Home Remedies for Asthma
Asthma is a condition that affects the respiratory system of a person. When one has an attack, the airways swell and make air passage through them difficult. As a result, asthma symptoms are felt and they include; wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and tightness in the chest. Asthma disease has no cure and thus prevention is the only sure way of controlling it.
Asthma is a condition that affects the ways of an individual. The air waves swell and make air passage a problem. This is as a result of a trigger to asthma condition. Symptoms for asthma varies from one individual to another. The most common symptoms of asthma are coughing, wheezing and running out of breath. Some people complain of chest pains too.
Types of Asthma:
There are two types of asthma.
1. Extrinsic - Extrinsic asthma is the most common type of asthma seen in asthma patients. Extrinsic asthma develops due to allergies and allergens.
2. Intrinsic - The cause of intrinsic asthma can be traced to respiratory tract infections. Asthma also has categorizations based on the intensity of the disease.
Causes Of Asthma:
1] Family inheritance is one of the causes of asthma.
2] Environmental pollution too is a cause.
3] Cold weather also causes asthma.
4] Smoking is yet another factor for causes of asthma.
5] Pollen too is another rare factor that causes this condition.
6] Sex can also be a cause of asthma. This is because it involves vigorous exercise at the time.
7] Viral infections, fungi, molds, cause asthma to some people but not all.
8] Vigorous exercise such as running, swimming, can cause asthma.
Symptoms Of Asthma:
The most common symptoms of asthma are coughing, wheezing and running out of breath. Some people complain of chest pains too.
Among these signs and symptoms include the faster or noisy breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing.
Treatment Of Asthma:
In general, asthma treatment can be divided into two categories: systematic long-term control and quick-relief symptom medications. Long-term control medications must be taken each day as part of asthma treatment. This kind of asthma treatment regimen is primarily designed to control the inflammation of the airways. Quick-relief medications can provide effective asthma treatment by relaxing the bronchial smooth muscles, and combatting acute asthma attacks.
One natural asthma cure is the natural therapy that aids in managing the asthma condition. A negative response to emotional stress may cause asthma attacks. To relieve stress, some natural relaxation remedies can help such as biofeedback, guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation and deep abdominal breathing.
Asthma treatment involving medication can be taken orally or through inhalation. The most common asthma treatment method involves metered-dose inhalers, or MDIs.
One asthma treatment strategy involves anti-inflammatories which prevent blood vessels from leaking fluid into the airway tissues.
Other effective asthma treatment involves using the air conditioner, replacing carpeting with hardwood or tile, using leather or vinyl furniture rather than upholstered chairs and sofas, and replacing down bedding with bedding made with synthetic materials. Keeping the humidity low can be another asthma treatment strategy.
Asthma homeopathy is an alternative asthma treatment method. It aim to use natural and non-invasive methods to cure asthma. That means no use of drugs such as aspirin for asthma attacks.
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I have a contant cough, difficulty yawning, difficulty in taking deep breaths, tightness in my neck (sometimes chest) . anyone know anythiing about these symptoms? i have been to two different DRs and both sent me home without any kind of explanation. i have looked online and some say Asthma, some say anxiety, some say Acid reflux its rediculous. untill these symptoms i have always been as strong as bull PLEASE HELP!!!
I found out 3 days ago that I have Pneumonia on top of Asthma right now.
having asthma and allergies suck so much =(.
@TheBabbygirl16, same! It’s horrible.
@Kari166
I have a bad asthma attack when i laugh really hard or cry.I have to go to the ER so no one can tickle me or i can’t breathe and it takes a longggg time for me to get back into the regular breathing.
I have uncontrolable asthma. I have a really bad cold right now and right now i feel like i can’t breathe.
I have exercise-induced asthma (the doctor diagnosed me with it) but when I have attacks it doesn’t feel like “breathing through a pinched straw”. I have all the symptoms, but do you have to feel like that for it to count?
@Jerrime2009 how about shortness of breath while delivering a child
For another viewpoint “Understanding asthma” Google “Buteyko”
@clngogo
the mucus was not generated from swimming but it could be from your lung, stomach or small intestines. You need to observe the color of the mucus, if it is light grey which is coming from your lung; if it is yellow or white which is coming from your stomach and small intestines.
so if im swimming then later on i have a mucus in my throat is that from my asthma?
My wife’s friend son also had asthma when he was born, he had to use machine for helping him to breath at night for 8 years. Until 3 years ago, she was introduced by her sister regarding a product from Taiwan, he was taking it until now, his asthma was all gone and he grew taller, bigger and healthier. The whole family is so happy. I am also taking it. If you are interested, please contact my wife at schiu@firstam.com for more details. Good luck to all.
i have asthma and its the worst illness…..you cant breath…omg is terrible
I have very severe asthma and lung damage from premature birth (16 weeks) It’s no freaking joke. I can get an asthma attack just from climbing stairs, extreme emotion (crying, laughing, anger, etc.), or sitting around doing nothing. o__O It just got so bad that I have to carry an Epipen with me, now. Of course I carry an inhaler with me everywhere, but…
I met Heart attack due to asthma.
@GOGATORSFL coolstorybro.
I watched this vid while i was using my nebulizer
@Jerrime2009 iv got it , it truly is hellish
@suarneduj The government wants to reduce the population? that’s the lamest excuse for wrong lifestyle I have ever seen in my life!
@ILoveSharpay well i understand where you are coming from with the praying to have it because i know what it is like to not know and to hope its something because you have no hope left if its not and you feel your life depends on this diagnosis, its like if this comes back negative then theres no hope left for you, like maybe u werent ment for this world
@musicfreak556 OMGGG ! IS IT THAT HARD TO GET IT THROUGH YOUR GUY’S HEAD! I PRAY I HAVE IT BECAUSE THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HEL* IS WRONG WITH ME IF I DONT!! OK!? ((p.s. yes i do have it.)) so im fine now.
@J3LLIIBEAN yeh i relise now that when i used to forget my inhaler as a kid i was risking my life everytime, so now i check before i go out, inhaler, keys, wallet, phone, but if i go out with my mum she always carries a spare becuase me my brother and my mum all have asthma and my dad had it as a kid . last time i forgot it was the other day at school and what do u know i had an attack and had to use my friends
bad luck
@commandercruger well i used to lose my inhaler everywhere i went, but now i take 2 everywhere i always keep one in my bag and put one in my pocket and in the small chance i forget it i learnt to calm myself by leaving the classroom or putting my head down on the table and concentrating on breathing in through ur nose and out through ur mouth and i learnt the bowen move and it works so well for mild attacks (im 15)
@realeizut i know i hate it when people fake asthma attacks to get out of things they dont want to do or play up their asthma i have severe asthma and i run and swim and just try to live normally and you see people with mild asthma playing up attacks to get sympathy or to get out of stuff. i have been in the hospital many times and almost died a fair few times and was almost put on a ventilator they were debating it but i was fighting it to hard so they decided not to for the minute.
@lolsmileyface9999 i know mine doesnt work for me at all most of the time so i have to use like 3 nebulizer treatments before it starts to work, but if i use like 30 puffs of my inhaler then it sometimes works
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