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h c exnfesjln gs q alan is seven years old he often wakes at night with a dry hacking cough i took him to the doctor who says that he is borderline asthmatic and sug gested a courseof treatment i am resistent to this as i am not sure of the side effects what do you think a i am not a medical doctor and therefore cannot say what you should do in regards to treat ment i can provide you with some information about asthma and places you can contact for further assistance asthma in children is often the result of an allergic reaction and can be triggered by dust pollens animal dander and hair moulds feathers and certain foods lam- sure that you and alan dread the attacks it is easy for a parent to feel both anger and guilt anger that it should be happening in your family and guilt in that while you are con cerned for alans health you may also be fearful of over- protecting him and making him too dependent many children outgrow asthma but there is no way to predict who will experts belive that the eariler the onset except before age two the better the prognosis they do caution however that you dont sit back and wait for the asthma to disappear the most important approach is tattle tales sara dimerman prevention drugs do not apparently cure asthma but rather control the symptoms doctors often recom mend getting rid of the triggers pets and cigarette smoke for example all of these concerns are ad dressed by the air force asthma program put on by the lung association this is an in novative educational program designed for asthmatic children age 6 to 12 and their parents it provides practical learning experiences to deal more effec tively with asthma it deal with four main themes what is asthma 2 triggers 3 treat ment and 4 coping parentissues are dealt with through short lectures guest speakers demonstrations and group discussions children become members of the air force detective agency and learn how to investigate the trig ger of their asthma there is a new group beginn ing midjanuary in richmond hill for more info contact the lung association at 8641112 fashions first annual boxing day december 26th 900 am 500 pm all merchandise excluding cruiseware 182 main street unionville ontario 4774584 panasonic technics panasonic portable compact disc player technics panasonic important features ultralightweight design with internal nicd rechargeable batteries or ordinary aasize batteries xbs extra bass system for deep tight bass 27995 includes remote control earphones 7bandx2 electronic equalizer amm with real time spectrum analyzer z89 and six memory positions 1499 12995 technics remote control compact disc player 97095 omnlmovlesivfil 29 prism deluxe colour tv by panasonic stereo unified remote on screen display more panasonic cordless phones full size vhs camcorders 1199 as units subject to prior sale i i 1 1 i i h h i m 1 i ngton 2943393 v in business for 24 years 5694 hwy 7 east one stop light west of hwy 48 in sherwood plaza tues wed sat930600 thurs fri 930900 closed monday iz m jjji jt rjtv-