Asthma Treatments

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Asthma treatments have been on the market for many of years, but now there are many new and different types of buffers out there. The problem is they have steroids in them and it has been proven that steroids will cause damage to lungs over extended use. What is asthma like? It is like drowning I am told. It is like holding your breath for way to long and trying to take a deep breath only to find out that you can’t.

Many children are diagnosis with this disease, and with the aide of their buffers, that have a mixture of medicines prescribed by their doctors they can live a normal child hood. Some children even out grow the asthma well other have it for life. In the past it was thought to be ok to share buffers with other asthma suffers. It was quickly found to be a dangerous practice. It is no different then sharing a pill prescription from your doctor.

Asthma attacks can be brought on by many things. Sometimes it can be something in the air and sometimes it can be over extertion. Some people are told they have asthma after a work out and they have there first attack. While some cases of asthma are mild some are extreme and can be life threatening if the person is without a buffer.

Astham is not considered to be heritidary, but many cases will show that if there is a history of asthma in your family it could be past on. Well no studies show that diet can effect asthma attack is said that over weight people tend to have more severe attacks.

Mild exercise is considered healthy for everyone and should be part of your treatment plan, just remember not to over do it and keep your medicine handy. You should also wear a bracelet to let EMS workers know you have asthma in case you can’t tell them.