Asthma is horrible when it hits, but merely being aware that you suffer from the disease can paralyze you substantially. The attacks can be quite life threatening, and you could live from day to day constantly being afraid that a crisis would strike at any time. Almost more than anything else, this is the part of the condition that you must overcome.
There is no way asthma can be an easy thing to live with. When you constantly have to wheeze your breath through everyday of your life, and hang on the a little piece of plastic fro dear life, lest you are attacked at a time that you are not prepared for it just cannot be a lot of fun. But there are people who do it, and I respect them. Boy, do I respect them.
Be warned, inhalers are not cures for asthma, as a lot of people erroneously think. They are just meant to arrest an immediate situation of a crisis in the patient. As a matter of fact, after an attack, inhaler or no, you must find your way to a doctor, no questions asked.
It is difficult to say, 'this is the cause of asthma' or 'this is the reason why people suffer from the disease known as asthma.' The true origins of the condition have never been deciphered. Suffice merely to say that when you see a person begin to manifest serious breathing problems, something in the environment is causing it.
Most asthmatic patients are allergic to one thing or another. This is why you might not notice the condition in them for months of acquaintanceship until one day, they come in contact with that thing that they are allergic to. Then you would see a wonder that you will never again want to see. But the good thing is that with the right treatment, it can be kept at bay.
I don't know what causes asthma, but I know what causes an asthmatic attack. The attack is as a result of you not being careful enough to stay away from something that your body does not agree with. The moment you do this, your body reacts, and you begin to experience serious difficulty with breathing.
I once watched a friend die of asthma. I was young and I had no idea what was happening. We had been fooling around in the mud around the church ruins in the hills, and I had his inhaler in my hands. He started to gasp and reach for me but I simply ran further away. When he fell down I thought he was fooling around, and I only ran faster. I'll never forget the sight of his mangled face when I returned... I am wiser now.
The life of an asthmatic patient is an extremely uncomfortable one. Although the condition does not always show that it is present, the few times when it does makes you feel like this life isn't worth living because of the pain that you have to endure. But well, life is still worth living because with the right medication and strict adherence to taking them, you can still enjoy life even with asthma.
Seeing as there isn't any known permanent cure for the condition, asthmatic patients are asked to turn to various alternative means to help them through daily life. Fruits, for instance, are known to help. Reports and studies show that patients who consume a lot of fruits tend to have fewer crises than those who do not. So go for it.
Working out, as well as consuming much fruit, with honey and rock salt have been known to help people who suffer from asthma. In some remote parts of the world, some people consume a herb known as the holy basil, and they tend to suffer less from bouts of asthmatic attacks. These will certainly work for you too, but you can decide to go your own way, only you should talk to the doc first.
If you have an old timer in your home, you might want to listen to them on some very simple things that they want to say. Especially if you suffer from a serious disease such as asthma, you cannot afford to overlook their many words of wisdom. For instance, they'd tell you to eat this or drink that, and your suffering from the condition would greatly lessen. But if you were the type that thought only the doctor can be right, well, you can listen to the doctor also.
There is no way asthma can be an easy thing to live with. When you constantly have to wheeze your breath through everyday of your life, and hang on the a little piece of plastic fro dear life, lest you are attacked at a time that you are not prepared for it just cannot be a lot of fun. But there are people who do it, and I respect them. Boy, do I respect them.
Be warned, inhalers are not cures for asthma, as a lot of people erroneously think. They are just meant to arrest an immediate situation of a crisis in the patient. As a matter of fact, after an attack, inhaler or no, you must find your way to a doctor, no questions asked.
It is difficult to say, 'this is the cause of asthma' or 'this is the reason why people suffer from the disease known as asthma.' The true origins of the condition have never been deciphered. Suffice merely to say that when you see a person begin to manifest serious breathing problems, something in the environment is causing it.
Most asthmatic patients are allergic to one thing or another. This is why you might not notice the condition in them for months of acquaintanceship until one day, they come in contact with that thing that they are allergic to. Then you would see a wonder that you will never again want to see. But the good thing is that with the right treatment, it can be kept at bay.
I don't know what causes asthma, but I know what causes an asthmatic attack. The attack is as a result of you not being careful enough to stay away from something that your body does not agree with. The moment you do this, your body reacts, and you begin to experience serious difficulty with breathing.
I once watched a friend die of asthma. I was young and I had no idea what was happening. We had been fooling around in the mud around the church ruins in the hills, and I had his inhaler in my hands. He started to gasp and reach for me but I simply ran further away. When he fell down I thought he was fooling around, and I only ran faster. I'll never forget the sight of his mangled face when I returned... I am wiser now.
The life of an asthmatic patient is an extremely uncomfortable one. Although the condition does not always show that it is present, the few times when it does makes you feel like this life isn't worth living because of the pain that you have to endure. But well, life is still worth living because with the right medication and strict adherence to taking them, you can still enjoy life even with asthma.
Seeing as there isn't any known permanent cure for the condition, asthmatic patients are asked to turn to various alternative means to help them through daily life. Fruits, for instance, are known to help. Reports and studies show that patients who consume a lot of fruits tend to have fewer crises than those who do not. So go for it.
Working out, as well as consuming much fruit, with honey and rock salt have been known to help people who suffer from asthma. In some remote parts of the world, some people consume a herb known as the holy basil, and they tend to suffer less from bouts of asthmatic attacks. These will certainly work for you too, but you can decide to go your own way, only you should talk to the doc first.
If you have an old timer in your home, you might want to listen to them on some very simple things that they want to say. Especially if you suffer from a serious disease such as asthma, you cannot afford to overlook their many words of wisdom. For instance, they'd tell you to eat this or drink that, and your suffering from the condition would greatly lessen. But if you were the type that thought only the doctor can be right, well, you can listen to the doctor also.
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