN INTOLERANCE -- APPENDIX 4 -- ASTHMA AND DIABETES -- APPENDIX 5 -- ASTHMA AND SURGERY -- APPENDIX 6 -- ASTHMA DURING PREGNANCY AND BREAST-FEEDING -- APPENDIX 7 -- OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA -- APPENDIX 8 -- ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND CONJUCTIVITIS -- APPENDIX 9 -- TRAVELLING -- APPENDIX 10 -- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- APPENDIX 11 -- RESOURCES
APPENDIX 12 -- ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONSDIARY FORMS -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Suggested Reading
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Translation of: Comprendre et maîtriser l'asthme.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110).

Print version record.

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Respiratory System and Asthma -- THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- WHAT IS ASTHMA? -- SYMPTOMS AND PHYSICAL SIGNS -- DIAGNOSIS -- RECORDING YOUR SYMPTOMS -- WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME IF I HAVE ASTHMA? -- REVIEW: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ASTHMA -- 3 The Triggering Factors -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- PERSONAL FACTORS -- REVIEW: THE TRIGGERING FACTORS -- 4 Medication -- USING MEDICATION -- PRINCIPLES FOR USE -- MAIN TYPES OF MEDICATION -- USING INHALERS -- BRONCHODILATORS

INHALED BRONCHODILATORSBRONCHODILATORS IN TABLET FORM -- BRONCHIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS -- STEROIDS (CORTICOSTEROIDS, CORTISONE DERIVATIVES) -- NON-STEROIDAL BRONCHIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (CHROMONE DERIVATIVES) -- OTHER DRUGS -- ANTIBIOTICS -- ANTIHISTAMINES -- ZADITEN® -- CONTROLLING YOUR ASTHMA -- LEVELS OF ASTHMA TREATMENT -- CRITERIA FOR SATISFACTORY ASTHMA CONTROL -- WHEN SHOULD THE TREATMENT BE CHANGED? -- ACTION PLAN -- REVIEW: MEDICATION AND MANAGING ASTHMA -- 5 A Healthy Lifestyle and Asthma -- DIET -- FLUIDS -- SLEEP

CAN I STILL EXERCISE?RELAXATION -- REVIEW: A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND ASTHMA -- Appendices -- APPENDIX 1 -- MYTHS AND CONTROVERSIES -- APPENDIX 2 -- EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS -- APPENDIX 3 -- ASPIRIN INTOLERANCE -- APPENDIX 4 -- ASTHMA AND DIABETES -- APPENDIX 5 -- ASTHMA AND SURGERY -- APPENDIX 6 -- ASTHMA DURING PREGNANCY AND BREAST-FEEDING -- APPENDIX 7 -- OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA -- APPENDIX 8 -- ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND CONJUCTIVITIS -- APPENDIX 9 -- TRAVELLING -- APPENDIX 10 -- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- APPENDIX 11 -- RESOURCES

APPENDIX 12 -- ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONSDIARY FORMS -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Suggested Reading

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