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How to treat asthma and how to prevent allrgic asthma attacks?

I have always been sensitive to air pollution, smoke, dust, pollen and other things that trigger asthma. How can I help myselfwith asthma attacks?

Do not smoke or allow smoking in your home - Babies exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely to get asthma. If a woman is exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy, her baby may also be more likely to get asthma.

If animal dander is a problem for you, keep your pet out of the house or at least out of your bedroom, or find it a new home.

If pollen is a problem for you, if possible, stay indoors with the air conditioner on, when the pollen count is high. Do not run the air-conditioning, whether in car or indoors, on the setting that draws in outside air and cools it. Outside air brings with it pollen, and cool, pollinated air is bad for asthma.

To control dust mites, wash your sheets, blankets, pillows, and stuffed toys once a week in hot water. You can get special dust proof covers for your mattress and pillows.

If cold air bothers you, wear a scarf over your mouth and nose in the winter.

There are a number of highly effective herbal and homeopathic remedies that may be used for the successful treatment of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Depending on the severity of the asthma, natural remedies can either reduce or completely eliminate the need for the synthetic drugs and are often used in conjunction with conventional medications as a part of a holistic treatment plan.

Herbal ingredients such as Matricaria recutita and Astralagus are known for their antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory properties, while homeopathic ingredients such as Mag. Phos. and Nat. Sulph are successful at easing chest and throat constriction and soothing mucous membranes while reducing the presence of phlegm in the chest. Used regularly, natural remedies can help improve respiratory health, reduce the incidence and severity of asthma attacks while strengthening the immune system.

You may get detailed info on the above here http://www.healthherbsandnutrition.com/remedies/a/asthma.htm

What are good cardio workouts for people with asthma?

Allergy season is coming and my asthma will be aggravated, especially when running. Any suggestions on good cardio that I can sustain and keep up my exercise routine much appreciated. FYI: I use Advair.

Work into things slowly by building up your lungs and body. You can do any workout, but I would definetly reccommend starting with walking or swimming and getting into higher impact cardio after more training.

Also, tell your doctor what you are doing, and he/she may prescribe an inhaler (albuterol) to alleviate your problems.

How is it that swimming is good for asthma?

I have asthma (minor, but still, I have it), and I’ve been told that swimming is the best thing an asmatic can do.

Why is that? I know that all arobic exercises are good for your asthma but swimming seems to be the first things people tell you is good. So, why swimming as opposed to say, jogging or biking.

I’m just curious, considering starting a regular swimming workout. Thanks.

This is for people with Asthma:

Are some kinds of exercise worse than others?
Yes.

If you take different kinds of exercise so that you use the same amount of oxygen in each one, some will cause more wheeziness or chest tightness than others. Running outdoors will in general be worse than swimming. In fact swimming is one of the best forms of exercise for people with asthma because it usually causes the least amount of chest tightness. Running indoors on a treadmill, or cycling on an indoor exercise bike will come somewhere between outdoor running and swimming.

Other factors influence the amount of worsening of your breathing which you get from a particular form of exercise. Generally for example, if the air you breathe is cold and dry, the asthma will be worse. If it is warm and moist, the asthma will be less bad. This explains why swimming generally causes less asthma than outdoor running.

You can read more about this if you follow the link below.
Hope this helps.

What are some home remedies to relieve asthma symptoms?

I have recently been diagnosed with asthma. Since I am very susceptible to the side affects of my inhaler, are there any home remedies in case it gets a little hard to breathe? I’m just talking about when my breathing is a little bit below normal capacity.
I’m looking for nonmedicated solutions, and not solutions for actual attacks, but when it feels mildly uncomfortable. I have a daily inhaler and a rescue inhaler in case of a serious attack.

Some things I do are drink small sips of hot water, caffeine (helps open the airways), and rest as much as possible.

How do you get rid of Asthma or Bronchitis?

Everytime i sleep over at my friends house, I get bronchitis for about 3-4 weeks. I found out that my asthma is the problem and since they have dogs, i tend to get bronchitis if i stay at their house for too long. Is there anyway to calm down bronchitis or asthma or to permantly get rid of asthma? I have an inhaler btw. What can i also do to help treat it because i have it right now.

There is no way of getting rid of asthma permenantly. If you have a preventative inhaler you can use to prevent getting ill, but it doesn’t always work. Usually if you were quite young when you first got asthma it is quite likely that you will grow out of it. Mine is definately not as bad as it used to be.

What are better ways of controlling my asthma?

I have horrible asthma, but I like to go to the gym and run/work out. It’s hard though because my chest ends up hurting and I start wheezing before it can really do much for me LOL. I take advair and I have an albuterol inhaler that I carry around with me, but is there anything else a doctor could do for me? A surgical procedure maybe?

There are no surgical procedures for asthma. The Advair might be making your asthma worse, when I took it that happened to me. Something to do with one of the ingredients called Salmeterol. Talk to your doctor and see if you should change medications, something like Symbicort, Qvar, Singulair, etc.

What exercises are good for people with asthma?

I really want to get into shape, but it seems that all the cardio work outs that I have tried bring on an asthma attack. I use my inhaler before the exercise, but I still experience symptoms after running, jumping, and swimming. Any suggestions?

The best kind of doctor you can ask about that would be a sports medicine doctor. That’s their field and deal with people like you every day. 20% of the athletes in Beijing were asthmatics.So get the best advice you can. Check with your primary care physician first. He/she might be able to help you or refer you to the sports medicine doc or a pulmonologist.
Sorry, just thought of this. How are you using your inhaler? You should take two puffs 5 minutes apart. And then wait 15 minutes before starting.
God bless.

When is the earliest asthma can be diagnosed in a baby?

My baby is almost 6 months old. She’s on a neb every 4-6 hours because of bronchitis, but her doctor said it could be an early sign of asthma. Now she went to the doctor today for fever and a cough and they said it was her air ways and "asthma like symptoms". But they told me they can’t diagnose her yet.

Many doctors wait until they are 2. No reason just a habit. We had a doctor that called it reactive airway diesease. They treat the symptoms anyway.

How does having asthma make you more susceptible to colds?

I was just wondering how asthma does this. Does it supress the immune system? I was just wondering because this is the 2nd cold I’ve had this month and the 4th since October. Before my asthma became bad I hardly ever caught colds and I’ve always eaten healthily.

I found a website that has a lot of information on Asthma. Take a look at the information and there may be suggestions on what you can do to prevent the colds.

How exactly does Asthma relate to an individual?

Hey,

This is a question which has plagued me for a while and I would like some insight into it.

Is a person’s Asthma and how severe it is related to their genetics? If so, does that mean an individual’s Asthma can’t get worse?

No medical insight merely something that I’d like to know the answer to.

Cheers.

It’s the number one most treatable disease on the planet. While it is possible for a person who is still in the growth and devolopment stages of their life to have their asthma get better their airways still have the underlying sensitivity and when they become older adults the asthma always comes back to varying degrees, dependant on what the specific triggers are. Asthma can always get worse especially if untreated or undertreated. A the airways become remodeled and thereby increasingly more sensitive and reactive.