Vlad The Inhaler Is Back

Vlad The Inhaler Is Back

I’m posting Vlad the Inhaler again. It’s the time of year where we will see new asthma and worsening asthma.  There is some debate about diagnosing very young children with asthma, and they are sometimes given diagnoses such as post-viral wheeze.  The...
World Asthma Day 2023

World Asthma Day 2023

Asthma Mythbusting! “If the child isn’t wheezing, it’s not asthma”. Asthma isn’t always wheezing and your doctor may not use the word asthma! Asthma can look like cough, wheezing, chest tightness or pain, and/or difficulty breathing,  Very young children may have...
Asthma Action Plan…in Action

Asthma Action Plan…in Action

In retrospect, the warning signs were there.   My patients had been bringing it up all week in clinics, how they noticed they were back on their inhalers. Then, I woke up early hours of the morning to hear a tiny, dry, persistent cough from the next room from 4 y.o....