i have had a bad asthma since i was a kid. \ni can't breath well at night especially in the summer time.\ni heard that swimming makes it better, so i tried it but didnt work at all\ni usually take pills but if you know there are any good ways except taking pills, please tell me.
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any from of excercise is good and try to to rely on your medicene to much as this can be bad. i see it on a documentey.
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My Children have excercise induced asthma and cold induced asthma. You get shortnes off breath and coughing. If you cough and it takes you a long time to calm down try to get a drink of water. What happens is in the airways you have muscles wrapped around the pipes and when you have an attack they tighten. Also when you cough there are mucas plugs in those airways that swell and cause mucas causing you to cough. Please if you think that you have asthma go to a Asthma and Allergy doctor not your regular doctor for they might overlook it. It happened to my daughter for 3 months....
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I run in track and have it. You just have to take everything step by step. If you can't run 2 miles, then take your time. You dont have to be better than anybody else. A way to get rid of asthma is to exercise and go at your own pace.
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Monitor weight, don't smoke.  Swimming is a great exercise to improve the cardiovascular system.  Take medication if you have asthma -- stay away from attack-triggers.
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Use a clean room humidifier in your home, especially during sleep.  Check to see if you have allergies to certain things like dust, mold, pollen, wheat, dairy products, animals etc.  It may mean avoiding these allergy invoking substances or taking meds that help prevent the allergic symptoms when you can't avoid them.  Drink plenty of water, juices etc to keep your body well hydrated from the inside.  It will help thin secreations in your nose and lungs.\n\nA hot, dry atmosphere is not healthy for the airway system...you can't control the weather outside, but you can control the living conditions in your home.  Do not overheat your home....a cool, moist atmosphere is healthier than hot and/or dry atmosphere.
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I would get checked for asthma even though you don't think that's the problem.   Coughing is one of the signs when you are winded. \n\nIf you are generally out of shape, you might start coughing to get more air into your lungs.  See a doctor, it could be any number of things.  I got really short of breath and found out I had a blockage in one of my leg arteries.
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Please start by seeing a doctor.  If your family has good insurance (or Medicaid -- most states covers kids above the poverty level), I would start with an allergist or a pulmonologist.  If you lack insurance, there are often community clinics where you can go for treatment.\n\nAsthma is a chronic disease that isn't really cured but can often be very effectively controlled.  Poor control causes many issues (and you know that!) and can even be life threatening.\n\nHow is it managed?  The first step is to try and figure out what causes your asthma.  This can often be an allergy (although asthma can also be triggered by other things such as cold air and exercise).  Regardless of the trigger, a doctor will work with you to reduce that trigger.  (In the case of allergies, this can involve everything from covering the mattress if the allergy is to dust to nasal sprays to allergy shots to limiting your exposure to certain things).\n\nThe doctor may also prescribe a slower acting medicine to help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.  This most often an inhaler but could also be a pill.  And this is important:  asthma seems to sort of feed on itself and treatment can help reduce the inflamation.  Also important is to understand that this will not stop an astma attack that you justt started having -- it takes days to have an impact.\n\nIn addition, a doctor may presecribe a fast acting inhaler (often called a rescue inhaler).  This is designed to be used to treat a current astma attack.\n\nSo the plan:  a) reduce the triggers that cause the asthma; b) longer term medication to help soothe the inflamation and reduce the severity/frequemcy; and c) a rescue inhaler when a and b fail.  If you find yourself using the rescue inhaler often, contact your doctor as the first two steps probably need refined.\n\nMake sense? Good luck!
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if you are sensitive to cat furs, dander, or the stuff they may have on the fur, and you are a diagnosed asthmatic, then your options are limited.  \n1.  were you prescribed inhaler medications?  if so take them as directed.  if not then see a doctor who can give you medication which help control asthma.\n2.  minor helps but useful could be:  a.  get an air filtration system for your room.  i say a room b/c they are not generally large enough to do anything more effectively.  b. get rid of the cat.  c. keep everything you have away from the cat and keep it clean.\n3. for you to implicate the cat you would have to have reasonable cause.  just coughing b/c you think its the cat doesn't really diagnose your condition.  thats not to say you are not allergic to cats, but have you never been around a cat in your lifetime?  what happened when you were around a cat? \n\nnow to answer in different way.  cats dont cause asthma.  people with ashtma may respond allergically in the prescence of a cat but they may respond allergically around a dog, or parrot, or any other furry creature.  coughing isn't always a sign of allergic reaction as much as it is a protective mechanism for keeping foriegn bodies out of the lung.  \n\nniether do you have to have a history of asthma in the family to be individually affected with asthma.  you more likely are having mild airway irritation due to ?? something in the air, maybe what the cat brought in.  not to mention dusts, pollen, and molds, and even cockaroach droppings, which have been implicated in asthma in ghettos.
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helpful tricks for combatting asthma....\neven though you can't cure it with remedies, you can grow out of it....sometimes. keep a rescue inhaler with you at all time though...but only use it when you absolutely have to...the small attacks...try to fight through them....just take a moment to rest and practice some deep breathing exercises. when you get home from a game or practice, or are even in the locker room....hot showers help... put the water as hot as you can stand it, and stand under the spray, or just out of the reach of the water and inhale the steam. deep breaths once again. another usefull remedy is hot coffee. get a cup of pipin hot coffee and place your face over the top of the cup and take some long deep breaths in between sipping the coffee. when i was your age and younger I had asthma really bad. but little things like this helped me through it....you don't want to become too dependant on your inhaler... because it prevents you from possible being able to grow out of it. i still have them once and a while at the age of 24 but nowhere near as sever as i used to have them. why...because i stopped taking my inhaler unless it was an extreme emergency and found other routes.....best of luck to you....once you get back into shape it should become a litte easier for you.
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I've got one for you to try.  I was an asthma sufferer for all of my life.  I worked with a doctor that had many "old-wives tales" remedies and I tried this one and I swear to this day that this is what worked.  You need to find a local honey bee keeper and buy some honey from your community.  The bees bring back the pollen from the local plants (allergens) you need take 2 tsps 2x a day.  This will build up your tolerence to your local triggers.\nhope it works...I have not had a flare up since doing this...if I move I start all over again.
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be careful of allergy medications that you use, even over the counter ones -- especially if they include "anti-histamine" which is number one contraindicated among people with asthma. this dries up your airways, so you think you feel better -- but it can do more harm than good. \n\nmy sister also has asthma -- she was taking over-the-counter benadryl before, but when we found out, we discouraged her from taking it (because of anti-histamine). so she was prescribed singulair -- she says it works. i guess not for you. what specifically triggers your asthma? is it the pollen? dust? pet dander? one thing you can do is avoid those allergens.\n\nif im not mistaken (i kinda forgot) claritin also has some anti-histamine in it. i suggest you speak to your doctor about claritin, also let him/her know that singulair and zyrtec is not really working for you, and if there is anything that he can prescribed that is safe for people with asthma would be great. (a stronger dose maybe). but try not to self medicate. i suggest you speak to your physician first.\n\nanother option is your doctor might prescribe you some corticosteroids to help you manage your allegies. they help you tolerate the allergens that trigger your asthma attack -- but you must take them religiously.
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I don't think it asthma, I think it is a build up of co2 (carbon dioxide) the reason is, you blood is pumping faster while you exert energy, if your breathing rate is not in tune with your heart rate, then your capularies(in your lungs) will absorb the CO2 that is residual in your lungs from your last exhale, there fore building up CO2 levels in your blood. Breath deeper and slower, and decrease your heart rate to fix this. You will be in no immediate danger unless you continue to run for an extended period of time. Its a similar effect from scuba diving.
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You should see an allergy specialist.  \n\nThe fact that it gets worse at night leads me to believe you are allergic to dust mites.  They are microscopic little creatures that love bedding.  It also sounds to me like your allergy is pretty severe.  I'm allergic to dust mites and my only problem has been a little snoring.  I take Clariton at night to help fight it.  \n\nBy any chance, did you by a new pillow around the same time the coughing started?  That could be your source.  There are pillows specially made for people with allergies.
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Agree with the above posters and also add that in your bedroom, you should have NO carpet, or vacuum a lot!  Your bedding needs to be changed frequently and your mattress vacuumed to get out the 'dust mites'.  Down Comforters/Pillows are usually a no go with Asmtha sufferers because of the dust, but there are some really good comforters out there that are ok for Asthmatics.. just haave to clean them regularly is all :)  \n\nMost Asthmatics I know can't have Cats, dogs and yes, even birds - especially birds (and their dust) can irritate your lungs.
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YES! I used to have chronic asthma - could not even walk up a few stairs without needing my inhaler and now I am totally cured and never wheeze or need an inhaler. \nFirstly, I took a course of BUTEYKO. This is a powerful but simple method which CURES asthma. (I used the Buteyko Eucapnic method). I went in on lots of different inhalers, a very ill person, and after 24 hours, I've never needed another inhaler again or had an attack or even wheezed much, and if I do feel short of breath, it's quickly controlled by using simple techniques.\nI don't want to go into the specifics as it could be dangerous for you to try them on your son without a professional showing you how. the basic point is that asthmatics actually OVER-breathe (even though they think they can't get enough air), and it teaches you to breathe more gently and calmly. The major point is to ALWAYS breathe through the nose, never the mouth, which you could start training him to do immediately, as this could not hurt him at all. It's a good thing for everyone to do!\n\nSecondly, get him checked for allergies: it is amazing how certain foods and things in your everyday environment can make your asthma so much worse. Common culprits are dairy products (mucus forming) and grains, but different people are allergic to individual things (I am allergic to sugar, for example). Also, many environmental factors affect asthma - animal hair, cigarettes, dust, bed mites, paint. One of the worse culprits is aerosol - so cut out all air fresheners, spray deodorant, hait lacquer, etc. Also, asthmatics should not take codeine - nurofen is a big no-no. One excellent treatment for Allergies and asthma is EPD (Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization).\n\nI really hope this helps. I live in the UK, so I hope these treatments are available wherever you live. GOOD LUCK!
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Most of the products, minus Breathe Right Strips, don't really work. Sleeping at an incline helps. I had a roomie who snored terribly and went to the Doctor only to find out Nasal Polyps where the issue. If it's loud and problematic, you may have a breathing problem that your Doc would be able to treat.
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If it's really bad, you could talk to your doctor and he could give you something to take the edge off. I'm not really sure how I do it. I just take a long deep breath, and just do it, like pretending that I'm not afraid at all. After a while, I don't have to pretend anymore.