ABCs of asthma It's summer -- and it's asthma season. But then it's always asthma season. As time passes, asthma has grown more intense. The death toll has risen 99 percent since 1979 to 5,167 in 1993. Asthma is the most important chronic disease in children, 4.8 million of whom suffer its symptoms. Overall, an estimated 14.6 million Americans have the disease. The eight signs of asthma trouble Wheezing, beginning as a slight whistling sound and progressing to a shrill noise with e ...

July 15, 1974, my son, Franck, died following a severe asthma attack ... the doctor who ordered Franck's medication did not know it was no longer manufactured in a light dosage for children only ... the chemist then compounded the error by giving us suppositories for adults rather than for children. This theophylline overdose killed my son. On his tenth birthday. From that horrible day to the present, I vowed to help others suffering from asthma. This is my story ... Jacques R Gesret © 1998 - 2001French English Spanish German Netherlander Italian Hungarian Russian Ukrainian

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