by Dr. Chris Fanta | Feb 4, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - DrChrisFanta, Q&A-Expert-wk14
That is a scary thought! If you stopped breathing from an asthma attack, you would pass out. But you don’t want to ever let that happen. So, be prepared. Have a plan in mind about what to do if you start to have difficulty breathing. We call that your “asthma...
by Dr. Chris Fanta | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - DrChrisFanta, Q&A-Expert-wk13
In 2017 we do not yet have a cure for asthma. We do have very effective medications that keep asthma under control, so that people with asthma can often be free of all symptoms for long periods of time. However, even then, asthma is not cured. If a person stops the...
by Dr. Chris Fanta | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - DrChrisFanta, Q&A-Expert-wk13
If your asthma is out of control – with coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath – it would not be safe to be sailing alone around the world. However, Rich Wilson has worked hard to keep his asthma under good control. He takes his medications for asthma every...
by Dr. Chris Fanta | Jan 26, 2017 | Essays-DrChrisFanta
When Rich Wilson was growing up, there were many mis-understandings about asthma. Many people still believed that asthma – with its cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, and tightness in the chest – was a psychological disease. Children with asthma were advised to sit...
by Dr. Chris Fanta | Jan 14, 2017 | Q&A - DrChrisFanta, Q&A-Expert-wk11
I am a doctor, and so to prepare for my medical career I studied (in college) biology, chemistry, and physics, the usual requirements before attending medical school. But my real interest over those years before medical school was English Literature. So, many of my...
