Asthma Prevention Tips and Prognosis
Asthma Prognosis
The asthma symptoms can be alleviated by therapy and preventive measures to keep under control. In half of all children suffering from asthma sounds with end of puberty again. The probability that the illness “grows”, rises when it is detected and treated early. In adulthood, asthma cures about 20 percentcases, with 40 percent, a marked improvement occurs.
If you are smoker or smoking, and suffer from asthma, you should stop and not smoking from now. Severe asthma attacks can be fatal without proper treatment. In severe untreated pulmonary disease, asthma and heart are damaged permanently and heavy.
Asthma Prevention Tips
Since causes of bronchial asthma are unknown, a safe prevention is not possible. However, there are some factors that may reduce the likelihood of developing asthma. Among other things, you can take following asthma prevention tips to reduce risk from asthma disease :
- Stop smoking or keep your children away from smoke cigarette
- Avoid cold air, dust, and air pollutant (if possible)
- For children : Do not have domestic animals (pets)
- Prevent infections of the respiratory tract against
Whether long as possible, exclusive breastfeeding protects against asthma (and allergies), is hotly debated by experts.
Preventing Asthma Attacks
If you are already suffering from asthma, you should try become an expert on your illness. You can do many things themselves in order to prevent asthma attacks and lead a normal life. In addition, a good treatment of asthma prevents a transition to the COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) before. All important aspects you can learn in an asthma education as follow :
- Let yourself against infections of upper respiratory tract vaccination (influenza, pneumococcus).
- A habituation cure (Hyposensibilisierung / desensitization / Specific Immuno Therapy / SIT) against the asthma-releasing attraction material (allergen) is performed in allergic asthma. In the allergen over several years will be given away in slowly increasing concentrations. If successful, the body is accustomed to the stimulus material. However, the allergic sensitivity to one or a few restricted substances – a desensitization to multiple allergies is not possible.
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