AAAAI- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

[ChitChatNine]

Here's a link to the AAAA's response to how this impacts those with allergies, asthma and Immunologic conditions.

         AAAAI- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

              What do I need to know about influenza and swine flu?
              
              http://aaaai.org/patients/question-week/
            
              By Clifford Bassett, MD, FAAAAI, and Thomas Casale, MD, FAAAAI

[Enoch Choi, MD]

this hits home for me as my son has asthma.  i've been more strict with his inhalers and singulair to give him the best chance in case he gets it

[ChitChatNine]

Thank you SO MUCH Dr. Choi for your response.  Two of four my children have asthma, and this being pollen season in Northeast, they can go into a full blown attack (needing Prednisone) with the slightest sniffle -- I did the same thing -- encouraged both my kids (16 & 18yrs old)  to use their Advair at the earliest symptom from pollen allergies to be proactive & keep thier immune system at its peak.  

C~

[PlateletGal]

I was reading this (below) about the Spanish flu and I was wondering if this was the case with the Swine flu ?

"The strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

[PlateletGal]

Swine flu claims life of first U.S. resident
Texas officials say woman with underlying conditions died earlier this week

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682


This is sad. The woman who passed away was 33 years old and had recently given birth to a healthy baby. I know that many women who had just given birth, seem to have immune problems afterwards.