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Posts Tagged ‘Asthma’

What Asthma Means to You

Posted on: August 8th, 2013 by HammerMedBlogger

Asthma is a breathing disorder that causes your airways to the lungs to swell and tighten up.  When this happens, it may cause you to start wheezing, have a shortness of breath, chest tightness or coughing. From the CDC, in 2009, there were 479,300 asthma related hospitalizations and 1.9 million emergency room visits.  Today, Hammer […]

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Iowa Asthma Triggers

Posted on: August 6th, 2013 by HammerMedBlogger

Living in Iowa, many things can trigger allergies and asthma such as fresh cut grass, pollen or harvest season, which is right around the corner.  Our allergies cause watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose or all the above! But, what happens when someone you know starts having an asthma attack? What triggers their attack?  Hammer Medical […]

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