Childhood Asthma: A Practical Guide for Parents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798850708535)

So your doctor has said your child has asthma - Now What?

You likely have a hundred questions. What is asthma? How do I get rid of it? What do I do with all these medications? Does this mean their soccer career is over?

Asthma can feel overwhelming at times. Because both the symptoms and the treatments happen internally, it seems like they are completely hidden from your view. Even the medications are a mystery - the ones that seem to work the best and fastest are actually the ones you do not want your child to be on.

This book will help teach you:

• What an asthma diagnosis means
• How the medications work, and what to do in an emergency
• Tips for speaking with your doctor and getting your most important questions answered
• How to help your child participate in school and sports despite their asthma
• And more!

This book is not medical book. I have written it to be a supplemental guide to the education you have gotten from your healthcare provider. My goal is to give you the most important facts to ease your worries and care for your child's asthma.

I was inspired to write this book by the hundreds of families I have helped who have these exact questions and more. I have seen how the anxiety of an asthma diagnosis affects families negatively. I have also seen these anxieties melt away and a feeling of empowerment grow once these concepts are mastered.