My Life as an Asthma Mom

  I was chatting with a friend, and she said coughs ALL the time. In fact, she said that her kids can find her in a building by listening for her cough. I asked her if she uses her reliever inhaler when that happens, and she said no.  I'm baffled by why people don't use their reliever/rescue inhaler when they are coughing (or having any other asthma symptoms). I once had a client who said she "only will only use her inhaler if she feels like she needs to go to the hospital".  I think she missed the point.....  Using a reliever/rescue inhaler can help you AVOID going to the hospital. Of course there are times when you may need more help than an inhaler.  My kids were in the hospital a LOT when they were little (thanks to RSV, pneumonia, and wildfire smoke).   The Asthma Respiratory Foundation in New Zealand says:   "Relievers are taken as needed to relieve asthma symptoms (cough, wheeze, tightness in the chest, shortness of breath), before exerci...

AI seems to be everywhere - and I can't get away from it!  A simple search on my computer will always have the first result from AI. I don't want to read an AI summary, because they are not always accurate.  I want to go to the actual medical website to get information.  Why?  Misinformation from AI Have you heard about the crazy things AI recommends for health? One example is a satirical website that published an article from a U.C. Berkley Geologist who jokingly said:  “In order to live a healthy, balanced lifestyle, Americans should be ingesting at least a single serving of pebbles, geodes, or gravel with breakfast, lunch, or dinner,”  But AI took this as true medical advice - and it came up in online searches!      You would think people wouldn't actually eat rocks...but stranger things have happened.  There are well documented cases of chat bots encouraging people to self harm of even take their life. One AI company is being...