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    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Asthma: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Asthma: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Asthma: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Asthma: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories

    By Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

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    Asthma is a chronic condition that affects all areas of your life—or even worse, that of your children. This book shows people how to prevent asthma flare-ups, support loved ones and not let this condition negatively affect your activities, your goals or your psychological approach to life.

    In the Healthy Living series, Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with the nation's top medical experts and organizations to give emotional support and important information to people with specific medical needs. The books feature approximately twelve positive, heartwarming stories from real people, followed by relevant expert medical advice that will positively impact the reader's life. 
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicken Soup for the Soul
    Release dateOct 16, 2012
    ISBN9781453280133
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Asthma: Important Facts, Inspiring Stories
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    Jack Canfield

    Jack Canfield, America's #1 Success Coach, is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor with Gay Hendricks of You've GOT to Read This Book! An internationally renowned corporate trainer, Jack has trained and certified over 4,100 people to teach the Success Principles in 115 countries. He is also a podcast host, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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      Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series - Jack Canfield

      Chicken Soup for the Soul®

      Healthy Living Series:

      Asthma

      Chicken Soup for the Soul®

      Healthy Living:

      Asthma

      Jack Canfield

      Mark Victor Hansen

      Norman H. Edelman, M.D.

      Backlist, LLC, a unit of

      Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

      Cos Cob, CT

      www.chickensoup.com

      "This is something you live with your whole life.

      Asthma’s part of who I am,

      and I can’t control it if I don’t know about it."

      —CATHI B.

      Contents

      Introduction: Breathe Easier with Asthma Norman H. Edelman, M.D.

      Don’t Let Asthma Control You!

      The Littlest Gift Anne Stopper

      What Is Asthma?

      Think about . . . my asthma attitude

      The Angry Elephant Susanne Brent

      Asthma Triggers

      Think about . . . cutting down on asthma triggers

      Breathing to Death Felice Prager

      Take Charge of Your Health-Care

      Beating Asthma Emily Bamberger

      Treat Your Asthma

      Think about . . . my asthma medicines

      Think about . . . my health checklist

      Life Off Stage Vicki Armitage

      Get an Asthma Action Plan!

      Disney Dreams Jessica Berger

      When Your Asthma Isn’t Under Control

      Think about . . . warning signs

      Asthma Can’t Smash Olympic Ambitions Jackie Joyner-Kersee

      Asthma and Exercise

      Think about . . . my favorite types of exercise

      Camp Catch Your Breath Jessica Rogerson

      Asthma in Children

      Think about . . . my child’s asthma

      Think about . . . my child’s asthma symptoms

      Running on Asthma Shari Davis Gonzales

      Coping with Your Child’s Asthma

      Think about . . . how I feel about my child’s asthma

      Like Mother, Like Son Shawn Scott McSwain

      How to Head Off a Child’s Asthma Attack

      Think about . . . my child’s asthma action checklist

      God Knew What I Could Handle Renee Hall-Freeman

      Asthma at School

      Asthma at Sixteen Jessica Lynn Blazier

      Asthma Throughout Your Life

      Think about . . . your teen’s asthma

      Asthma and Pregnancy

      Think about . . . my doctor’s visit checklist

      My Asthma Friend Joyce Stark

      Traveling with Asthma

      Think about . . . planning my trip

      I’m Breathing! Jaye Lewis

      Breathing Easier

      Resources

      Supporting Organization

      Who Is . . .?

      Contributors

      Permissions

      Fear less, hope more,

      eat less, chew more,

      whine less, breathe more,

      talk less, say more,

      love more,

      and all good things

      will be yours.

      —Swedish Proverb

      Introduction:

      Breathe Easier with Asthma

      Today, it seems as though asthma is everywhere. In fact, an estimated 20 million people—6.1 million of them children under 18—currently have asthma. If you are reading this book, then you know someone who suffers from this chronic disease. It could be you, a family member, a young child, a coworker, or a neighbor.

      Asthma isn’t always obvious; you can’t tell an asthma sufferer from looking at them—unless they are having trouble breathing. Though you can’t always see asthma, you can see and count its devastating effects. Asthma is the leading serious chronic illness among children. It is the number one cause of school absences attributed to chronic illnesses and accounts for a total of 14 million lost school days each year.

      In every community, children and adults suffer from asthma, but in our inner cities, asthma is especially prevalent. In addition, although more prescriptions for asthma medications are being written, many people are not using their medications as prescribed. The result: an increase in asthma attacks that land people in the emergency room.

      But the good news is that asthma in most cases can be controlled. Every person with asthma can and should expect to lead a normal life. Far too many people with asthma accept limitations on their life. Children accept the fact that they can’t participate in gym class. Teenagers accept the fact that they can’t do sports. Adults accept the fact that they have to get up twice a night almost every night, gasping for breath.

      I want to reach people to make them understand that they should feel better and they can feel better. It’s not okay to accept limitations on your life because of asthma. If asthma is holding you back, tell your doctor. Maybe your doctor can change your medication. Maybe you need to use an asthma inhaler before you exercise. Maybe you can make changes at home to get rid of asthma triggers.

      One day, perhaps soon, we will be able not only to control asthma but to cure it. Today, there is great reason to hope for a cure for asthma. We have learned so much about asthma in recent years, particularly about the inflammation in the airways that leads to asthma. We have great reason to hope that we can eventually find the key to shutting off this inflammatory process and curing this disease.

      But in the meantime, there are many things you and your doctor can do to control your asthma so you can lead a healthy, normal life. On the following pages you’ll learn many ways to control your asthma, like getting rid of asthma triggers in your home, having a plan that will tell you what to do in case you feel an asthma attack coming on, dealing with your child’s asthma at home and at school, exercising with asthma, traveling with asthma, plus sections on asthma during the teen years, pregnancy and senior years.

      I hope that you will come away from reading this book with tips that will help you or your loved one with asthma to breathe easier. The most important message I can give you about asthma is: you can control it—don’t let it control you!

      —Norman H. Edelman, M.D.

      Chief Medical Officer

      American Lung Association

      Don’t Let Asthma Control You!

      Asthma. It means many things to many people. For some, asthma means wheezing during spring allergy season. For others, it means a daily struggle to breathe normally.Asthma affects people differently— some people have mild asthma, some severe.

      But it’s important for everyone with asthma and their families to know that you can control asthma—don’t let it control you! If you’re not breathing normally, don’t accept it—it’s not okay. This book will walk you through the steps you can take to begin to breathe normally again, in many situations, throughout your life.

      Yes, most cases of asthma can be controlled. But unfortunately, many people with asthma continue to struggle with their

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