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Asthma
This category is for questions about the respiratory issues dealing with asthma. Asthma is characterized by decreased levels of oxygen reaching the lungs due to an obstruction, resulting in "asthma attacks" or worse. There are millions of people with this disease. Here you can ask about its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
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actually they are hypoallergenic which is good for people with dog allergies/asthma. I know from personal experience. My brother and mom have severe asthma and we used to have two corgis and they were fine with them.
Can you play tennis if you have asthma?
Depends on how bad your asthma is, and if you can afford medication or not. But yeah, plenty of athletes do have some form of asthma and are still able to compete. Consult your doctor for your situation.
Asthma attacks can occur when sufferers are exposed to pollution, smoke, chemicals, or other substances.
What are some of the symptoms of allergy asthma?
Asthma is a disease which effects a person's airways. It is common and reoccurring, often effecting a person for their entire life. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and tight chest. It is easily managed with medical puffers.
There is no official figure on the morbidity percentage of asthma, but I do know that out of the 20 million asthma patients in the USA around 4000 die every year. Although that means that percentage wise it's a very small percent, asthma which in general isn't considered an overly dangerous disease, is still a bit dangerous.
Is it right for asthma sufferers to be able to use their inhalers to compete in sporting events?
No, inhalers are meant to aid your breathing/coughing when you have asthma. They will not assist you at playing a sport.
How can you breathe if you have asthma but no inhaler?
Depending on how bad your asthma is, it may take different strategies to help treat it. Sit the person up. Do NOT put pressure on their chest. Asthma attacks make the person breathe faster and harder because they are not getting enough air. This is caused by the swelling of the bronchi oles in the lungs. Get the person to relax and slow their breathing. DON'T LET THEM LIE DOWN!!! It's easier for someone who's having an asthma attack to breathe if they are sitting up and slightly forward.
If the attack does not improve (you will be able to tell; they will cough/wheeze less and breath more normally), then take them to the hospital. If you don't have a car or feel that you are unable to do so, THEN CALL 911 (or whatever your equivalent is). The medics will be able to treat them and keep them breathing on the way to the hospital.
What are causes of shortness of breath?
If by shortness of breath, you mean dyspnea, here are some possible causes to the disease: * anaphylaxis * asthma * bleach and ammonia exposure * bronchitis * carbon monoxide poisoning * collapsed lung (pneumothorax) * congestive heart failure * emphysema * pneumonia * pulmonary embolism Answers directly from site: http://firstaid.about.com/od/firstaidbasics/qt/06_SOBcauses.htm If you need more info on this disease, look at the site above.
Can you lend someone your inhaler even thought its not there's?
It is not legal if it is a prescription but I would forget the law when it comes to saving someone's life.
How do you give yourself asthma?
Okay, first thing you need to start acting as if
you have a really bad migraine. Then you start coughing while breathing really heavily
and making a whistling sound when you breathe.
What is the oxygen level of a person with emphysema?
yes, it also depends on the person, a doctor may have you carry an O2 tank around
How can air pollution trigger asthma?
One reason for causes of asthma is if you get scared really bad. Another reason would be you eat too much sugar foods.
Is eczema a side effect of asthma?
its not a side effect.But many people with asthma do suffer with it. It is a genetic link. Hayfever and psoriasis are also common amongst asthma sufferers.They are a inflammatory illness the skin reacts by producing excess skin cells and the lungs produce excess mucus and the air sacs constrict.
What are the social determinants for asthma?
Controllable risk factors for asthma include those factors over which the victim has some influence regarding exposure. they include:
- diet
- level of involvement in sport
- exposure to parasites
To some degree, certain environmental factors are controllable. People with a predisposition to asthma brought on specifically by pollution, dust, pollens or extremes of temperature may or may not have the choice to move away from these environmental influences. However, if their asthma is triggered easily by any of these factors, there is nowhere one could move away from all triggers.
If you have asthma and you smoke what happens?
if you smoke and you have asthma that's it you get very bad lungs
What cells that affected by asthma?
Asthma affects the lungs because the nevs coating the inside of the lings and the windpipe becomes sensitvice and often restrict for short preriods leaving a smaller hole for the air to pass through causing the suffer to "wheeze"
Can people with asthma smoke marijuana?
heres just one of many stories of people who find relief from there asthma using marijuana. http://www.rxmarijuana.com/lisa.htm i also have asthma and smoke marijuana on a daily basis. marijuana has a great bronchodilator effect. The only downside is that it can cause chronic bronchitis in asthma patients.
Wheezing can be a normal healthy response to an unhealthy environment. Or, wheezing can be a sign of asthma. I'm Dr. Alan Greene and I want to talk with you for a moment about how to tell the difference, what causes wheezing anyway, and when is it healthy and when is it not.
Well to understand that, first let's all take a deep breath together (inhales). When you breathe in, the air comes through your nose or mouth, through the big windpipe and breaks into 2 big bronchi, one into each lung. And from there they break into a whole bunch of little, smaller bronchioles. It's almost like a tree's branches branching out. And those bronchioles are where the wheezing happens.
Let's look at a bronchiole. Here's one of those small airways. Now if you happen to walk into a cloud of something that's toxic, your body is going to respond instantly to try to protect you. The first thing that will happen is the muscles around the bronchioles will tighten, will constrict down almost like a boa constrictor, and you get the tight airways. If that toxic cloud is still there, to protect your delicate tissues deep in your lungs, swelling of the lining will happen. Inflammatory stuff to help protect you from those toxins. And if it's still there, still irritating, mucus will begin to be secreted to be able again to capture and protect you from those toxins. That's wheezing.
Asthma happens when your airways are hyper-responsive. When they're twitchy. When they're hyper-alert and they respond to something that's not truly dangerous. The problem with that is when your bronchioles are constricted and swollen and has mucus in them, that narrow little opening is hard to breathe through. You have to work to breathe, especially to breath out. And that hard breathing through a narrow passageway is what creates the sound we know as wheezing.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 09/18/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
What are problems that can arise because of asthma?
the person will be the same they just have to live with asma it will be hard at time but its ok i have had asma all my life
Asthma is not contagious to humans or animals.
but dog can have Asthma
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If both human and animal in the same house have asthma, I would start looking for a trigger for both of you. It sounds more environmental or quite the coincidence.
Asthma is not a communicable disease in humans or animals. However dogs can develop asthma at any age similar to humans. If you think your dog is suffering from asthma it would be wise to take them to your vet to be checked out to see if it is asthma or possibly allergies. Either way these are both treatable conditions. Hope this helps!
I am no expert on this subject but it is very important to treat your asthma, I say this because it can feel like you can't breath in and you can't breath out. It is normal for your body to cope with asthma, however your brain does not react the same. In a panic state your body will start fighting, and your brain will do just that, panic. You will try to breath harder and faster and that will not work with asthma. You can colapse, pass out, and even stop breathing altogether. It is important to speak with your doctor if you think you have asthma. The best thing I have had in my entire life was a rescue inhaler. I don't have asthma, but I do get chronic bronchitis which has a lot of the same symptoms.
Can you join the marines with asthma?
Unfortunately no. Asthama is a bar to commisioning and enlistment in the military. While there are asthmatics in the military, it's because they managed to get through the process without getting caught. You can be a contract nurse TO the military with this but cannot serve due to the incredible health risk incurred.
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