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Follow the links below to find information about managing and treating asthma using specific therapies, such as exercise, diet, biological therapies, physiotherapy and complementary therapies.
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Immunotherapy
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Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
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Immunotherapy, often referred to as 'desensitisation' or 'allergy shots', is the closest thing to a 'cure' for allergy, particularly for allergies to stinging insects or pollen.
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Nov 2007
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Asthma and travelling
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myDr
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Don't be put off the idea of travelling just because you have asthma. There are a few easy precautions that you can take before you leave, and some things to keep in mind to make sure you have a healthy holiday!
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Aug 2006
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Asthma and influenza
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myDr
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Although influenza is not normally dangerous for healthy people, it can be more serious if you have other health problems, such as asthma.
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Jul 2006
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Autumn feature: reducing your flu risk
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National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
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While some respiratory infections - such as the common cold - are generally easy to recover from, others like influenza can result in serious illness and even death. This is particularly the case for people who have underlying medical conditions.
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Apr 2006
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Psychological interventions for adults with asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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It is thought by some that psychological interventions can help people with asthma. Systematically, we searched the literature on psychological interventions to find valid studies that looked at the effects of providing mainly psychological intervention...
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Aug 2005
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Psychological interventions for children with asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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It is thought that psychological factors may play an important part in asthma, although this could not be determined in a previous review of psychological interventions in adults with asthma. Although there were twelve studies in this review that met in...
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Sep 2004
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Influenza and asthma: the facts
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National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
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Influenza is an infection that affects the breathing passages (also known as 'airways'). It is caused by the influenza virus. People with asthma and other lung diseases are especially vulnerable.
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May 2004
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Dietary salt reduction or exclusion for allergic asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Currently available limited evidence suggests that reducing the amount of dietary salt probably has little or no effect on asthma....
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Feb 2004
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Allergen immunotherapy for asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Asthma attacks can be caused by allergies, pollens, cigarette smoke or air pollution and can be fatal. An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in a person sensitive to it. Allergen specific immunotherapy involves having injections o...
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Aug 2003
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Vaccines for preventing influenza in people with asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Influenza (flu) is a highly infectious disease, caused by viruses. Influenza has been thought to cause asthma attacks. Newly published research suggests that the vaccine against influenza is unlikely to precipitate asthma attacks for a few days after t...
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Aug 2003
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Immunotherapy for allergic disorders
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Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
Immunotherapy can be an effective and safe treatment for reducing allergic reactivity to a number of inhaled and injected allergens. It can be used for the treatment of problematic respiratory allergic disorders that are not responding well to environmental measures and drug treatment.
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Aug 2003
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Calorie controlled diet for chronic asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
It is thought that high calorie diets may contribute to the development of asthma. Theoretically, reducing the amount of calorie consumed as part of a diet may help to alleviate the symptoms of asthma. This review was limited by the small size of the st...
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Jan 2003
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Allergy, asthma and milk
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Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
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| Description: |
In most people, unless they are confirmed to be allergic to milk or other foods, diet restrictions are of little benefit in asthma or hay fever, and distracts efforts away from more productive areas such as allergen avoidance.
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Dietary marine fatty acids (fish oil) for asthma in adults and children
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Eating more fish has been recommended as one way of possibly reducing asthma. Populations (such as Eskimo communities) with diets high in fish also have low rates of asthma. As diets in other communities have become higher in saturated fats, asthma has ...
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Feb 2002
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Pneumococcal vaccine for asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Pneumonia is a serious illness for people who have asthma and pneumococcal vaccine has been studied to see if it reduces illness or death in those people. A thorough search for randomised controlled trials of pneumococcal vaccine in asthma has found onl...
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Sep 2001
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Tartrazine exclusion for allergic asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Tartrazine is the best known and one of the most commonly used food additives. Food colorants are also used in many medications as well as foods. There is no evidence that tartrazine makes asthma worse or avoiding it makes asthma patients any better....
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May 2001
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Gold as an oral corticosteroid sparing agent in stable asthma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Some people need to rely on corticosteroid drugs to control their asthma. Corticosteroids help reduce the inflammation (swelling) of the airways (passages to the lungs) associated with asthma. Long-term use of these drugs has serious adverse effects, so...
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| Date: |
Aug 2000
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Family therapy for asthma in children
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Psychological factors may have an effect on asthma in children, or its severity. As some children with families who are having problems have severe asthma, family therapy has been tried. The aim is to resolve any problems there might be in a family, in ...
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Sep 1999
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