Asthma information - Definition of asthma
Asthma can start at any age, but it often begins in childhood. It is the most common long-term (chronic) childooh disease and is thought to affect about 15% of all children
However, not all children who have attacks of wheezing go on to develop chronic asthma.
Cause of asthma
Asthma is a result of the airways become inflamed and narrower, making it a struggle to breathe out. This causes wheezing, which is the noise air makes as it is breathe out over narrowed tubes. Many factors may contrubute to asthma:
- family history
- exposure to cigarette smoke
- allergy
- reaction to stress
- infection
- reaction to certain foods
- immune system problems
Asthma Statistics
Asthma still kills more than 1200 people every year in the UK alone.
Asthma sign and symptom
- wheezing specially on breathing out, which is typically at its worst at 2 am.
- dry cough
- feeling of fighting for breath
A person's airways may be so tight that it cannot get enough oxygen into the blood and he may turn blue. A severe attack is very frightening: if it does not respond quickly to self-administered remedies, seek urgent medical attention.
Type of asthma
- chronic asthma
- cardiac asthma
- coughing asthma
- bronchial asthma
- childhood asthma
- infant asthma
- pediatric asthma
- adult asthma
- cough variant asthma
Natural Home remedies for the treatment and cure of Allergy Asthma
As the problem lies in the airways that carry air into and out of the lungs, treatment usually consists of medication inhaled directly into the lungs. Corticosteroids prevent the airways from contracting, and drugs known as bronchodilators dilate the airways. Current medical opinion is that it may not be necessary or wise, particularly in children, to use too much of these medicines.
Drugs to treat or prevent asthma are often inhaled because they reach the lungs quickly. An inhaler delivers a mesured dose of a drug. A nebuliser, which delivers a much larger dose can be used to treat severe attacks.
Fitness Tips for asthma
Warm-ups: Breathing, exercises like pranayam and stretching.
- All kinds of cardiovascular workouts.
- Aerobics - moderate to high intensity workouts.
- Swimming
- Jogging
- Kickboxing
- Step aerobics
- Skipping
Cool Down: More respiratory exerceses.
Homemade recipes for asthma
Herbal home remedy for asthma using Turmeric (Haldi) : Turmeric is valuable in asthma. The patient should be given a teaspoon of turmeric powder with a glass of milk, two or three times daily. It acts best when taken on an empty stomach.
Traditional natural home remedy for asthma using Fenugreek seeds - In 1 cup of water soak 1 tsp of Fenugreek seeds overnight. Strain. Add 1 tsp of Ginger juice and 1 tsp of honey to this. It has to be consumed twice during morning as well as evening. This will help in treating asthma.
How to get rid of asthma - Getting rid of asthma
One of the well liked home remedies for asthma is a soup prepared from drumstick leaves, and taken once daily. Adding a handful of leaves to 180ml of water and boiling it for five minutes prepare this soup. After being allowed to cool, a little salt, pepper, and limejuice might be added to this soup. This is beneficial for the treatment for asthma.
Natural home remedy for asthma
Good home remedy for asthma using figs - Among fruits, figs have proved very valuable in asthma. They give comfort to the patient by draining off the phlegm. Three or four dry figs should be cleaned thoroughly with warm water and soaked overnight. This will prevent from asthma.
Simple home remedy for asthma using ginkgo biloba - Use ginkgo biloba, this herb contains ginkgolide B which is very helpful. Some studies indicate that ginkgo biloba reduces the frequency of asthma attacks.
Diet tips for asthma
Eating the right foods may alleviate or prevent asthmatic attack by helping control underlying inflammation of air passages, dilating air passages, thinning down mucus in the lungs and preventing food allergy reactions that trigger asthma attacks.
Ideally, it should contain a limited quantity of carbohydrates, fats and proteins which are acid-forming foods, and a liberal quantity of alkaline foods consisting of fresh fruits, green vegetables and germinated gram. Foods which tend to produce phlegm such as rice, sugar, lentils and curds as well as fried and other difficult-to-digest foods should be avoided.
HERBAL REMEDIES and ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES
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