Thread: Asthma Treatment

Asthma is treated with two types of medicines: long-term control and quick-relief medicines. Long-term control medicines help reduce airway inflammation and prevent asthma symptoms. Quick-relief, or "rescue," medicines relieve asthma symptoms that may flare up.

Your initial asthma treatment will depend on how severe your disease is. Followup asthma treatment will depend on how well your asthma action plan is working to control your symptoms and prevent you from having asthma attacks.

Asthma treatment for certain groups of people, such as children, pregnant women, or those for whom exercise brings on asthma symptoms, will need to be adjusted to meet their special needs.

A friend of mine has asthma and she is always admitted to the hospital because of this. It's really hard to have this because there is no cure and you will experience recurring attacks. She has to bring inhalers all the time because she never knows when she has another asthma attack.

I have asthma too and it's really not that easy. That's right you have to bring an inhaler with you all the time because you'll never know when you get hit. You also have to know your allergens. As for me, I get allergic reaction on artificial sweeteners. When I eat one, I can hardly breathe almost instantly. That means I cannot eat or drink anything that is low cal or has artificial sweeteners.

My cousin has asthma, and she reacts on pollens making her very allergic to flowers. Her asthma is triggered by pollens. I feel so bad about her condition because I know how hard it is to have difficulty breathing

My brother has asthma too but I don't, and I am really grateful for that. He's always out swimming because he said that it helps him with his asthma. He hasn't had any asthma attack for a very long time since he started adding swimming on his daily routine. You should try that too and see if that makes you feel better.

I would try that if I could but I really can't. I'm afraid of open deep water because I nearly drowned, twice, when I was little so I don't want to learn swimming ever again

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. Well any cardio exercise will be fine as this will strengthen your lungs and make you use your oxygen in your lungs better. You can try running, bicycling, boxing, or yoga.

Thanks for the tips! I really appreciate it. I am actually already running a lot everyday. Many have told me too that swimming is really best for people with asthma but I couldn't do it. I'll try boxing or yoga and see if this helps. Thanks again