Smoking and asthma do not combine well. Tobacco smoke harms the airways of both smokers and those exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.
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Asthma overview
Both children and adults get asthma, and while there is no cure, most people are able to control their symptoms by avoiding their triggers and taking medicines.
Asthma treatments
Asthma treatment involves working with your doctor to create an asthma management plan, taking asthma medicines as needed, avoiding asthma triggers where possible and following lifestyle advice.
Asthma: reliever medications
Asthma reliever medicines work as bronchodilators – they relax the muscle around your airways, making the passages themselves wider.
Heat rash or prickly heat
Heat rash or prickly heat is caused by blockage of sweat glands during times of high heat or humidity, causing itching or prickling of the skin.
Impetigo
Impetigo – sometimes called school sores – is a very contagious skin infection. It is most common in children and infants and causes sores, especially on the face.
Australian scorpion stings not fatal
Contrary to popular belief, Australian scorpion stings do not appear to have life-threatening effects, even in children.
Mammalian meat allergy
Symptoms of mammalian meat allergy usually start 3-6 hours after eating the meat or meat product, but can be between 2-10 hours after, sometimes waking a person in the middle of the night.
Australia leads the world in deaths from anaphylaxis
More people in Australia are dying from anaphylaxis than in any other developed country, warn immunologists, with medication and bee stings the biggest culprits.
Female pattern hair loss
It's common for women to experience hair thinning with age, called female pattern hair loss. The pattern of hair loss is different in women compared to men and complete baldness is rare. See if you could be affected and what treatments are available.
