Health Center - Allergies and Asthma
If you or someone you love suffers from allergies or asthma, you know firsthand how difficult it can be to manage symptoms such as difficulty breathing, itchy eyes or a runny nose. Educate yourself and get tips to improve your quality of life in our Allergies and Asthma Health Center. Allergies Guide Asthma Guide
Living with Asthma
I recently became the spokesperson for a program called EveryoneBreathe.com which has been a huge resource for me. The Parents' Toolkit is a lifesaver for any parent and is chock-full of information to help you with all aspects of dealing with your child's asthma. For example, when Nicholas starts school, I share copies of the Asthma Action Plan with his teachers, coaches and the school nurse—everyone who might need to know what triggers his symptoms and what to do if he has an attack.
I feel fortunate to have overcome my asthma challenges to achieve my tennis dreams, and it's through my personal experience living with the condition that I've become an even bigger advocate to improve Nicholas's life with asthma. My advice to other parents is to take charge of the situation in getting your child's asthma under control and to be your son or daughter's champion against asthma.Mary Joe Fernandez, an Olympic gold medalist, Grand Slam tennis champion and ESPN and CBS tennis commentator, now serves as the spokesperson for EveryoneBreathe.com, a website that educates and informs parents about asthma. Log on to www.EveryoneBreathe.com to learn more about Mary Joe's story.
