I have asthma. Any got tips?
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I applaud you for seeking help!  Please visit this website \n\nhttp://kidshealth.org/teen/question/illness_infection/asthma_mgmt.html\n1.  Are you using any maintenance medications to keep your asthma under control like an inhaled steroid?\n2.  How many times a week do you use your rescue inhaler?\n4.  Do you use a spacer?\n5.  When you are having trouble do you tell someone or do you try to hide it/  DONT HIDE IT TELL SOMEONE!  \n6.  Most importantly have you seen your doctor recently about your asthma?  There should be no reason why your asthma is not under control.  If you use your rescue inhaler more than twice per week it means your asthma is out of control.  Inhaled medications, not smoking, and asthma education are key for you!  Congratulations for taking control at this age!
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do yoga regularly.breathing will help to increase the efficiency of ur lungs.it can definetly prevent this allergy.my moms allergy got cured.
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Difficulty breathing to sleep? Sleep apnea is the answer, bipap, loosing weight is the help. Allergies and asthma is worse at night time..  go to the doctor they can halp
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It is nice to see a doctor in your nearest hospital or some thing like that.\nBut the syptoms you enlisted are the symptoms of asthma.So you have to see a doctor soon. ok?? thank you.
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There have been several notable asthmatic athletes including professionals and olympic medalists.  As a Canadian, Bobby Clarke, the hockey player, comes to mind.  An asthmatic can do any kind of sport he or she wants to.\n\nAsthmatics do have to be a little more careful but there are no real restrictions.  Check with your doctor though.  I would imagine that the biggest restriction is your baseline conditining.  What kind of shape are you in right now?  \n\nThe best advice that I can give you is to increase your activity level slowly.  Gradually increase your exercise load instead of jumping into a new activity too quickly. \nFind something you like and find something that fits your daily schedule.  All exercise is good.\n\nI have been a fitness counsellor and instructor and people often ask me: 'What's the best kind of exercise?' and I often reply: 'The best kind of exercise is one that you will do.'
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I have asthma too, because of my husband's cat. I hate to say it, but he should consider not having cats in the future.\n\nThe coughing is a sign of asthma, and just because he has it (the cats would certainly trigger it)  doesn't mean he is going to have a debilitating attack. My "asthma attacks" consist of coughing. Sometimes after a long workout, I might wheeze.\n\nHe should talk to his doctor about how to best manage it... but he's not going to sieze up and stop breathing on you...having a rescue inhaler available might ease your fears, so you should ask to have on in your house for him.
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Nebulizers can be extremely helpful to those who have to deal with asthma. Nebulizers are going to save you countless trips to the emergency room! Check with your doctor to see if you can receive one a trial basis before making the actual purchase of a nebulizer. Try http://www.ebay.com to see if you can purchase one that is less expensive. Happy Breathing.
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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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asthma is more serious than you think i nearly died 2 years ago on a ventilator 4 3 weeks before taking anything except an inhaler phone your doctor and ask first i heard that warm black coffee is good but i just used to wait them out do not try that think that's why it got so bad good luck in your search
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Actually in my experience staying well hydrated helps keep the mucous produced in your lungs thinner and easier to get rid of. If it's thick you'll have a harder time breathing because the mucous has blocked the airways. This is purely a preventative measure. \n\nIf you're having an asthma attack, drinking anything warm or room temperature can help, however as caffeine will help to dialate your airways, I've always used a hot Dr. Pepper/Coca-Cola or coffee.
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Sleep apnea is a disorder that can cause hypertension and heart disease. About 15 -20 million americans have this problem and sometimes it is due to obesity. So how to cure it? There is a special therapy you can have where you wear a special mask that delivers continued airflow thus preventing you from those short spans of time that you would be holding your breath.\n\nAre you taking meds for the asthma? Always make sure to have your inhaler on hand and whatever you do dont carry around an empty one just in case you have an attack.\n\nAllergies? I have been doing alot of reading on the internet about how to combat this problem and it is becoming more and more convincing that going raw foodist is the very best thing anyone can do even if they have no allergies.Part of the allergy problem stems from all the corrupted foods that we eat.\n\nLactose Tolerant simply means that your stomach is unable to break down the proteins in the milk properly therefore you become all bloated and gassy...when you go raw food, milk products are one of the first things to go so you wouldnt even need to take those special pills that are available when you know you will be consuming anything dairy.\n\nHope this helped and hoping you a healthy long life...
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Asthma is your real problem.  And worrying too much.  For the weights, use your body for the weights, and your imagination to figure out how.  Whoever told you you are not strong is not your friend.  You are not "anything" right now, you are a kid!  Enjoy.
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Asthma narrows the airways making it difficult to take a deep breath and/or breathing out normally. One of the most difficult things for me, a non asthmatic, is to try to explain to someone who is asthmatic how to breath.  I am sorry if what I suggest makes no sense.   You need to work with a rhythm when you breath, especially when you are in crisis or coming out of a crisis....do not yet worry about deep breaths, just take it slow and easy...slow in and slow out.  Think of something you find comforting...like the QUIET ocean wave....in....and out....When you use your nebulizer....do NOT wory about breathing deep, this will happen more naturally as the medicine begins to open the bronchioles...forcing a deep breath may have the opposite effect.  When a person has an asthma crisis, the truth is the harder the work, the less effective the breaths...so...Take your nebs and your Advair and practice slow easy breathing...slow in and slow out. It is almost like meditating and focusing only on your breathing rhythm. If your breathing does not improve,or it gets worse at anytime.. you may need an IV dose of Solumedrol...a stronger steroid, or IV Epi.  Keep in contact with your physician and head to the ER if your physician is not available.  Also, this anwer is really not mine.  I have a friend whom I work with who has been an asthmatic since she was 4 years old (she is in her 30s now).  When I need to know what my asthmatic patient might be going through, I go to her and ask.  She is married and has a son just over a year old and it is important to her to do her best to manage her asthma for her sake and her son's.  She said, the first thing she has to do when a crisis begins is not to panic for her next breath...which is what she or her body/mind wants to do.  She also gets to the ER quickly if she finds she can't manage her oncoming attack.....Meditating and focusing on her breathing is one aspect of her own coping mechanisms.
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What Is Asthma? \n\nAsthma (Az-muh) is a chronic disease that affects your airways. The airways are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation (IN-fla-MAY-shun) makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower, and less air flows through to your lung tissue. This causes symptoms like wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing, especially at night and in the early morning. \n\nAsthma cannot be cured, but most people with asthma can control it so that they have few and infrequent symptoms and can live active lives. \n\nWhen your asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it is called an asthma episode or attack. During an asthma attack, muscles around the airways tighten up, making the airways narrower so less air flows through. Inflammation increases, and the airways become more swollen and even narrower. Cells in the airways may also make more mucus than usual. This extra mucus also narrows the airways. These changes make it harder to breathe.
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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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im a asthmatic also i know what u mean it can be so hard!!\nHere is something i have done its odd but it works go lie down on the bathroom floor and turn the hot taps on the steam will help but then get someone to give u mouth mouth u only need a few breaths and ur airways will become relaxed by them breathing for u its odd but i have it done to me a few times and it really works
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I had that problem when I was in school.  I found out later that I had Asthma. I am now using a nebulizer with Albuterol and it has been working just fine.  I get congested I use the nebulizer and whoopee no congestion.