Asthma

💡TL;DR: If you are wheezing, first decide if it is an emergency, then use the fastest safe steps to open your airways. Mild wheezing with easy breathing can often be calmed at home with rescue inhalers, nebulizers, or breathing exercises, while severe shortness of breath, blue lips, or noisy

💡TL;DR: Recurrent croup means more than two barky-cough episodes in a year or croup showing up outside the usual age window (about 6 months to 3 years). It can be a risk signal for asthma, but most children do not develop chronic asthma. Practical next steps: watch for wheeze

💡TL;DR: The fastest way to calm a cough is a 30-second sequence: briefly hold your breath, switch to small nose breaths, and sip water. Most coughs from colds settle in 1–2 weeks without prescriptions; quick home fixes cost $0–$10 (water, honey, lozenges), while a bedroom humidifier runs

💡 TL;DR: Use your rescue inhaler 10–15 minutes before exercise and warm up for 10 minutes — these two steps prevent most episodes. Quick-relief inhalers protect for about 2–4 hours; if you need them often, a daily inhaled steroid or an ICS/formoterol plan can cut symptoms. Montelukast may

💡 TL;DR: Popcorn lung (bronchiolitis obliterans) scars and narrows the lungs' smallest airways, causing a persistent dry cough and breathlessness that typically begin 2–8 weeks after a big exposure (vape chemicals, toxic fumes, certain illnesses). It is rare but serious and usually doesn’t respond well to quick‑

💡TL;DR: Use your quick-relief inhaler first, then sit upright and breathe slowly; that is the fastest way to calm a night asthma cough. Nights are tougher because of your body clock, lying flat, cool dry air, and bedroom allergens. To prevent wake-ups, take controller meds on schedule, sleep on

💡TL;DR: Most people clear airborne mold spores without illness, but damp homes can trigger allergies or, in at-risk people, aspergillosis (a mold infection). Early signs look like allergies and often improve when you leave the damp space, while serious infection brings high fever, chest pain, weight loss, or blood

💡TL;DR: MDIs spray a measured mist you inhale slowly; DPIs release a dry powder you inhale fast and deep. If timing the press and breath is hard, a DPI can be easier; if you can’t inhale quickly (young children or during a bad flare), an MDI with a

💡TL;DR: Breathe in for 2, out for 4–6 through gently pursed lips to slow your breathing and let trapped air leave. This simple, no-equipment technique can quickly ease shortness of breath by keeping small airways open longer. Use it during activity and at the first sign of breathlessness