Showing posts with label Asthma History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asthma History. Show all posts

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Allergic asthma symptoms

Discussing asthma we can look at two forms of Asthma. There is allergic asthma and non-allergic asthma. Both are still asthma and the asthmatic still suffers the same type of asthma attack. However, it's the way the asthma is triggered that makes the final decision about whether the asthma is triggered or classified as an "allergic asthma" or "non- allergic asthma". Several studies discuss the connection between people with Allergies and Asthma. As with "Asthma Treatment" the best method for treating people with allergic asthma is avoiding those"Asthma Triggers" or allergens which may launch your body into an asthma attack.



People suffering with allergies which are exposed to conditions where their allergies are affected will most likely suffer an asthma attack stemming from the reaction to their allergies. I read somewhere that people living in the U.S. suffering from asthma are typically diagnosed as having allergic asthma. This is common and people that are considered an allergic asthmatic is based around the conclusion that their asthma attack would not have been triggered if they would have been treated for their allergies prior to or in conjunction with their "long term asthma treatment". The other factor besides "allergens" to initiating an asthma attack could be something as simple as an asthmatic who has physically exerted themselves or the asthma attack was started because of exercise or some other strenuous activity.



Although I have discussed in other posts that their are two forms of Asthma treatment. Treating asthma for people with allergies will also fit into either of the two categories asthma treatment categories. Short term asthma treatment and long term asthma treatment. This treatment depends on how severe your allergies are. Hopefully, your not like me and suffer from allergies year round. I also suggest people with asthma that seem to notice that their asthma only acts up during a certain time of the year I would recommend these asthmatics see an "allergy specialist"



Why see an allergy specialist? I suggest this on the basis of the results that you will receive from a "scratch test" that the allergist will perform. As I stated prior, I suffer from allergies year round. I could understand when my allergies flared up in the spring or fall. However for the life of me I could never understand why they flared up during the winter. I found my answer after meeting with an allergy specialist. I was highly allergic to molds and dust. Living in an area where it is winter 8 months out of the whole year now made sense why I still suffered from allergies.

Non-Allergic(intrinsic) asthma
As the phrase alludes too.. asthma is for non-allergic asthmatics is not linked to allergies, the asthma attacks mostly stem from issues such anxiety, cold air, dry air, smoke viruses or other irritants. This basically leads to the asthmatic to other symptons and most likely can be identified if the asthmatic has kept track of their history of asthma and when their asthma attacks hoave occured.
In order to help prevent these asthma attacks or decide how to treat asthma we have to revisit and identifiy what the asthma triggers are before we can be sure whether the asthma attack stemmed from an allergic or non allergic reaction. Still in the end the focus always shifts back to long term asthma treatment versus long term asthma treatment. Yet, non of these treatment options can be used if we can not figure out what triggers our asthma attacks.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Allergic Bronchial Asthma Naturist Treatment

Treating asthma naturally


Asthma Treatment offers several options, however the most enthusastic treatment discussions revlove around or creates interests when the discussions move towards dealing with the disease in a natural way or more specifically when dealing with asthma when its realted to an Allergic Bronchial Asthma Naturist Treatment. The difference is, the method and medication used to treat asthma.


The whole thought behind controlling and treating asthma naturally is the ability to assist the body's natural defences to encourage daily activities and nature to work together to fight any allergies that could possible cause an asthma attack; in doing so, you strenghten your body to fight asthma in an a naturistic way. Working on breathing techniques such as; buteyko, pranayam, or yoga is one method for treating the bronchial side of an asthma attack and it can be an effective form of "asthma treatment". Although this is only effective if used as a way to help prevent asthma attacks it most likely will not work if the person is in a full blown asthma attack. However, using these breathing techniques will assit the asthmatic until they can access vital asthma medications that they find effective when suffering an asthma attack. Whether the medications is in the form of a Naturist Treatment or whether it is a doctor prescribed medication such as advair, abuterhol or some other form of asthma medication to help controll asthma attacks or help prevent asthma attacks from reaching a full blown asthma attack that would eventually lead to a stay in the hospital.

To examine "Allergic Bronchial Asthma Naturist Treatment" we should break down the meaning of each word to get a better understanding of exactly what information we wish to attain by looking for a "natural treatment" of asthma.

To begin to break down the phrase we need to look at the aspect of Allergic. Allergic per the websters dictionary derives from allergy which further defines itself as abnormal or pathological reaction to envirmental substances such as dust, pollens, foods or microrganisims.

Second ,we need to define Bronchial, per the websters dictionary it is a chronic or acute inflamination of the bronchi. In which case, Bronchi is the large tubes leading from the trachea to the lungs. Here we can see that "accute inflamnination" of any tube leading to the lungs will cause difficulty breathing. Now that we know what the bronchial part is of Allergic Bronchial Asthma Naturist Treatment, we should look at the "Naturist" aspect of the term. I skipped over the "Asthma" portion becuase I assumed you know what the definition of asthma is. If you don't, do not fret that can be found under my "Asthma History" post.

Now, back to looking at the Naturist portion of bronchial asthma naturist treatment. To revisit websters dictionary Naturist is just another word for Naturalist. Decifering naturalist per the webesters dictionary it is defined as one who studies natural history or advocates naturalisim.
So, to get the best idea for treating asthma in a natural way we need to understand the history behind asthma and the history of the specific asthmatic to actually begin to either start asthma treatment or to help prevent asthma attacks.

We don't have any regular herbs or spices to treat asthma. Yet, we can look at what triggers asthma attacks. Looking at the triggers and specific ways to monitor your breathing activites is the best method for treating a persons asthma.

In the end the best explanation of "allergic bronchial asthma naturist treatment' is the ability to see what the person is allergic to? What is it in their natural enviroment caused their airways (bronchial) to swell and become irratated and what was the affect on the asthma. Additionally, figuring out these factors is there a way to naturally avoid these triggers to help the individuals asthma treatment in a natural way without constantly use asthma medications to treat asthma.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Asthma History

Researching Asthma History

Researching the history of my Asthma

The Researching Asthma history was difficult and little was found about the first documented incidents where people had their first Asthma attack with symptoms such as difficulty breathing and coughing. In additon little was available for Asthma treatments. However, when researching the history I found on many occasions where many researchers noticed asthmatics were genetically prone to being born with Asthma. This information was disconcerning know that their not really all that much you can do when comes to asthma prevention. Being a new father this really bothered me that I may pass this along to my kids or grand kids. Thus, passing along my asthma history.

Some of the best in information I read was about the "history of Asthma" was obtained from the Melbourne study and a posting by the New England Journal which also provided excellent examples about
asthma treatment. In researching asthma history I found a couple websites stating 70% of all asthmatics had asthma within the first 3 years of their lives. A common reoccuring theme during my research was surprisingly enough wheezing can not necessarily classify infants as having Asthma because many children have smaller airways and as their lungs and airways grow they may outgrow wheezing. So, know this people should jump to conclusion if babies are wheezing. They should be concerned with Asthma testing rather than Asthma Treatments.

In a recent study about diagnosing asthma I read they took a sample of 1000 children and about 800 of these children has some type of wheezing by age six. The study of "asthma history" also said that children with continued wheezing were likely to develop asthma. One of the interesting studies regarding Asthma history in children for the first six years of life was the study stating children born with asthma usually had normal lung function until the age of 10 or 11 then they slowly loose lung function over time due to Asthma regardless of Asthma Treatment.In additions other studies shows having a mother with a history of asthma doubles the risk of childhood asthma. In this case I tried to find way to treat a fetus in a pregant woman, as expected their was no information available regarding that type of Asthma treament.

One of the progressions of
Asthma history into which I fit was a study of people that have asthma at age 42. A study I read said there was 30-70% chance that the adult would have clinical remission in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, 27% of asthmatics being monitored that had wheezing ended up in remission, unfortunately 12% who had undergone a remission eventually had some type relapse of Asthma no matter what type of Asthma treatment they had. As a part of my reading on Asthma History I found statements from research were the estimated that 70% percent of children with Asthma were likely to be male. Unfortunately, after adulthood the majority of adults with Asthma were women.

Some common questions regarding Asthma are establishing the Asthma History. Some questions used to establish a history of asthma is questions such as, does the child wheeze, show dyspnoea (shortness of breath) or cough which transfers to shortness of breathe? Is the children’s sleep disturbed because of wheezing or trouble breathing? Additionally another question to establish if there is a asthma history, ask if the person, child or adolescent has trouble breathing after exercise. Another quantifying “asthma history” question related to the number of times the individual thinks they missed work or school because of possible asthmatic episodes with or without a treatment of asthma

I was hoping to find more information relating to the history of Asthma however most of my research showed how to research and establish if a person that is not sure if they have asthma has had factors in their past history that would point to them being an asthmatic. Some of these had to deal with allergens but also had to deal with emotional stresses as establishing treatment of Asthma and their Asthma history.