Feb 09 2008
Summertime And The Breathing Is Easy
Hurrah, it’s summer, and a good reason to celebrate the chance to scoot your children outdoors for some clean, pollen-free fresh air. This is especially important if your child has asthma, the lung condition that causes a variety of breathing problems.
Asthma is one of the most widespread chronic diseases of childhood, affecting up to one in four urban children. In fact, in the U.S., children miss more than 14 million days of school every year because of this lung ailment. It’s also one of the common reasons children younger than 15 years of age need hospital care.