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What do you know about Athsma Symptoms?

What do you know about Athsma Symptoms?

Asthma symptoms vary in severity from occasional mild bouts of breathlessness to daily wheezing that persists despite taking large doses of medication. After exposure to asthma triggers, symptoms rarely develop abruptly but progress over a period of hours or days. Occasionally, the airways have become seriously obstructed by the time the patient calls the doctor.

Asthma Symptoms in adults

Asthma symptoms start when allergens or other irritants cause the lining of the airways to swell (become inflamed) and narrow. The muscles around the airways can then spasm, (contract rapidly), causing the airways to narrow even more. When the lining of the airways is inflamed, it produces more mucus. The mucus clogs the airways and further blocks the flow of air. This is called an “asthma attack.”

Different people have different signs and symptoms of asthma. Asthma signs and symptoms are also variable - they can change over time or depending on the situation

Asthma Symptoms - Chest Tightness

Some asthmatics may experience chest tightness. Chest tightness is a squeezing feeling in the chest during respiration. It may feel as though someone is sitting on your chest.

Shortness of breath (dyspnea). Shortness of breath is a major source of distress in patients with asthma. However, the severity of this symptom does not always reflect the degree to which lung function is impaired. Some patients are not even aware that they are experiencing shortness of breath. Such patients are at particular risk for very serious and even life-threatening asthma attacks, since they are less conscious of symptoms. Those at highest risk for this effect tend to be older, female, and to have had the disease for a longer period of time.

Symptoms of Asthma in children

Coughing and wheezing - Symptoms of asthma in children include coughing and wheezing. The cough is usually dry and hacking and is most noticeable while the child sleeps and during early morning hours. It may also be triggered by exercise. Wheezing is a high-pitched noise that is usually heard when the child breathes out.

Coughing and wheezing tends to come and go during the day or night, depending upon the degree of airway narrowing in the lungs. Breathlessness, chest tightness or pressure, and chest pain may also occur. In addition to coughing or wheezing, a child may report that their chest or stomach hurts
When asthma symptoms become severe, you will be unable to perform regular activities. If you have late, severe symptoms, follow the “Red Zone” or emergency instructions in the Asthma Action Plan immediately. These symptoms occur in life-threatening asthma episodes. You need medical help right away.

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Ps: I guess no one to be suffer from Athsma. So, if you see this symptoms, please bring yourself or your kids to see a doctor. Its not too late right?

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Asthma Home Remedy

Currently modern medicine has not yet been able to find a cure for asthma. Plus the drugs and medications that are currently being used can only alleviate the symptoms a little bit. The other problem with using traditional asthma medicines is that they can become addictive and after a while a person may find that their dosage will need to be increased in order for them to remain effective. However there are more natural ways of treating this condition that are neither habit forming or unlikely to cause any side effects. In this article we will be taking a closer look at some asthma home remedy treatments that asthma sufferers may consider.

Honey

This is believed to be extremely beneficial when used by asthma sufferers. There are people who believe that if you hold a jug of honey under the nose of a sufferer and then get them to breathe in the air above that has come into contact with it they start to breath not just more easily but are also able to take much deeper breaths as well. Normally a person using honey will find that it alleviates the problems with their breathing for about an hour or so after they have done the above. It is the alcohols and ethereal oils contained within the honey which are given off in the vapour and which soothes the asthma sufferers windpipe and lungs.

But an asthma sufferer can also use it by placing it in some milk or water and then drinking. Ingested honey helps to thin out the mucus (phlegm) that has been collecting in the respiratory passages and so makes it much easier for it to be removed. Plus this natural asthma home remedy is ideal as it can tone up the pulmonary parenchyma which then prevents the further production of mucus.

Garlic

A person suffering from asthma should on a daily basis have some garlic cloves boiled in some milk (about 30gms) as a way of stopping the early stages of asthma from becoming much worse. Plus you could add some ginger tea and drink this both in the morning and at night as it will help further to keep the condition under control.

Mustard Oil

However a great asthma home remedy that a person should consider using when they are having an attack is by mixing some mustard oil with a little camphor and then massaging it over the chest. By doing this, a person is not only helping to make their breathing much easier but also helps to loosen up the phlegm (mucus) that has collected in the respiratory passages.

The great thing about the different asthma home remedy treatments suggested above is that they can normally all be found in a kitchen and if not are readily available through health food stores and supermarkets.

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