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
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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