Fill me in about asthma..?
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Well, let me tell you what I know about asthma.\n\nWhat causes it?  Allergies can trigger it...Many triggers include, dust, dander from animals, pollen, leaf mold, dust mites and I read that roach pooh can trigger it. (UGH)\n\nMy youngest daughter had asthma and outgrew by age 5.\n\nMy oldest daughter began experiencing symptoms when she was eleven. (shortness of breath and wheezing, especially upon exertion) She is 31 years old now and has lots of problems with it. She has been hospitalized several times in the last few years with it. She uses a puffer. Her Dr prescribed her meds for a nebulizer. For her birthday --I bought her a nebulizer.\n\nSeveral of my grandchildren had problems with wheezing when they were infants.\n\nI didn't experience problems with shortness of breath and wheezing until I quit smoking about 6 years ago. I smoked for over thirty years. I have COPD but I also have asthma. \nWith the asthma I experience shortness of breath. Even getting ready to go to work can leave me breathless, at times. When I have overexerted myself, I wheeze. I experience thses symptoms every day.\n\nPeople who bath in perfume or aftershave really tear my lungs up. I get wheezy after a few minutes of inhaling the mess.\n\nWhen the wind blows, dust and allergens send my lungs into a tail spin. Sometimes extremes in temperature affect me too.\n\nI am on  Zyrtec (for allergies), Spiriva (a steroid dry powder inhaler), Advair (another dry powder steroid inhaler), Prednisone (a steroid) and I also have a nebulizer to use when I am having a really rough time.\n\nSometimes emotions and stress can affect Asthma.\n\nThey use to say that asthma wasn't that serious but now they know different. A person can die with a serious attack. \n\nIf you suspect that you, or any person in your family has asthma, Go to a Dr. Only your GP or a pulmonologist can gauge the seriousness of your condition and prescribe medications to alleviate your symptoms and make life a bit easier for you.\n\nTake Care,\n~Linda~
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I did lose a lot of weight, over 100 pounds. And that helps with the asthma. I made a conscious effort to lose weight because I knew I could be happier as well as being healthier. I started by going on a diet a year and a half ago and I got a personal trainer, but I definitely have a healthier lifestyle now.
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Steam is not a good idea for a full blown asthma attack.  Your airways are already full of secretions and do not need to be further hydrated and become more of a problem.  Racemic Epinepherine is always a medication that helps out.  I tend to suggest it more often than Albuterol.  Also, keep asthma triggers to a minimum when the child is around.  Smoking, pet dander, excessive dust, etc.  Good luck with everything and keep giving the medications as perscribed by the physician.  Even if he does not show signs of an attack, always give the meds as ordered...especially any steroids.
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Get seen by a doctor, it cant be diagnosed here!  If you have an expiratory wheeze then chances are it is asthma...but there are many other  conditions which affect breathing...;
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You must tell the doctors that he has asthma. The anaesthesiologist needs to know to prepare. Good luck.
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Asthma? Smog? Smoking? Not nearly enough info.
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site below is good for side effects of various\ndrugs. asthma is a phlegm problem (dried or sticky) so it constricts your bronchial movement. natural medicine has many ways to cure or at least improve this condition. Standard western med. treatments all have long term unwanted side effects.
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A person with a lung disease or condition go to them for help. My  primary care doc did not know how to handle my asthma it was so out of control. He sent me to a pulmonolgist. I had a work up of tests I was taken off most of my medications and switched to new ones. The new meds were tweaked over several visits. They are very helpful.
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I have asthma and was a cop for 18 years.  I went to work at the sherriff dept and was a deputy for 2 more years.  As long as you can control your asthma with an inhaler you should have no problem.  There are times it was hard because of the asthma, but you can be hired.
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Asthma is a disease of the human respiratory system in which the airways narrow, often in response to a "trigger" such as exposure to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. This narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing, which are the hallmarks of asthma. Between episodes, most patients feel fine.\n\nfor more information: \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma
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You need to see a physician! You have a serious problem with your asthma. It isn't uncommon at all, but can result in death.
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I think there are alternative ways to deal with asthma, or any health problem, but i seriously dont think your reasoning is healthy or safe. \n\nEven if inhaling smoke was some how helping your condition (which is impossible because second hand smoke causes asthma) you're still running a triple threat for cancer, high blood pressure, and heart disease. not to mention the dozen chemicals in the smoke that actually kill live tissue in your body.\n\nThe goal with asthma is to keep the swelling of the air ways to a minimum, irritating them with smoke doenst help that cause. \n\nI think it is grace that you have no had wrose problems with your asthma.
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During an Asthma attack, a chemical is released in the body which causes the linining of the airway and in some cases the bronchus and lungs to swell. This means that there is a reduced area for air to travel though. This can often be demonstrated by breathing through the middle of a toilet roll (the cardboard bit) - this is your open airway; and then breathing through a reglar McDonalds straw - your reduced airway.\n\nVentilation is then reduced. The side effects of this are increased acidity in the bloodsteam (Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise) and in severe cases the person will faint and possibly go into shock.\n\nAsthma is easy to treat with an inhaler such as Ventolin. These contain drugs which have anti-inflamatory properties which counter the effect of the chemicals causing the swelling.\n\nTom Walvin\nBiologist
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Asthma can be caused by many things - stress, allergies to dust or animal hair.  It's incurable but it is controllable with inhalers etc.  My stepmother has suffered from asthma all her life - it comes and goes in severity much like eczema does.
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Definitely, asthma attacks can be frightening, especially the severe attacks.\n\nI have had asthma since I was born.  I have been on every medication imaginable.  'and still, when I have a bad attack, I practically want to scratch a hole in my neck or through my chest to breath.  I imagine it is pretty similar to almost drowning, over and over and over...
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I had asthma when I joined the ARMY many moons ago. I did not tell anybody and it did not showed on my physical. I took my inhalers and hid them, did not let Drill sargents see them. Every morning when we ran I stuffed it on my bra, never went without it.  If you haven't told anyone about it, be carefull you can get kick out for getting caught or worse you can die from not having your medicine. Is it worth it?
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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.