Drug delivery in Asthma patients
Broadly speaking, there are two ways of delivering a drug to the body – by mouth (tablets, capsules or syrups) and by injection (in the vein or in the muscles) In asthma, we have another very good route of drug delivery- by inhaling the drug. So for asthma we can have: Injections Tablets Inhaled medication. […]
Does Yoga help in Asthma?
Yes it does. Somewhat. What yoga can do: It instills a sense of discipline. It increases the awareness of breathing and breath control It trains those respiratory muscles which have but don’t ordinarily use for breathing. It helps the asthmatic to learn diaphragmatic breathing So when there is breathing difficulty these muscles come to your […]
Asthma & the Internet
The breadth and depth of the information on the net is breathtaking ! It is not wrong to say that the internet pervades every aspect of our life. This is especially so for the younger generation. Any information that we need or seek – whether it is goods, services or health – we turn to […]
Viral Woes for Asthmatics
This is the season for viral fevers. Cynics may say : “Which season is NOT ? ” Yes, it is true that viral fevers have become more common now a days. Viruses attack us more easily when our immunity is lowered due to faulty eating habits, overwork, over crowding and stress. Viral respiratory infections are […]
Alternate Medical Systems & Asthma
There are acute diseases and there are chronic diseases. Acute diseases are those which come suddenly. For instance, malaria or dengue or viral fever. Many people think that “acute” means severe. That is not true. Acute means sudden. Viral fever is also acute, but it is a mild disease. A stroke is an acute disease […]
Empowering Patients
There is an old Chinese saying “Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” From times immemorial, the practice of medicine has been a closely guarded secret. The physician is the “know all” and the patient is the “ignorant […]
“It is not necessary that doctors know everything”
Recently, a patient of asthma wrote to me a very long letter. I have never seen this patient. From his style of writing, I presume he is from Afghanistan. He writes that he has asthma for many years and has shown many doctors. All doctors tell him that it cannot be cured. Then he goes […]
Alternate Medical Systems & Asthma
There are acute diseases and there are chronic diseases. Acute diseases are those which come suddenly. For instance, malaria or dengue or viral fever. Many people think that “acute” means severe. That is not true. Acute means sudden. Viral fever is also acute, but it is a mild disease. A stroke is an acute disease […]
Allergic March
In the life of a child there are some “Kodak moments”. You may also call them “Ahaa” moments – when the child gives the first smile to the mother, when the child takes the first tentative step, when the child starts to walk or when she for the first time says “mama”. These are great […]
The Joy of Treating Asthma
I was recently interviewed by ” Health Issues India “. It was a long a free wheeling interview. I am reproducing two questions and answers from it, which pertain to Asthma. Hope you will find it interesting and of some use. Could you tell us a bit about the work that you do? How did […]