Asthma

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Weathers like a storm or cold weather with dry air a common asthma trigger for asthma. However, most of the case those who are working or playing under winder weather they have maximum chances for enduring the asthma. Although now there are some treatments like salt therapy through saltair device (available in stores like "salinetherapy") are helping for getting control over it. However being care full in cold weather is a smart move for be safe.

Your best bet is to consult your physician...higher doses of Vicodin can have a potentially harmful effect on the respiratory system, and with your asthma, this risk could be significantly increased...

If it is understood that asthma onset conditions require a specific atmosphere, precautions can be made to avoid the problem. There are three main items for consideration, general health, emotional stress situation and created allergy/allergen exposure. Simply analysing virtually any asthmatic problem invariably will find repeated antibiotic involvement, often from a very young age. Most often with very young children another commonality is generic cows based formulae and short term breastfeeding. Think about it! If these items are considered as very much involved in the majority of cases and conducive for the problem onset, a new train of thought emerges. If the original allergy that causes the original problem can be avoided or detected early enough, the problem can be avoided. All body signals must be learned and understood, sneezing, rashes or whatever. A further recent finding here in Australia is that omega3 fatty acid oils taken during pregnancy virtually eliminate allergy problems with children. So all this is just the tip of the iceberg, the problem can be avoided but requires logic and commonsense, removing the cause addresses the effect, not long term medication!

You should check it out with your doctor, but I'm pretty sure it's possible. I have a friend who has a son who's had asthma since he was under a year old. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT OUR 5 MONTH OLD DOES HAVE ASTHMA! SHE HAS HAD A CONSTANT COUGH FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS BUT NO FEVER! I AM JUST HAPPY THAT WE FOUND OUT BEFORE THINGS GOT REALLY BAD!

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways. If you have asthma symptoms/risks are: wheezing, trouble breathing, coughing, etc. You can have an asthma attack which is loss of breath and a tight chest. This can be dangerous as there is a possibility that you can utterly stop breathing if the attack is so severe.

NO! if you have asthma then DO NOT take paracetamol as recent studies show paracetamol causes narrowing of the airways and the nasal passage. so please try to avoid it

Like most complete answers, it depends.

Many asthmatics already have underlying inflammation in their lung tissue. The more this tissue is inflamed before being exposed to the asthma trigger, the shorter the time it will take for you to notice an attack attack starting and/or the more severe the asthma attack will likely be. Many asthma attacks are caused by a reaction to a trigger.

Many reactions will start to manifest the beginning symptoms within 30 minutes and most, but not all reactions will manifest symptoms within 90 minutes, meaning that it is very possible to have a nearly immediate reaction (within 3-5 minutes), but sometimes a reaction will take very long to manifest. This is why people who get allergy injection therapy, where the body is being directly exposed to an asthma trigger, must wait at least 20 minutes in the office just in case a reaction manifests. If the trigger is a food allergy, the possible reaction time range can be larger (like seconds all the way up to hours) since, for some people, the food must be digested before they have an reaction and for some people, the slightest exposure to the food can cause a rapid, and deadly reaction called Anaphylaxis.

There is also a possible three-day delay for some specific triggers, like pollen and cockroaches.

This is why preventive asthma medicines are very important in the treatment of asthma. They can delay, mitigate, and/or prevent asthma attacks by reducing the underlying inflammation in their lung tissue. The most common of these medicines are leukotriene receptor antagonist, like Singulair or Accolate in the US, and inhaled corticosteroids, like fluticasone propionate. In the US, the medicine called Advair contains both fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate, a short-medium action asthma medicine. Of course, other countries use other names for their brand name medicines. i have asthma and it sucks munkey butt

Severe wheezing when breathing both in and out

Coughing that won't stop

Very rapid breathing

Chest pain or pressure

Tightened neck and chest muscles, called retractions

Difficulty talking

Feelings of anxiety or panic

Pale, sweaty face

Blue lips or fingernails

Advair and Symbicort are the juggernauts of the asthma market -- however, follow your doctor's judgement. These two medications may not treat what your son needs in order to control his asthma.

The triggers of Asthma depend solely on the person that has is. Triggers can be anything from physical triggers like peanuts, mold, or grass or psychosomatic triggers like anxiety or distress.

In order to know the triggers you have to what asthma is:

"Definition Today asthma is viewed as a chronic (long-lasting) inflammatory disease of the airways. In those susceptible to asthma, this inflammation causes the airways to narrow periodically. This, in turn, produces http://www.answers.com/topic/wheezing-3 and breathlessness, sometimes to the point where the patient gasps for air. Obstruction to air flow either stops spontaneously or responds to a wide range of treatments, but continuing inflammation makes the airways hyper-responsive to stimuli such as cold air, http://www.answers.com/topic/exercise, dust mites, pollutants in the air, and even http://www.answers.com/topic/stress and http://www.answers.com/topic/anxiety." - From Answers.com

By fizzy drinks I'm gong to assume you mean carbonated drinks like cola and beer. If this is so, then the answer is no. Fizzy drinks are safe for asthmatics. The only exception might be if your asthma is triggered by gasstrointestinal reflux, or GERD. In this case, your asthma is caused by stomach contents working their way back up the esophagus, some of which makes it into your lungs, thus triggering asthma. GERD occurs in about 10-20% of asthmatics. If you have GERD, "fizzy drinks" may worsen this effect. So, overall, fizzy drinks are safe for asthma, unless you have GERD.

if u have and asthma attack it is hard to breathe and sometimes u tighten up it is so bad but if u are not that bad u have a blue inhaler and that is called a ventollin inhaler. if u are severe then u need the purple one and that is stronger then u have a preventer which is brown but it doesnt get rid of asthma it helps control it. so that is why u need an inhaler to help control asthma and if u don't control ur asthma u could die

Emphysema always is chronic and progressive. There is always a beginning (even if it goes unnoticed), and unfortunately, ends in death. How long a person can live from the time of diagnosis depends on numerous factors.

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When i first got asthma i threw up every hour because i was choking i guess

Treating asthma is no easy task, and because of that everyone is looking for natural asthma treatments. There are various different ways to treat asthma, it can be done naturally, by using medications, or even by using herbal treatments can be used to treat asthma.

Because of similar symptoms, but more specifically the symptom of being short of breath. But both have major differences.

Every time you take a breath, the lungs expand. On the inside of the lungs there are airways that resemble a tree and it's branches. At the end of those branches there are tiny elastic air sacs that inflate and deflate with each breath. Emphysema is the condition in which those air sacs have been destroyed and have lost their elasticity. Needless to say, the damage is irreversible, so the symptom of being short of breath is always present.

Asthma effects the airways in the lungs. It is a restriction of those airways, and unlike emphysema, is triggered by variety of things causing episodes of severe shortness of breath, usually accompanied with a feeling of panic and/or anxiety.

Obviously asthma is far less serious due to the difference between destruction of lung tissue, and episodes of restriction of airways in healthy, functional lungs. Both have treatment that can effectively control symptoms.

Believe it or not, asthma is related to allergies. The lining of your windpipe becomes overly sensitive to particles in the air and restricts causing a smaller hole for your breath to pass through. There are three things you need to do: control, remove and react. 1. Control. You need to get your asthma under control with the use of drugs. There are two drugs that you need to use - a preventative and a reliever. A preventative (such as Seretide, Pulmicort, Beconase) is taken every 12 hours (ie twice a day) and stops the windpipe reacting. You need to take this drug all the time because if you stop, it effects wear off. You then need to use a reliever (such as Ventolin) the times when you get an attack. It will stop the windpipe restrictions once it happens. Therefore BOTH types of drugs are needed to control asthma. 2. Remove. You need to work out what is causing the asthma attacks and try to avoid these things. Asthmatics have a high percentage of allergies to dust mites, pollens, grasses and pets. The particles in the air cause an allergic reaction in the windpipe. If you get attacks at night it is possible that there is something in your bed that you are allergic to. Try using an non-allergenic pillow. Use cotton blankets and get rid of any bedding that is made of wool or feathers. Don't let pets in the room. 3. React. Many asthmatics get an attack after sport and exercising. This is because as your heart-rate increases and your breathing quickens, you tend to use your mouth to breath rather than your nose. Therefore you have more air entering your lungs (which means more particles) and they have not been filtered through your nose. Therefore if you know you will have a reaction in a certain situation, head it off by taking your reliever before you start playing sport to stop the attack coming on. Asthma is easy to live with. I developed asthma in my early teens and nearly died when I was 17 because it was not under control. After that I began to take my meds regularly and began to work out situations when I would get asthma. As a result I have made some life changes. I found I was allergic to many things, removed them from my life and began getting treatment. I carry my inhaler around with me but I have used it once in the last six months because I control the condition - it doesn't control me. I now can do moderate exercise without using my puffer. Hello. With Asthma you need to avoid all Asthma triggers such as smoking or smoky atmospheres, certain foods which cause you to wheeze, things that trigger off your allergies etc.

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The dampness of the house may contribute to children's asthma by encouraging the growth of mold. Asbestos does not contribute to asthma.

Although several forms of cancer are caused by asbestos, the asbestos fibers must get into the body for that to happen. If the asbestos material in the house is in good physical condition and is not disturbed, then exposure will not occur. This might be the case if the asbestos is in roofing materials, shingles on the outer walls, or in floor tiles. If the asbestos is in insulation on pipes or the heating plant, those materials are more likely to be converted into dust by children playing or by adult uses such as placing hangers on the pipe insulation. In those cases a professional should be brought in to assess the hazard and suggest approaches to eliminating or controlling it.

The normal way is through rescue inhalers, or if a severe allergic response (anaphylactic reaction), an injection of epinephrine.

However, in cases where you're either out of those, don't have them, or are in a place where they're not available, there are some old tricks that can stem an attack.

1. First, move them away from the irritant if you know what it is (most asthmatics do). After that, if it's possible, get the person's clothes off and wash them down with warm soap/water (don't use cold water on the chest as it'll just aggravate it) to get the irritant off their body (e.g., dust, pollen). Don't forget the hair.

If it's not possible, just wash/rinse their face off with water. Of course if it's a reaction to something they ate or drank, it won't matter.

2. Anything that will raise the body's metabolism and thin mucous are key. I always keep several Benadryl tablets or capsules around or with me; in a pinch, crush 2 or 3 (tablets) or open 2 or 3 capsules and mix in hot coffee, tea, or water to dissolve. The caffeine will speed up the metabolism, and the Benadryl will combat the histamine increase causing attack.

Benadryl is preferred, but if not available, any short acting antihistamine will do.

During an asthma attack, depending on what the cause of it was, first and foremost if they have an inhaler, let them use it. If they need immediate medical assistance either call an ambulance or take them to an ER where the proper medication can be given to them. If they drink coffee or caffeinated beverages, provide them with that as well since caffeine helps to open up the bronchial passage and allows more air into the lungs.

Asthma cannot be prevented because it's exact cause is unknown. =(