Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs, but can not be cured, but can be well controlled to closely follow up the doctors and adequate medical treatment. Who is suffering from asthma, pneumonia, respiratory tract, causing respiratory narrow. The muscles around the airways become more sensitive, and able to respond to allergens and stimulating. Asthma can be life-threatening diseases, often tens of thousands of people died in the United States each year therefore the disease.
What are the symptoms of asthma?
The most common symptoms include difficulty breathing asthma (high-occurred in the crisp inhale and exhale), feeling uneasy or nervous, feeling not getting enough air, and coughing. Not all people who suffer from asthma, and all of these symptoms. Many people who suffer from asthma may only cough - this type is called "cough variant asthma."
What happens during an asthma attack?
At the individual who is suffering from asthma, swelling of the lining carrier to produce more mucus than usual. This will lead to the muscles around the outside of the respiratory system, in order to reduce and narrow the airlines. In the air a more difficult time entering and leaving the lungs, which can cause asthma symptoms.
What causes asthma?
Sensitivity, and the development trend of asthma runs in the family. If a person's mother or mother who is suffering from asthma who smoke during pregnancy, this person may increase the risk of asthma. Suffering from allergic rhinitis, about 1 / 4 of opportunities to develop asthma.
Certain types of respiratory infections, especially if there are children, and to the person an increased risk of asthma. Environmental triggers, including allergens and other incentives that may affect the development of asthma. There may not be the only reason for the treatment of asthma, and genetic interactions between the structure of human and environmental triggers.
What triggers asthma?
The most common causes of asthma and respiratory infections. Among adults, the common cold virus. In the children's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common culprit.
And other common triggers include allergens and irritants. The most common allergens include environmental allergens such as pollen, animal dander, dust mites and molds. Food allergy can also lead to asthma symptoms, and may cause allergic reactions. Irritants such as smoke and strong smell, but also may cause asthma symptoms.
Most people will be more severe asthma symptoms of movement and exertion activities. However, the term "asthma" is a blow not normally apply only to a small group of people with asthma.
Strong emotions such as laughter and tears, and stress can also lead to asthma symptoms.
How to control asthma?
One of the most important aspects of management of asthma is the ability to recognize when the asthma has only just started to deteriorate, treat these symptoms. Therefore, it is equally important is to know how to use the asthma medication in time. In the early treatment of asthma and often do not solve the problem and prevention of asthma deterioration. Asthma, it shall notify the doctor, your asthma symptoms began to deteriorate.
Avoid trigger allergies (such as dust mites, pet dander and mold), and stimulants (such as cigarette smoke, strong odors) can prevent the aggravation of asthma symptoms, people are concerned about these allergens. As the nose and lungs, as well as part of the respiratory system, good control of allergic rhinitis can help control asthma symptoms.
What is the goal of asthma?
An objective treatment of asthma in patients with asthma, in fact, be able to live, and if they do not suffer from asthma. These measures include:
• actively participate in sports and sports minimal asthma symptoms
• To prevent serious asthma attacks leading to emergency room and hospital
• sleep a night without asthma symptoms
• access to a normal lung function measurements in the clinic
• In order to avoid the side effects of asthma drug
Keep in mind that these goals and many asthma patients may never achieve this goal. However, followed by a doctor or specialist in the treatment of asthma (for example, allergies), if people follow the doctor's direction, these goals should be achieved.
What drugs are used to treat asthma?
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of asthma drugs: rescue medications and controller. Most asthma patients require drug treatment. Many people who suffer from asthma inhalation therapy is only the rescue, this is a common mistake, so a doctor. To know if you have asthma control, or you may require additional processing (such as medical control).
Taken to preserve these drugs necessary. This means that these drugs should be taken with people suffering from asthma, but also never be asthma can be predicted. Rescue drugs to help ease the muscles around the airline, in a few hours, but it is not conducive to inflammation and edema of the respiratory tract. And often the use of emergency drugs is a sign that asthma is not under examination.
Control of these drugs are taken every day (sometimes several times a day), regardless of asthma symptoms. These drugs at any time to take control of inflammation and edema of the respiratory tract. This will lead to a reduction incentives and shrink the muscles around the airway, thereby reducing the symptoms of asthma. These drugs typically take several days to several weeks to work, but later informed the person suffering from asthma, it should be less and less rescue medicine.
What are examples of rescue and control of medicines?
Examples of life-saving drugs, including the following:
• ProAir (albuterol)
• Proventil (albuterol)
• salbutamol (albuterol)
• MAXAIR later (pirbuterol)
• Alupent (metaproterenol)
For example, the drug control include the following:
• inhaled steroid (Pulmicort (budesonide), fluticasone (fluticasone), salmeterol (fluticasone propionate / salmeterol combination), Azmacort (Qu), QVAR (becloomethasone) and mometasone (bran))
• Long-term agonist (formoterol (formoterol), the Trow (salmeterol))
• leukotriene antagonists (Singulair (montelukast), Accolate (zafirlukast), Zyflo (zilueton)).
Theophylline • (Theodur Theo - 24, Uniphyl, genetics)
• organizer of mast cells (Tilade (nedocromil), countries (cromolyn sodium))
• Xolair sales even more (omalizamab)
How do I know my puffer fish is empty?
It is easy to calculate how much time to control the inhalation of drugs will be the last time: for example, contains a metering spray fluticasone 120. If your doctor's prescription is two spray inhalation twice daily for 4 days and then will be used for spraying. 120 divided by 4 equals 30. The liquidation period of 30 days.
In the cases of inhalation, salbutamol and other relief and cans, mainly between 100 and 200 clubs. Because these drugs can only be used "as needed", how long a candidate depends on how many people in the enjoyment of medicine. Cylinders, it appears, less than half-filled vibration device, it is likely that the time for a new one.
Please keep in mind, will continue to fuel injection breathing for a long period of time after the expiry of drugs. This is a common asthma who continue to use the measurement, does not include asthma drugs are getting worse requires a doctor visit. Has always been to ensure a good supply of asthma drugs, rather than in the past expiration date.
How do and should not be doing with asthma?
To:
• drug use provisions.
• see a doctor's appointment a "voice" twice a year and, if necessary more frequently.
• Get an annual influenza vaccine.
• Talk to your doctor and cold, early symptoms of influenza.
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• Do not use tobacco products, which can exacerbate asthma symptoms
• Avoid heartburn symptoms does not handle, which can lead to worsening asthma.
• Do not use "recipe" of asthma drugs (such as Primatine spray).
• Do not use in medicine to save more than twice a week, but do not tell your doctor.