Air, Breathing and the Environment

Air and Breathing Table of Contents
 
Prologue, the Environment  7
AIR  10
Atmosphere      10
Green House Gases 11
Heat Drives Weather      12
Aerosols       13
Medicine and the Environment 15
Ecological Illness 15
The History of Clinical Ecology     17
The testing issue is a red herring 18
Respiratory Tract       20
Nose     20
Sinuses and Middle Ear 21
Breathing and Sleep       22
Lungs    23
An Overview of Airway Disease 24
Chronic Cough   25
Allergy Concepts       26
Type 1 Hypersensitivity 27
Hay Fever     27
Inflammation     28
Rhinitis & Asthma Model       29
Respiratory Tract and Food Allergy    30
Food Allergy & Chronic Rhinitis  31
Food Allergy and Otitis Media    33
Skin Tests & Allergy Shots     34
Bias toward Simple Ideas       35
Hypersensitivity over Time   35
Airborne Breathing Problems     37
Respiratory Infections   38
Bacteria  40
Viruses 40
Adenoviruses    41
Influenza      42
Dust and Mites 44
Fungi     45
Stachybotyrs      47
Blastomycosis    48
Monitoring Fungal Spores     49
Infection Risk While Traveling     50
Industry and Agricultural       51
Indoor Air at Home  53
Chemicals in Indoor Air  53
Older Homes     56
Sources of Volatile Gases      57
Drains and Sewer Gases 58
Carbon monoxide (CO) 58
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) 61
Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) 61
Ozone (O3)  61
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)       62
Formaldehyde (HCHO)  62
Radon   62
House Design Considerations     64
Proper Ventilation    66
Air Cleaners?     66
Filtered APR       67
Atmosphere-Supplying Respirators  68
Air Pollution       70
Air Pollution and Disease       71
Automotive Air Pollution       72
Auto Emissions of CO     73
Exhaust chemicals - pathogenic possibilities.       74
Benzene       75
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons     76
What can I do?  78
Going Green      78
Asthma and Lung Diseases   80
Asthma is Reversible Airway Obstruction       81
Essential Ideas about Asthma     82
Asthma Attacks  82
ASA, COX 1 and Asthma  83
Allergy and Chronic Asthma 83
Asthma Treatment Strategy 86
Anaphylaxis 86
Anaphylaxis Management Policy       89
Asthma in Infants     90
Asthma in Older Children      91
Nutritional Needs of Asthmatics 92
Food Allergy       93
Gluten and Lung Disease       95
Using the Alpha Nutrition Program   97
Asthma Treat Symptoms with Drugs       98
Asthma Medications      98
Antileukotrienes       99
Chronic Pulmonary Disease  101
Chronic Bronchitis     102
Alveolitis and Pulmonary Fibrosis       103
Sarcoidosis   103
Food and Lung Case Histories     105
Temper Tantrums, Frequent Colds   106
Asthma, Colitis, Fuzzy- head       107
Hyperactivity, Learning Disability, Rhinitis       107
Asthma, Diarrhea, Learning Difficulties   108
The Diet Revision Solution    109
Methods of Diet Revision      109
The Alpha Concept   111
The Sequence   112
Abstracts from the Medical Literature    114
Food allergy and asthma 114
Respiratory diseases and food allergy.   114
Cow's milk allergy     115
Food allergy and asthma 116
Allergy to cereals & dairy in adult asthma       116
Asthma, nutritional, environmental, genetic factors.       117
Alcoholic drinks: important triggers for asthma. 117
Sodium cromoglycate in asthma due to foods.   118
Atopic disease up to 2 years of age   119
Development of allergies and asthma    120
Asthma induced by hypersensitivity to legumes. 121
Exercise-induced anaphylaxis     121
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. 122
Allergies and asthma in infants and young children    122
Wheat gliadin…exercise-induced anaphylaxis.    124
Asthma Pathophysiology, Search of New Treatments     125
Cow's milk allergy in an adult patient.     126
Role of food allergy in serous otitis media      126
Egg allergy in infancy predicts respiratory disease      127
Asthmatic Children Exposed to Triggers at Home 127
New Estimates for Asthma Tracked (USA)     128
Long-Acting Beta-Agonists Add Benefit to Inhaled Corticosteroids     129
General References       130

Discussions of Environmental Science and Human Ecology were developed by  Environmed Research Inc. Sechelt, B.C. Canada. Online Topics were developed  from the book, Air and Breathing. This book helps you understand air quality issues, normal breathing and the causes of breathing disorders.  You will find detailed information about  the atmosphere, air pollution and climate change, airborne infection, air quality and airborne hazards at home. Click the Add to Cart button on the left to order printed book for mail delivery from Alpha Online. Click the Download button to order and download the PDF file from Persona Digital Online.

Air and Breathing

Stephen J. Gislason MD. Air and Breathing. Alpha Education Books. 2011. ISBN 978-1-894787-73-4 Print Edition ISBN 978-1-894787-36-9 Digital Edition for Download

Not all respiratory diseases are caused by airborne pathogens. If asthma, bronchitis and/or nose sinus congestion is chronic or attacks occur frequently in all seasons and are not related to airborne exposure, then consider delayed pattern food allergy as the cause and do diet revision using the Alpha Nutrition  Program.  You can order a starter pack which included the book, Air and Breathing, the Alpha Nutrition Program and a small jar of Alpha ENF for evaluation. Order Breathing Rescue Starter Pack   We ship to all destinations in Canada and the USA. \

Search Alpha Online