A recent study online that will be published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reported that an increased risk of asthma attacks may occur among people with the chitinase gene variants when exposed to high levels of fungus. The researchers found that an ” interaction between environmental mold exposure and certain variants of chitinase genes were positively associated with severe asthma exacerbations requiring hospitalization.” Data from children enrolled in the Childhood Asthma Management program between the ages of 5 and 12 with mild to moderate persistent asthma were used. Mold was measured in the subjects homes at the beginning of the study and classified as having more or less than 25,000 mold colonies per gram of household dust. Blood samples were used to determine chitinase genes and a chitinase-like gene within the study population. Finally the researchers compared different variants of chitinase genes in the population with levels of mold exposure and number of hospital visits for severe asthma exacerbations. Findings showed that certain variants of the chitinase gene CHITI in conjunction with high mold exposure were associated with higher risks of severe asthma attacks. Further studies to replicate and expand these findings is planned.
Archive for the ‘asthma’ Category
Asthma Attacks and Mold in Your Home
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Season Allergies and Back Pain are Topics of the Holistic Health Show
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Dr Carl O. Helvie, Host, the Holistic Health Show completed a series on back pain and started a new series on seasonal allergies yesterday on BBS Radio. Dr Steven Y. Park (left) spoke on seasonal allergies and Mr Lou Paradise (right) and Ms Kathi Casey (lower right) spoke on back pain.
Dr Park is an otolaryngologist, surgeon and author of the book Sleep Interrupted: A Physician Reveals The Number 1 Reason Why So Many Are Sick and Tired. More information was presented earlier on this site or can be found at www.sleepinterrupted.com
Mr Lou Paradise is founder, CEO and Chief of Research for Topical Biomedics. a successful company producing natural solutions for pain management. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be found at: www.topicalbiomedics.com
Ms Kathi Casey is known as the “Healthy Boomer Body Expert” and is a registered hatha yoga teacher, certified acu-yoga teacher, certified pilates teacher, and certified in ayervedic physical healing. More information was presented earlier on this site or can be found at: www.healthyboomerbody.com
A DVD Titled Get Rid of Sciatica Pain for Good by Kathi Casey is still available to the first person who contacts me with a name and address for mailing. Your name will appear in the next issue of Healthy Holistic Aging and also on this site.
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