Asthma is an incurable disease that affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breath. The muscles within the bronchi spasm, causing tightening around the airways. As the airway narrows it makes it difficult to breathe especially breathe out. Asthma can affect all ages, from kids all the way to adulthood. There are two types ...
Not every asthma attack will require a visit to the hospital emergency room. But how do you tell when an asthma attack warrants a hospital visit. If you found this writeup, you may be asking yourself “Is my child’s asthma attack an emergency?” As a mother who has been through this countless times before with ...
Obviously, the best method for stopping an asthma attack is using the medication prescribed to you. However, there are times when an asthma attack may strike and your medication is not available. This means that you must try to stop the asthma attack on your own. This can be very scary, because you can’t feel ...
Anyone who has had an asthma attack knows how difficult and scary it can be. Living in constant fear of having an attack and continuous asthma treatment can indeed be very frustrating. An asthma attack occurs when the airways carrying air in and out of your lungs become swollen and narrow. The conventional inhalers are ...
Many people are born with asthma while others develop it later in life. Asthma is a chronic, and often times life threatening condition that affects the lungs and air passages. Inflammation occurs and an asthma attack results in breathing passages constricting. A person suffering an asthma attack will be unable to draw in sufficient oxygen. ...
People who have asthma must be careful with the foods they eat because they are very prone to acquiring allergies from certain kinds of food. Studies have shown that there are actually certain foods, preservatives, and/or additives that can trigger asthma in some cases. There are also instances where certain foods can be considered as ...
Listed below are some interesting facts, you may or may not know about asthma. I was quite surprised myself to learn about some of them. To the best of my knowledge, these are all true facts and figures. : Over 300 million people have asthma. : Scotland has the highest asthma rate worldwide. : Asthmatics ...
Many people around the world suffer from asthma attacks each year and are taking several pharmaceutical prescription medications to cure it, but what happens if you go on a trip or on a small outing and you forget your asthma medication and you have an asthma attack? Well, there are several alternative natural remedies you ...
Asthma is a disease that affects many people. Not being able to breathe is a horrible feeling. Asthma can start as a child or as an adult. I remember the first time I had an Asthma attack. Though I didn’t know I had Asthma at the time. I didn’t know for a long time. The ...