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Tips to Beat the Heat
9 tips from Asthma Canada for managing your asthma in the summer
What is Asthma?
Asthma is a chronic or long-term disease of the airways, which are the tubes that carry air into our lungs. Asthma causes swelling in our airways and makes the tubes you breathe through get smaller, making breathing difficult.
The good news is that asthma can be treated and well-controlled and doesn't have to interfere with your or your child's daily life.
Wildfire Smoke and Asthma
With wildfire season already at our door, here is some information to help minimize your asthma risk.
- Wildfire smoke: What you need to know to stay Safe, How Air Quality and Wildfires Affect Your Health (webinar), (Asthma Canada)
- Health Risks from Wildfire Smoke, (Global News)
- Wildfire Smoke linked to rise in ER visits for asthma (study): Global News
- Wildfire Smoke and Lung Health, (Lung Health Foundation)
- Summer Pollen Season & Asthma, (Asthma Canada)
- ImmuniForce: The Anaphylaxis Strike A new children's graphic novel teaching kids severe allergy & asthma safety
- Asthma in Children: Booklet written by Dr. Tom Kozesi, Pediatric Respirologist, (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
- RxHelp Card programs allow patients to benefit from payment assistance with their medication
- Watch this informative webinar on “The Role of Vaccines in Respiratory Health”, Asthma Canada
- Children with asthma at risk of anxiety, (University of Queensland Australia)
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