Improving Your Asthma and Allergy Health

We are proud to announce that the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s blog has been named one of the best asthma blogs of 2017 by Healthline ! Healthline is a health site with information on several different topics. We could not have received this honor without all of our supporters and members. Our blog will continue to bring you information about asthma and allergic diseases like: Asthma and allergy news and research Managing allergic diseases Inspiring stories Medicine recalls...

Are you looking for a simple way to help your child learn about food allergies or asthma? Ally & Andy’s Awesome Asthma and Allergy Activities book teaches children through fun characters, coloring pages and puzzles you and your child can do together. More than 6 million children have asthma. It is the third most common chronic disease in children under 18 years old. 1 About 4 million children have food allergies. As part of Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, we want to help these...

Allergic disease, including asthma, is the fifth leading chronic disease in the U.S. in people of all ages. There is no cure for asthma. The best way to manage asthma is to avoid triggers, take medicines to prevent symptoms and prepare to treat asthma episodes.

The first week of May is Air Quality Awareness Week. The EPA measures air quality to tell us how clean or polluted the air is. This has special significance for people with asthma. Air pollution is a trigger for some people with asthma. The EPA calculates the Air Quality Index (AQI) based on five major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone particle pollution (also known as particulate matter) carbon monoxide sulfur dioxide nitrogen dioxide For people who have...

Storify: Bilingual Twitter chat to discuss Latinos & The Crisis of Air Quality on World Asthma Day (May 2, 2107).

Recently, we asked you to tell us what you know about pneumococcal [noo-muh-kok-uhl] disease. The results are in. Even though about 50,000 people die each year from pneumococcal disease, only 50 percent of survey respondents know what it is. Only 29 percent know if they have gotten the vaccine.

After a long, cold winter, nothing feels better than spending time outside in the warm spring sun – unless you have allergies. Follow these tips to manage your spring pollen allergies.

Do you suffer from hives? This week marks World Allergy Week, and the theme for this year’s event is The Agony of Hives - What to do when welts and swelling do not go away. The medical name for hives is urticaria. Hives are a common sign of an allergic reaction. Hives can also occur due to other causes, including a viral infection. Learn more by visiting Hives (Urticaria) . Find out when to call your health care provider, and when to go to the emergency room or call 911. Hives can occur due...

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) hosted a webinar on Thursday, March 30, 2017, about Health Insurance 101 for People with Asthma and Allergies. Watch video on YouTube Our guest speaker was Prue Fitzpatrick, MPH, a member of the Board of Directors for AAFA. She has a background in health care policy, having been involved with recent health reform policy development and implementation, as well as experience working within the insurance industry. Ms. Fitzpatrick discussed:...

Essential oils, like herbal remedies, come from plants. Practitioners of traditional and folk medicine (usually meaning those without a medical degree) have used essential oils for thousands of years, much like herbal remedies. Is there any evidence to back up claims that essential oils can help my asthma?

Join us for a free webinar to learn more about navigating your health insurance options, how to find out if your services and medicines will be covered by your insurance plan and what is important to consider when you have asthma or allergies.

Take our survey and tell us what you know about pneumococcal disease: Download our handout: People with Asthma Need to Take Extra Precautions to Avoid Pneumococcal Disease