Asthma Inhalers Central

I never go out of the house without my asthma inhaler — it’s better to be safe than gasping for air, or worse, dead. However, anybody who has tried tucking their inhaler into their pants’ pocket knows how it can ruin your fashion (”what’s that clunky bulge?!”) and be a literal pain in the thigh (putting it in the back pocket is a no-no), especially for fit jeans.

Well, a friend of mine directed me to a certain Squidoo page on “Puffer Totes”, and look what I found — the Med Ready Puffer Tote Asthma Inhaler Carrier.

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In our article about metered-dose inhalers, we said that some people have trouble using asthma puffers, since they have to coordinate the pressing of the inhaler with the inhalation of the medicine. The answer to this is the asthma spacer, also called aerosol-holding chambers, add-on devices, and spacing devices.

A spacer is a plastic or metal tube that slows the delivery of medication from the inhaler, thereby increasing its effectiveness. Spacers fit the inhaler on one end, while the user breathes normally on the other end.

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It’s been quite a while (an understatement) since our last entry — you can attribute that to tons of work. During that period, I feel that my asthma attacks have lessened, thus reducing my need for my asthma inhaler.

Now, that might seem illogical — I just said that I’ve got tons of work, yet my asthma condition has improved. Why so? Isn’t stress supposed to increase the risk of an asthma attack? I’m not so sure myself, but here are a couple of reasons I can think of:

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