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 Causes of Asthma

For many years, bronchoconstriction was thought to be the main cause of asthma. More recently, we've become aware of another problem: Bronchial Inflammation. This occurs when the walls of the bronchi swell up and produce mucus, in reaction to some sort of irritation.

http://www.drpaul.com/asthma/asthma-causes.html

 Typical medical talk... bronchoconstriction and bronchial inflammation are SYMPTOMS not causes!!

Asthma has dramatically risen worldwide over the past decades, particularly in developed countries, and experts are puzzled over the cause of this increase. The mechanisms that cause asthma are complex and vary among population groups and even from individual to individual. Many asthma sufferers have allergies, and some researchers are targeting common factors in both these conditions. Not all people with allergies have asthma, however, and not all cases of asthma can be explained by allergic response. ...Nearly half of adults with asthma have an allergy-related condition, which, in most cases developed first in childhood. (In patients who first develop asthma during adulthood, the allergic response usually does not play a strong causal role.)

http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/introduction-000004_3-145.html

 A usually harmless childhood virus may hide in the lungs and come back to cause wheezing and other symptoms of asthma, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They found evidence that respiratory syncytial virus or RSV stayed in the lungs of mice and caused the overactive airway symptoms that characterize asthma. ...Nearly every child is infected with RSV early in life, and the virus usually clears up without serious complications in about a week. But 3 percent to 10 percent of infants with RSV infections develop severe bronchitis and must be treated in the hospital.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27312049/

 Children exposed to high levels of air pollution during their first year of life run a greater risk of developing asthma, pollen allergies, and impaired respiratory function.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080409114631.htm

 1 min 19 sec - Aug 8, 2006 - www.atomichealth.co.uk News item from Prime News, Canberra, Australia 1994. Public warning of link between antibiotics and asthma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF_8NQAAKvA www.atomichealth.co.uk News item from Prime News, Canberra, Australia 1994. Public warning of link between antibiotics and asthma. Workers manufacturing antibiotics can get compensation if they become asthmatic. The medical profession calls this professional asthma...

YouTube - Pharmaceuticals - Antibiotics Cause Asthma

  My five-month-old son has had a persistent cough while being otherwise healthy for the past five weeks. A pediatrician said it sounded like bronchitis and suggested that I give my son Ventolin. I was hesitant to do so, as I had not heard any wheeze. I have asthma and it just didn't seem to me like my son has the same symptoms. Nevertheless, I gave him the Ventolin three times a day as the pediatrician suggested. My son seemed to get much worse within two days, so on the third day I suspended the medication. Later that day I heard him wheeze for the first time ever! After three more days he sounded a bit better, and my baby's health nurse recommended that I try the Ventolin again before returning to the pediatrician. Once again he is much worse. He has had a chest X-ray which was clear and he seems happy and healthy except for this cough. I am afraid that giving him Ventolin has made him worse and/or given him asthma. Can this happen? If not, can a cough just be a persistent cough or could it be an indication of something worse?

a.The direct answer to your first question is: no, Ventolin (albuterol) doesn't and cannot cause asthma... [Seems like this "expert advice" never read the package insert for Ventolin - see below - bfg]

http://www.babyzone.com/askanexpert/asthma-and-medication

  FDA pregnancy category C. Ventolin may be harmful to an unborn baby. [So how is it OK to give to a 5-month-old baby?-bfg] Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment. It is not known whether Ventolin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. [Interesting - it could harm a nursing baby if the mother takes the drug but the above doctor says it is just fine to give directly to an infant...] Do not use Ventolin without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby. ...Ventolin may increase the risk of asthma-related death.

Stop using Ventolin and get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as: bronchospasm (wheezing, chest tightness, trouble breathing), especially after starting a new canister of this medicine; chest pain and fast, pounding, or uneven heart beats; tremor, nervousness; or dangerously high blood pressure (severe headache, blurred vision, buzzing in your ears, anxiety, confusion, chest pain, shortness of breath, uneven heartbeats, seizure).  

http://www.drugs.com/ventolin.html

  Drugs associated with WHEEZING

Advair  Advil  Aleve  Amias  Atrovent  Augmentin  Avandia  Avastin  Avelox  Azithromycin  Boniva  Caelyx  Capecitabine  Cardiolite  Cefzon  Celebrex  Champix  Chantix  Citalopram  Clenil  Combivent  Comtan  Concerta  Coreg  Cosopt  Cozaar  Definity  Dilantrend  Duragesic  Enbrel  Equasym  Erbitux  Exemestane  Exubera  Fentanyl  Flonase  Flovent  Fluticasone  Fosinopril  Fresh  Glucophage  Haloperidol  Hance  Herceptin  Humira  Invanz  Januvia  Kineret  Lamictal  Levemir  Lignocaine  Lisinopril  Listerine  Lucentis  Magnevist  Methotrexate  Midol  Motrin  Neupro  Nexium  Norvasc  Omalizumab  Omeprazole  Opana  Optiray  Pentamidine  Prednisolone  Proair  Pulmicort  Remicade  Revlimid  Rituxan  Rozerem  Serevent  Spiriva  Symbicort  Symlin  Synagis  Tekturna  Tobrex  Toradol  Tylenol  Tysabri  Varenicline  Velcade  Vytorin  Xalatan  Xeloda  Xolair  Zocor  Zyflo  Zyvox   

http://patientsville.com/symptoms/wheezing.htm

Medications contributing to having trouble breathing

Singulair (3)   Yasmin (2)   Advair HFA (1)   Sulfamethoxazole (1)   Ambien (1)   NuvaRing (1)   Avelox (1)   Toprol-XL (1)   Adderall (1)   Synthroid (1)  

http://www.medications.com/effect/tag/having-trouble-breathing

 Drugs associated with BRONCHOSPASM

Abatacept  Accuretic  Accutane  Acetaminophen  Acetylcysteine  Acyclovir  Adderall  Adenoscan  Adenosine  Advair  Albuterol  Aldurazyme  Aloxi  Ambisome  Amikin  Amiodarone  Amoxicillin  Ampicillin  Anzatax  Aprotinin  Arava  Aredia  Aricept  Aromasin  Asmanex  Aspirin  Atenol  Atropine  Atrovent  Augmentin  Avapro  Avastin  Avelox  Avonex  Azathioprine  Azamacort  Azopt  Beclomethasone  Betamethasone  Betaseron  Bisoprolol  Boniva  Bupivacaine  Campath  Carboplatin  Carvedilol  Ceftriaxone  Celebra  Cerezyme  Cetirizine  Cetuximab  Champix  Chantix  Cisatracurium  Cisplatin  Clarithromycin  Clavulin  Clenil  Combivir  Concerta  Cordarone  Coreg  Cosopt  Cyclophosphamide Diamox  Diclofenac  Diflucan  Diovan  Diprivan  Docetaxel  Donepezil  Doxorubicin  Elisor  Eloxatin  Enbrel  Endoxan  Epinastine  Erbitux  Etoposide  Exforge  Faslodex  Fentanyl  Flagyl  Foradil  Foraseq  Forteo  Fosamax  Gadovist  Hespan  Hexabrix  Humira  Ibuprofen  Imitrex  Immune  Innopran  Januvia  Ketek  Kineret  Klaricid  Lamictal  Lasix  Levaquin  Lidocaine  Lisinopril  Lyrica  Mabthera  Magnevist  Memantine  Mirtazapine  Mitomycin  Myozyme  Natalizumab  Neostigmine  Nicotine  Nitroderm  Nizoral  Novonorm  Novoseven  Olanzapine  Omalizumab  Omeprazole  Optiray  Ortho  Orthoclone  Osmoprep  Oxaliplatin  Paclitaxel  Pantozol  Paxil  Pegasys  Pemetrexed  Persantin  Prednisone  Pregabalin  Proair  Propofol  Propranolol  Proventil  Pulmicort  Rasilez  Rebif  Red Remicade  Reminyl  Revatio  Risperdal  Rituxan  Rocuronium  Salbutamol  Seretide  Sevorane  Singulair  Spriva  Spironolactone  Sprycel  Stalevo  Suprane  Symbicort  Synagis  Tagamet  Taxol  Teriparatide  Thalidomide  Thalomid  Tiotropium  Tobramycin  Tobrex  Topamax  Topotecan  Torisel  Tracrium  Trasylol  Tykerb  Tysabri  Ultiva  Ultravist  Varenicline  Vectibix  Velcade  Viani  Vivaglobin  Xolair  Xylocaine  Zelmac  Zelnorm  Zithromax  Zocor  Zofran  Zophren    

http://patientsville.com/symptoms/bronchospasm.htm

A Reappraisal of Nasal Saline Solution Use in Chronic Sinusitis Hanifi Kurtaran, MD, Ahmet Karadag, MD, Ferhat Catal, MD, and Zekai Avci, MD Besides, antibiotics are widely known allergens and can readily cause allergic reactions in this atopic group of asthmatic patients. Asthma exacerbations have been reported during various antibiotic treatments including amoxicillin.8 9 Moreover, it has also been mentioned that the use of antibiotics can even bring about asthma in early childhood.10

http://www.chestjournal.org/content/124/5/2036.full

  Amoxicillin may cause the following symptoms that are related to asthma: Anemia. Angioedema Cough Hemolytic anemia Shortness of breath  

Respiratory side effects have included cough and rhinorrhea.

Hypersensitivity reactions have been reported in up to 10% of patients and have included anaphylaxis, urticarial rash, erythematous maculopapular rash, serum sickness-like reactions, erythema multiforme, urticaria, edema, hypotension, fever, eosinophilia, exfoliative dermatitis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, hypersensitivity vasculitis, angioedema, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and dyspnea.

Hematologic side effects associated with penicillins have included thrombocytopenia, anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenic purpura, agranulocytosis, hemolytic anemia, eosinophilia, and granulocytopenia. These effects are usually reversible and are believed to be due to hypersensitivity reactions.

http://doublecheckmd.com/EffectsDetail.do;jsessionid

 A study report published in the European Respiratory Journal says that people who regularly use Paracetamol are at risk of having asthma. The researchers going through a scientific methodology asked over 500 adults with asthma and over 500 people without asthma about the use of painkillers. After, the analysis of the data, researchers reached on the conclusion that regular use of Paracetamol caused asthma risk in them.

http://www.india-server.com/news/paracetamol-increases-asthma-risk-3890.html

 A severe respiratory infection in infancy greatly increases the risk of developing asthma,"   Study: Asthma Caused by Respiratory Infections Date: November 7, 2007  "Less than one in 30 people who don't suffer a severe respiratory infection as a baby develop asthma, but of those who do get these infections, one in five goes on to have asthma."

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/441108/study_asthma_caused_by_respiratory_pg2.html?cat=5

 Do Antibiotics Causes Autism? In a claim that may cause more panic than both the Thimerosal / mercury and MMR scares combined, Dr Joan Fallon published a study claiming a common antibiotic could be the cause. Studying of 206 autistic children with detailed medical records, Dr Fallon notice the large number of case of  Otitis media (also known as glue ear). On average the children had ten cases of glue ear each and were generally treated by antibiotics, often by Augmentin (also know as Co-amoxiclav). Before anyone panics about this it is worth bearing in mind that this is very flimsy evidence and much more work needs to be done. It should also be noted that the study Could one of the most widely prescribed antibiotics amoxicillin/clavulanate “augmentin™” be a risk factor for autism? appeared in the journal Medical Hypotheses. This is not a peer-reviewed journal and the journal describes itself thus: "Most contemporary practice tends to discriminate against radical ideas that conflict with current theory and practice. Medical Hypotheses will publish radical ideas, so long as they are coherent and clearly expressed".

http://www.myomancy.com/2005/11/do_antibiotics_

  The researchers found that instead of developing antibodies to react to an infection, children with a severe respiratory viral infection developed a response that indicated an allergy. This creation of the wrong type of antibodies started a chain reaction that eventually led to the development of asthma in some children.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/441108/study_asthma_caused_by_respiratory.html

...should you care about this if asthma does not run in your family? For the last quarter century, asthma has been increasing rapidly in the industrialized world and has become one of the most important chronic illnesses of children. It's unlikely that this recent increase has come from changes in children's genes. Instead, changes in diet, activity, and environmental exposures could all contribute. A number of studies have suggested a link between antibiotic use and asthma. But is it that children's tendency toward asthma causes more respiratory infections and the need for more antibiotics? Or that greater antibiotic use can trigger asthma? To answer this question, the Study of Asthma, Genes, and the Environment has been following 13,116 children born in 1995. The results of the study were published in the June 2007 Chest. It looks like the antibiotic use can trigger asthma . probably by altering our internal environments by killing beneficial bacteria in the gut that are needed for optimum immune development. In this study, the children who received antibiotics in the first year of life were more likely to have developed asthma by age 7 . whether or not the antibiotics were for respiratory infections. Those who received more than four courses of antibiotics before the first birthday were about 1.5 times more likely to end up with asthma than their peers. The effect was strongest for broad spectrum antibiotics. The connection was clearest for children without a strong family history of asthma.

http://blogs.drgreene.com/blog/2007/06/12/the-asthma-antibiotics-link/

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