do people ever grow out of asthma?
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Talk to your doctor.  You do NOT outgrow asthma.  It can, however, fade quietly into the background as you age and grow less reactive to the things that trigger your attacks.\n\nPeople that believe they "outgrow" their asthma are often extremely disappointed when they hit a life challenge (pregnancy, menopause, old-age) or have an extreme illness (pneumonia) and then all of a sudden the asthma they thought they'd "outgrown" returns (hormonal changes can re-trigger asthma as can illness).\n\nTake care!
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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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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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don't mess with asthma!  Trying a bunch of natural nonsense drugs may get him into a life and death situation.  Look at your house, see what is causing his problems, smoking, paint fumes, animal dander, dust etc.  eliminate it from your environment and pray for him to outgrow it.  a number of kids do.  As for the weight, you caused it by overfeeding him, you have to take steps to help him eat healthy foods.  Keep him away from jusk food, no soda, no cookies , no crackers....teach him to eat good food and he will lost the weight.
912478
Yes.Especially asthma.Contact your attorney.
597458
i'm almost positive no one has.  but medicine has made amazing advances in the past years and people are now starting to live into their 40's and 50's.  so someday, it may be possible, but i'm pretty sure it hasn't happened yet, especially since someone who'd be old enough to have lived that long, would have been born with the disease when you ALWAYS died of it before you turned 20.
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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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Strange as this may sound, it WORKS!!! My grandmother has been asthmatic all her life, with frequent visits to the emergency et all. These people who give you this medicine in the mouth of a small live fish live in hyderabad in india and have been doing this for many generations. One of the forefathers is said to have gotten this medicine from a sage and the family has been preparing it ever since.  You are supposed to go to hyderabad once every year (at a particular time of the year) for 3 years in a row. I went with my grandmother one year, and you won't beleive this, I saw people of all races , from all over the world waiting in long, long lines, (it happens only for 3 days every year) There were people from america, europe, everywhere.... i had never seen such a crowd before. Anyway, coming to the point, when your turn comes, they push in a tiny LIVE fish with a yellow ball of medicine in it's mouth right down your throat. You close your eyes and just swallow it, and they tell you what foods to avoid and things like that till you come back and see them the next year. My gran went for 3 years and she is completely asthma free now and has never been to the hospital even once. They do it for free, they say they want to help people and do not charge you a penny. They are 5 brothers now in this generation and the trearment takes place in 5 different locations in hyderabad, once every year. People in india beleive that only alternative medicine can cure a disease, all allopathic medicines just have a temporary effect.
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Asthma is very widespread. It is very treatable and containable. My wife and daughter have it, but you'd never know it. Their asthma is quite under control without using steriods. \n\nDeath, is a highly unlikely outcome of asthma unless you were in a fire and inhaled smoke, or stranded in Antartica and the cold bothered your lungs, but you'd probably die from something else first.\n\nSometimes asthma is "grown into" and sometimes it is "grown out of" so it might not be a life long disease. \n\nYou should talk to your doctor and get a recommendation to a specialist if your doctor is not familiar with asthma.
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Be careful, if you get in and they find out you can get discharged as "Medically Unfit". Most armed forces in the world where service is voluntary take asthmatics, as there are numerous jobs where you do not need to be 100% fit. Ring up recruitment (anonmymous) and ask them the question.\nI was an ex asthmatic and I hid my previous medical condition from the Air Force for over 30 years, they never knew.
975406
the best thing for him would be dry weather. many people that suffer from asthma move to Arizona due to the nice dry weather.
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I have asthma and so does a few of my family members ( due to my mother smoking like a chinmeny in the house as we grew up)\nthe med to open the bronchial passageways is called \nVentolin. this will open your airways. in severe cases like mine, you also require an inhaled steriod called Flovent, or pulmocourt etc ( see your doctor)\nunfortunately- excersize will often bring on an asthma attack, so I would suggest avoiding strenuous excersize till you get your inhalers
629480
If you overuse them, it's difficult to stop.  I had to take them away from my stepson because he wouldn't quit.  Same thing with his asthma inhaler.
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my daughter had skin asthma and shes taking as prescription a drug with steriod. the result was like yours and in addition to that, she gained weight. it took six months of recovery, and three months her weight back to normal. she had this water theraphy, no softdrinks , no tea, no juices, just plain water. her monthly period it takes a few months to got back to normal. anyway consult your doctor just to be sure.
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you know, inhalers never really helped me. You should keep one around in case of an emergency, but don't rely on it or you might end up having to use inhalers life long. My mom taught me when I was 5 years old how to use meditation to help free my airways; I would basically breathe in and out slowly, conciously, creating imagery in my head of my airways opening with every breath, releasing all the tension. It worked for me every time, and now I don't even have asthma anymore. But do keep an inhaler around for emergencies.
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Many medical professionals will simply shuffle prescription meds your way to treat acute asthma. They only provide temp relief. What they don't tell you is that the inhaled meds for asthma further damage your lungs (a catch-22) and you become worse over time. For more than 3 years I have completely stopped taking my asthma meds. How? I changed my diet to organic and wholefoods. Asthma is a typically reactive disease. Your body is reacting to an irritant. The 2 main irritants that our body is reacting to is 1) our unhealthy environment, and 2) our steady diet of artificially flavored, presevative loaded, hormone induced, antibiotically treated, chemically laced, saturated fatty foods. Check your food labels. We are making ourselves sick and sicker by what we eat. Asthma, diabetes, High blood pressure, High cholesterol and Obesity are attacking the youth by the thousands. Go organic - Drink Water (not soda) - Begin a moderate exercise and jogging program -Wean yourselve slowly from those asthma meds until you don't need them anymore. To your health.
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It's possible to have a residual asthma-type reaction after a cold because your bronchial tubes are still irritated, without it being asthma. But check with a doctor, specifically an allergist, you could have undiagnosed asthma that only is noticeable when you've had a cold.