He said Ms Bending, who was asthmatic, may have suffered a severe asthma attack.
This can be an important part of treatment, especially if your child has severe asthma.
The result can be a sudden severe asthma attack that requires hospitalization and might even cause death.
Those who ate fast food, such as take-away burgers, risked severe asthma, eczema and itchy, watery eyes.
The children were also more likely to need medication, which could be an indication of more severe asthma.
The first group received a daily dose of prednisolone - a steroid tablet used to treat severe asthma - for two weeks.
Cynthia Vigil, Celia's mother, says the family gradually limited the girl's physical activity when she was younger because of repeated severe asthma attacks.
About 1, 400 people die from severe asthma each year in the UK, and a further 69, 000 are hospitalised, in many cases for weeks.
Eating three or more portions of fruit a week cut the risk of severe asthma, eczema and rhinoconjunctivitis by between 11% and 14%.
There was a sharp fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma after smoke-free legislation was introduced in England, say researchers.
In the study, children in their early teens who ate three or more weekly servings of fast food had a 39% increased risk of severe asthma.
He had been rushed to the emergency department of the Kandang Kerbau (KK) Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore two days earlier, wheezing painfully from a severe asthma attack.
Mrs Wilson, who uses a motorised scooter and sticks because of severe asthma and arthritis, had always wanted to live a greener life but found it an expensive commitment.
These findings reinforce evidence on the impact of smoke-free legislation from studies in North America and Scotland, which also showed a fall in hospital admissions for children with severe asthma attacks.
Presenting their findings in the journal Pediatrics, they said the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma attacks was rising by more than 2% a year before the restrictions were introduced in July 2007.
Genentech (nasdaq: DNA - news - people ) and Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) are nearing approval for their new drug Xolair, the first bioengineered drug for severe asthma.
Thanks to that and Advair's nifty delivery system--a plastic purple puck that is easy to use--the drug has moved far beyond a narrow audience of severe asthma patients to reach those with mild cases and nonasthmatics who simply have a bad bronchial cough.
Hendricks had severe congestive heart failure, chronic asthma, uncontrolled diabetes, hypothyroidism, gout, and a history of smoking and alcohol abuse.
The cardiovascular and respiratory divisions never spoke much to one another, but a scientist in the Canadian cardio group borrowed an experimental asthma drug that managed to eliminate the severe hot flashes caused by niacin.
It was at a hospital after a severe attack that an emergency room doctor two years ago talked with them about the need to get Celia's asthma under better control.
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