The cold, dry and dirty air blew into the room. This had blown throughout the night,thus leaving the whole room dusty and the occupants shivering. One, in fact, had already started coughing. before the break of the dawn, this cough had advanced into wheezing. The invader had triggered an Asthma attack.
Asthma is a disease that affects the airways; that is, the small tubes which carry air in and out of the lungs. The lungs of anyone with this disease become swollen and sensitive to various triggers. An asthma attack is a reaction to trigger. Like any other chronic disease, asthma affects all races and is slightly more common among African-Americans than other races.It also affects all ages, but has more of younger people as its victims. More boys have this attack than girls, but after puberty, this disease is more common in females.
According to a doctor of alternative medicine practice and specializes in herbal and homeopathic medicine and magnet therapy "when any of the factors that trigger asthma is inhaled, it causes phlegm (whitish mucus) which covers the lungs. and when this polluted oxygen that gets into the blood stream through the lungs, it causes an attack".
Asthma attacks can be traced to many factors, but hereditary, environmental and occupational factors are the most common.
This disease is common in some families whereby it is passed from parent to there offspring. Exposure to polluted environment can spur the attack of asthma. Common pollutants are tobacco, dry and dusty air, pollen from flowers, viral and bacterial infection, cold, dry weather and also cold air.
A regular intake of air which has been polluted through the production of products like cement, sawdust and tobacco in factories can cause asthma. It is observed that each person with asthma has his own unique set of triggers. Most triggers caused attach in some people and not in others.
Inhaling respiratory irritants such as perfumes, cleaning products, emotional excitement or stress, physical exertion, additives to some food and wine, menstrual in some women, hay fever and eczema are other factors that can trigger asthma.
According to research when the breathing passage becomes irritated or infected, an attack is triggered. The attack may come suddenly or slowly over several days or hours. The main symptoms that signal the attack are wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, coughing and difficulty in speaking. These symptoms may occur during the day or at night. And if at night it disturbs sleep.
Wheezing is the most common symptoms of attack. this could be musical or also reflect as whistling or come in form of hissing with heavy breathing. Not all asthmatic patient wheeze, and not all that wheeze are asthmatic.
Attack are usually classified as mild, moderate or severe. This assessment is based on several factors which include: symptoms severity and duration, degree of airway obstruction and extent to which the attack is interfering with regular activities.
Mild and moderate attacks usually involve some symptoms which come on gradually include chest tightness, coughing or spitting up mucus, restlessness or trouble sleeping and wheezing.
Severe attacks are less common and they may involve symptoms as breathlessness, difficulty in talking,tightness in neck muscles, slight Grey or bluish color in the eye and fingernails, skin appearing sucked in around the rib cage.
Some believe that asthma cannot be cured, but can be controlled. There is a better chance of controlling asthma if it is discover at it early stage and treatment begins immediately. And some children actually grow out of it.
In treatment of asthma medication such as Ventolin inhaler,Franol Linatredincin are taken for mild and moderate attacks while severe attack will require the administration of Aminipholin (IV) which has to be given by an experienced doctor every 10 minutes.
Taken of cough mixture during the attack is very wrong because it can cause inflammation of the lungs and sometimes exhaustion.
If you noticed that you have any of the symptoms listed try and seek expert service because this disease is deadly. To give it the chance to take control of your life. It is good to live the life that you want and not the disturbing one of breathlessness, restlessness, coughing, wheezing, sleeplessness e.t.c. Remember that health is wealth. Your healthful life is of paramount value to you act fast.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
ASTHMA : A CHRONIC DISEASE
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asthma,
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