Cigarettes smoke whether from the smokers themselves or passive smokers that inhale second hand smoke is is exceptionally aggravating trigger that can worsen asthma symptoms for the nearly 20.3 million people in the United States, and possibly more than 30 to 40 million people worldwide who suffer from asthma.
Quitting smoking should be a priority for people who have asthma, or have family members with asthma, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI).
What is asthma?
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that blocks air flow of the tubes (airways) that leads air to the lungs. By squeezing the muscles around the airways and causing swelling, inflammation of the inside of the air tubes, and producing excess mucus, the airways become narrower and therefore more difficult for air to move in and out of the lungs. Prolong symptoms could lead to death if not manage properly.
How can smoke harm your body?
Smoking can harm your body in many ways, but it is very harmful to the lungs. The airways in a person with asthma are very sensitive and “twitchy” and therefore can easily be squeezed down by the smooth muscle that surrounds these tubes.
Many things can trigger symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, experiencing chest tightness and shortness of breath. When a person inhales tobacco smoke whether for personal smoking or passive smoke, these irritating substances can set off an asthma attack.
Moms who smoke
Children born to mothers who smoke when pregnant have an increased risk for reduced lung function and asthma. Other risks include decreased birth weight and size as well as an increased risk for eczema and hay fever.
Once you quit smoking, your baby will be healthier, get more oxygen and have fewer infections and colds. It is also important to stay away from places that allow smoking when you are pregnant, since secondhand smoke can contribute to these risks.
Children and second hand smoke
Children are more susceptible than adults to the effects of secondhand smoke because their lungs are still developing. After infancy, exposure to tobacco smoke may continue to cause abnormal breathing.
Smoking leads to decreased lung function, making the lungs more susceptible to asthma triggers. Fifteen million children are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke and up to one million children with asthma become more severe after exposure to secondhand smoke.
Children who inhale environmental tobacco smoke are also at increased risk for a variety of problems including cough, wheeze, ear infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergic diseases, and hospital admissions for asthma.
Quit smoking
Quitting smoking decreases the chance of triggering asthma attacks and improves your lung function whether you have asthma or not. Everyone should be smoke free.
While you are stopping, at least you can stop smoking in the house and the car to decrease exposure to secondhand smoke for your family members. Within minutes of quitting smoking, you will begin a series of changes in your body such as having more energy, breathing easier, smelling, tasting food better, and decreasing your body’s carbon monoxide level.
Benefits of quitting smoking
Some long-term benefits of quitting smoking are the decreasing chance of heart attack, improving your circulation, decreasing sinus congestion and cough, and reducing the risk of a stroke.
An allergist/immunologist is a physician specially trained to manage and treat allergies and asthma. To help prevent symptoms, he or she will work with you to figure out your asthma triggers and develop an appropriate management plan, including developing environmental controls and prescribing medication if needed.
Besides medical experts working with you, you should take your own responsibility to quit smoking entirely, mentally and physically.
Having the knowledge that smoking can worsen asthma condition is simply not enough to lead an asthma-free life. I believe you are more aware than me.
Therefore, it is rather important to have an effective asthma recovery techniques and tips to help the patient.
Eddy K Elton is the author of a 7-day Asthma Recovery System (a $37.00 valued), “How to Quickly & Effectively Treat Your Asthma Condition”. He is so crazy that I am giving away this valuable information that may one day save your life. Drop by at Asthma Treatment Center for your free copy, before he changes his mind.
November 8th, 2006
If there is an ongoing cough you can’t get rid for more than one to two months, it could be a signal that you have asthma, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects more than 20 million people in the United States, and possibly 30 to 40 million worldwide as the air is getting more and more polluted and more developing countries emerging.
It accounts for approximately 14.5 million missed work days for adults and 14 million missed school days for children annually. Productivity in a companies, countries are greatly affected. What can be done? There is a way, do read on…
For most people who have asthma, their air flowing in and out of their lungs may be blocked by muscle swelling and squeezing.
Symptoms of asthma include cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath, mirgraine, bad tempered, stress and wheezing.
Ask yourself these questions:
For the adult:
* Is there a family history of asthma or allergies?
* Are you constantly short of breath and wheezing?
* When do you notice your symptoms - when you have a cold, when you are exercising or around allergens, such as pollen, mold and animal dander?
* Are you missing work because of symptoms?
* Is coughing and wheezing keeping you up at night?
* Are you throwing your temper lately?
For the child:
* Does the child cough, wheeze (a rattling sound when they breathe), have chest tightness or shortness of breath?
* Does the child cough or wheeze with play, exercise, laughter or during temper tantrums?
* Is the child missing school because of symptoms?
* Is coughing and wheezing keeping the child up at night?
* Is there a family history of asthma or allergies?
If you are experiencing symptoms and they are keeping you from work, school or normal activities, you should consider talking to a doctor to see if you have asthma.
“Every person has their own triggers,” said Jonathan Corren, MD, member of the AAAAI’s Quality of Care for Asthma Committee. “If you have asthma, you can minimize your symptoms by avoiding the factors that trigger your symptoms and by working with your allergist/immunologist.”
If you know you have asthma, the next time is how to reduce it?
Even though you may now be more conscious about asthma, however, being more aware is simply not enough in order to avoid asthma, but all these information will be of no use if no action is being taken.
The need to combine what you know about asthma together with an effective asthma recovery system is ever important and necessary, if you want an asthma-free lifestyle.
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November 5th, 2006
Howdy,
I hope you have find my asthma articles both informative and useful in managing your asthma conditions.
Over the next couple of days, I will be sharing more advanced tips and findings on how to manage your asthma to the max and to make it asthma-free to your life soon.
Take and talk soon!
Eddy
November 2nd, 2006
Do you know that house dust mites are the most common trigger of asthma?
These are mites that live in house dust. It is the feces of the dust mite that is the actual allergen that causes breathing problems. Dust mites produce feces about 20 times a day. Aside from being an allergen, the stools of the dust mites is light enough to float in the air, so it is easily inhaled by those of us who occupy homes and buildings. Then, when you consider there are about 40,000 dust mites per speck of dust, you can imagine (even if you’d rather not) just how many of these dust mite stools enter your respiratory tract.
Your indoor environment is especially vulnerable to dust mites if you live in a humid area, or if your home is subject to humid conditions for whatever other reason. Humid environments create the ideal habitation for dust mites, primarily since they result in a greater food supply for dust mites. Staples of a dust mites diet include plant materials, molds, and fungi. All of which thrive in humid conditions. Asian countries are more prone to dust mites induced asthma attacks. However, there is a solution, it is to have clove near to dust mites infested areas.
Based on the facts mentioned above, you can see why it is so critical to take action for the specific purpose of minimizing dust mites in your home, particularly if someone in your home suffers from asthma. In which case, we have compiled a list of 6 ways you can reduce the dust mites that reside in your home.
6 ways to reduce house dust mites:
1. Encasings.
Bedding is the favorite home of the dust mite. This being the case, you should encase your bedding and pillows with impermeable rubber or vinyl plastic wrappings.
2. Washing
You should wash clothes and bedding regularly. Washing in 60oF water is effective, but 130 F water will kill all dust mites. Washing in cold water kills about 90% of dust mites.
3. Dry Cleaning
Dry cleaning kills all dust mites.
4. Heating
Any type of heating will help minimize dust mites. Some examples include steam-cleaning carpets, tumble-drying (drying machine), direct sunlight exposure, and electric blankets.
5. Air Conditioning
Air conditioning will dry out your indoor environment, which will reduce the food supply for dust mites, resulting in reduced dust mite populations.
6. Air Purifier
Despite your best efforts to remove dust mites from your home or other indoor environment, dust mites are simply too numerous and reproduce too frequently to keep their numbers lowered without the aid of an air purifier. Keep in mind though, an air filter (e.g. HEPA) will not make much of a difference. First of all, most dust mites are too small to be captured by even the best of filters. In addition, most dust mites will not even pass through the filter’s screen anyway. Despite manufacturer’s claims that their units complete so many air exchanges per hour, or filter so many square feet per hour, these are mostly based on theoretical calculations. The reality is that most pollutants in a given room or home will not pass through a small, stationary filter.
You are better off with a negative ion and ozone generator. Negative ions and ozone are much more effective at purifying air than a filter, due to the fact that they can remove pollatants from the air that are as much as 300 times smaller than the smallest particle a filter can remove. Plus, they can be emitted throughout your home, so they are more thorough in the area they cover. Negative ions and ozone are also capable of penetrating walls, furnishings, bedding, etc. to destroy dust mites and their stools.
Even though you may now know the 6 strategies to reduce your house dust mites in order to avoid asthma, but all these information will be of no use if no action is being taken.
Having the knowledge is not power, applying the knowledge is true power to free yourself the agony of having asthma again. You should never add to, or alter any component of your current asthma treatment without first consulting your physician.
However, many asthmatics sometimes tend to take breathing for granted their house dust mites and they should be conscious and aware that in order to have an asthma-free lifestyle, a proper and an effective asthma recovery system is necessary. Even without a proper asthma management system, there will not be much asthma free lifestyle to hope for.
Applying the knowledge of how to breathe better with an effective asthma management system even your little one can use to enjoy asthma-free life once again.
Eddy K Elton is the author of a 7-day Asthma Recovery System, “How to Quickly & Effectively Treat Your Asthma Condition”. Drop by at Asthma System for your free copy.
November 2nd, 2006
Let’s not waste time, go on to the 8 tips.
Here they are:-
1) If possible, keep your pets outside. If not, then at least keep them out of the bedroom where asthma sufferers sleep.
2) There is evidence that bathing your pet at least once a week will reduce the amount of allergens it emits.
3) If possible, have someone other than the person with asthma bathe your pet(s).
4) Brush your pet outside regularly. If possible, avoid having the asthma sufferer do this.
5) Clean your pets litter box, cage, etc. on a regular basis.
6) Cover your fabrics, furniture, pillows, and mattresses with plastic covers.
7) Immunotherapy can be helpful. However, there can be side effects with this treatment.
8) When pets are in the home, there is no avoiding the fact that there will be dander, hair, and contaminates emitted from their feces in the air your breathe. In which case, an air purifier is a good idea if you must have them, preferably one that does not rely on a filter to clean the air.
Plus, if you get an air purifier that uses negative ions and ozone instead of just a filter, it will effectively reduce odors, which can also trigger asthma, aside from the fact that they are unpleasant.
So now you are more aware of the 8 tips to reduce your asthma and hay fever attacks when you pets (loved ones) are at home.
There are many cases that, asthmatics sometimes tend to follow the 8 tips that I laid down here when their pets are at home. However, no matter how much effort they put in to follow the 8 tips, without a proper asthma management system, there will not be much asthma free lifestyle to hope for.
Follow the 8 tips complete together with a system, you can enjoy your asthma free life once again.
Eddy K. Elton is the author of a 7-day Asthma Recovery System, “How to Quickly & Effectively Treat Your Asthma Condition”. Drop by at Asthma Recovery System Center for your free copy.
October 17th, 2006
Why there is an increase in asthma & allergy problems. Does it seem like your asthma, or a family member’s asthma, is giving you more and more problems? If so, it is not just your imagination. Is there an alternative solution for this chronic condition?
Does it seem like your asthma, or a family member’s asthma, is giving you more and more problems? If so, it is not just your imagination.
Do you know that it is by no coincidence that asthma cases have increased by more than 100% over the past 20 years. Or that death rates due to asthma have tripled since 1976. Or that hospitilization and doctor office visits due to asthma have risen dramatically in recent years.
The fact is, worsening asthma cases have coincided with the emergence of the indoor air quality epidemic. As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns us, indoor air quality has become the nation’s number one environmental health problem, anywhere from 2 to 10 times worse than outdoor air pollution.
How do we know that indoor air quality is the main culprit?
1) First, consider that during the last 20 years, we have improved asthma medication (although many still cause a variety of undesirable side effects) and our understanding of asthma tremendously.
2) Secondly, we know that genetics is not the cause of the recent alarming growth in asthma difficulties, since 20-plus years is nowhere near long enough for such a dramatic genetical effect to take place.
In which case, this leaves us with the conclusion that the cause is environmental. This makes perfect since, considering that most asthma attacks are triggered by environmental triggers, or airborne contaminates and allergens.
Many would believe that the air in the great outdoors poses the greater risk for asthmatics, since pollution and allergens are commonly associated with “outside”.
However, it is the air in our homes, schools, workplaces, and other indoor environments that have the most severe impact on our respiratory systems. To begin with, indoor air is several times more unhealthy than the air outside, as the EPA states, even though it may seem to be clean.
Every indoor environment, irregardless of how clean it is, will be filled with sources for microscopic dust mites (over 50% of the weight of the average pillow is dust mites), chemical vapors (your home may seem clean, but what did you clean it with . . . chemically-based household cleaners!), floating dead human skin (guess what over 80% of what you see floating in ray of sunshine entering your home!), and countless other pollutants from numerous sources.
The reason indoor air pollution is more severe than outdoor pollution is that nature’s most powerful air-cleansing agents (negative ions and low-level ozone) have a chance to break down pollution outside. However, our air-tight, energy-efficient homes block these natural air cleaners out, while trapping and recirculating airborne pollutants inside.
It’s interesting that air-tight, energy-efficient homes and buildings became a standard about 20 years ago, in the wake of the energy crisis of the 1970s, around the same time that asthma problems began rising sharply. Plus, people spend over 90% of their time indoors, meaning that indoor air has a far greater impact upon our health one way or the other.
Furthermore, a recent study found that the allergen level in super-insulated homes is 200% higher than it is in ordinary homes.
As the indoor air quality epidemic grows worse, air purifiers become more popular. However, most air cleaners on the market are simply inadequate, while very few actually make a difference (air purifier buying guide). Also using diffuser-based aromatherapy solutions, not candles can reduce the risk of asthma and improve indoor air quality.
So now you are more aware that indoor air quality is one of the causes of your asthma problem, you might be able to free yourself the agony of having asthma again.
There are many cases that, asthmatics sometimes tend to have a proper indoor living environment conditions by using equipments and apparatus. However, no matter how clean is indoor air, with a proper asthma management system, there will not be much asthma free lifestyle to hope for.
Clean your indoor air quality complete together with a system, you can enjoy your asthma free life once again.
Eddy K. Elton is the author of a 7-day Asthma Recovery System, “How to Quickly & Effectively Treat Your Asthma Condition”. Drop by at Asthma Recovery System Center for your free copy.
October 15th, 2006
Do you know that asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition? You improve it with a suitable and effective nutritional health complements.
Asthma difficulties can cause inflammation in the airways until they eventually become permanently damaged, which makes the tissues in the airways extremely vulnerable to further inflammation. And there we have the vicious cycle which is asthma.
We know that keeping the air clean is one very important precautionary in minimizing the inflammation, but this is becoming increasingly difficult due to today’s indoor air quality problems, which are at an all time high. Fortunately, a well thought-out nutritional plan can also help reduce inflammation, and therefore reducing asthma problems.
A strategic nutritional plan is especially crucial when you consider that asthmatics are more likely to be afflicted by certain nutrient deficiencies as a result of asthma medications and the stress associated with this condition. Most importantly though, there are certain nutrients that offer specific benefits for those with asthma, such as natural anti-inflamation, anti-oxidation, and anti-histaminic.
A good nutritional plan with specific benefits for asthma sufferers is very important to them especially we need to consume 1kg of food every day.
1) Antioxidants
Why: They defend against free radicals, which cause irritation and inflammation (common for asthmatics)
Where are the sourcess: Plenty of fruits and vegetables are better than vitamin pills. An apple a day keep asthma away.
2) Fish Oil (avoid if fish allergies are suspected)
Why: Anti-inflammatory
Where are the sources: Having fish twice a week or fish oil concentrate (capsules) are your best sources. Consume cod liver oil is another source.
3) Magnesium
Why: Asthmatics are chronically deficient of it. Helps to relax the bronchial tubes and smooth the esophagus muscle.
Where are the soures: Milk and other dairy products, whole grains, nuts, legumes, leafy green vegetables.
4) Multivitamins with B complex (especially Vitamins B6 & B12)
Why: Asthmatics are typically deficient of these according to Nutritional Medicine.
Where are the sources: Multivitamin supplements, especially those strong in B6 & B12.
5) Vegetables that contain folic acid
Why: Asthmatics typically deficient.
Where are the sources: Dried beans, peas, lentils, oranges, whole-wheat foods, liver asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and spinach.
6) N-acetylcysteine
Why: Antioxidant that thins the bronchial mucus.
Where are the sources: Forms of amino acid that is well-absorbed or using amino acid supplements.
7) Vegetables that contain Vitamin B5
Why: Helps to form antibodies.
Where are the sources: Eggs, fish, milk and other dairy, whole-grain cereals, white/sweet potatoes, lean beef, legumes, yeast, broccoli, capsules, and shiitake mushrooms (Japanes/Chinese delicatessen)
8) Quercetin
Why: It is a natural anti-histamine according to the US Dept. of Agriculture. It also acts as an anti-inflammatory.
Where are the sources: It is a plant extract or consuming vegetable food supplements.
So by consuming these top 8 alternative health complements for your asthma problem, you’ll free yourself the agony of having asthma again. You should never add to, or alter any component of your current asthma treatment without first consulting your physician.
There are many cases that, asthmatics sometimes tend to forget to consume these health complements, even though there are many health complements to be found in supermarket. By comsuming this supplements in conjuction with your normal diet, you may have an asthma free life. No matter how complete is your diet, without a proper asthma management system, there will not be much asthma free lifestyle to hope for.
Consume your health complements complete together with a system, you can enjoy your asthma free life once again.
Eddy K. Elton is the author of a 7-day Asthma Recovery System, “How to Quickly & Effectively Treat Your Asthma Condition”. Drop by at Asthma Recovery System for your free copy.
October 13th, 2006
Asthma condition in the 21st century has changed our lifestyle completely. Suffering from asthma is obviously no fun and can have quite a negative affect on the daily lives of sufferers, especially to children. Conventional treatments and remedies almost always help to a certain degree, but one must ask, are there any other effective methods to supplement my existing treatment?
According to many medical sources, around 100 million people in the world have asthma – roughly 6 percent of adults and 10 percent of children – and asthma is on the increase. At least, 40,000 people die from the disease each year. Australia is at the top of the asthma league, with the UK and New Zealand coming close behind.
Therefore, many people are constantly looking for ways to relieve that dreadful disease. They are seeking out mainstream and conventional treatments.
Conventional treatments and remedies almost always help to a certain degree, but one must ask, are there any other effective methods to supplement my existing treatment?
Some “alternative” methods for asthma treatment reliefs include chiropractic manipulation of the spine and rib cage which is thought to improve lung function. Are these treatments really alternative or just another spin-off treatment for many medical practioners.
Is there really alternative asthma treatment?
Another alternative non-conventional method for asthma treatment involves acupuncture which is thought to somehow improve breathing process, however there is no conclusive evidence on this method.
Though not right for everyone, many sufferers of asthma have found relief through the use of alternative herbal medicines in addition to their current asthma treatment.
Herbal medicines can help treat a wide spectrum of conditions and can act as anything from a natural weight loss, to the treatment of insomnia.
Natural asthma formulas usually contain a range of ingredients including blood root, St. John’s Wort, mullein, saw palmetto, wild cherry bark, amongst others.
These natural ingredients work together to effectively aid the process of breathing. Besides the above, using traditional chinese medicine magnolia flower bud (essential oil) can really relieve asthma attacks on adults and children.
So now you’re aware that there are other methods to help treat asthma. Keep in mind that you should never add to, or alter any component of your current asthma treatment without first consulting your physician.
Ask your doctor about “alternative” treatments and become educated on all possible avenues of asthma treatment relief.
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October 1st, 2006
Let’s take a have closer look at these pharmaceutical companies. Do they exist for our benefit or theirs?
Drug wars and alternative asthma treatment.
What did people do before the advent of global pharmaceutical companies? It’s amazing anyone survived at all. But survive they did. Now I’m not one who usually goes in for conspiracy theories, but I have to say there is something extremely fishy about the drug industry. Are they really researching and developing new drugs for our benefit or theirs?
What place do governments have in the drug market? Pharmaceutical companies actively work on new drugs to relieve the symptoms of illness, but what are they doing to actually cure them? I have a sneaky suspicion that they want to keep us all ill, keep us all drugged up to the eyeballs and keep us all coming back to buy more.
Would it be the billion dollar industry it is otherwise? If you have asthma, you buy the drugs and try not to add up how much it is costing you each and every month. Sadly, there is no alternative. Or is there? Are there really alternative asthma treatment? Your doctor will obviously say no. But then again he’s part of the pharmaceutical company drug chain.
Alternative asthma treatment do exist. Almost every week new reports are being published from around the world saying, ‘hey, wait a minute, we might have something here’. I have read many, many stories of people who found out that there can be another way to manage asthma and even make it disappear.
You don’t need to be a genius or expert in the field either. With almost every home having an internet connection these days, you have all the information in the world at your fingertips. As you are reading this page now, I assume you’re looking for information. That’s the best start you can get to break drug-asthma attack-drug-asthma attack chain.
Read up on subjects like Buteyko method, acupuncture, chiropractic theory and homeopathy. These and many other alternative therapies for asthma have been used for thousands of years, who are we to say that they no longer have any use in today’s society?
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September 29th, 2006
What is pediatric asthma treatment tip: Is it really that dangerous? Can an effective asthma treatment tip help?
What might our children pay 20 years from now after the full side effects of asthma drugs are known?
Curing pediatric asthma with time bombs.
When you discover that your child is suffering from asthma your doctor will undoubtedly reach for the prescription book. If he is a particularly good doctor he might hand you a couple of leaflets on how best to cope during your child’s asthma attack. What he probably won’t do is mention the possible side effects of all the drugs your child is going to start taking. And taking.
Do you really want your kids to have go through this day after day? Isn’t there a better way? There is. Pediatric asthma does not have to begin and end with drugs. Drugs which could cause more harm in the longer term than good.
Let’s start with what young junior is going to have to take. He’ll probably have two inhalers. One called a ‘reliever’ and another called a ‘preventer’. In the reliever you’ll find usually one or several types of Bronchodilator. These types of drug work to increase the diameter of the airways. Don’t you just love natural remedies? Ok, ready for the bad news?
Here are some of the possible side effects: nausea, actual vomiting, feeling restless and nervous, and finding it impossible to sleep. Depending on the Bronchodilator that your child takes, they could also suffer from headaches, irregular heat beats, diarrhea, depression and leg cramps. The preventers don’t have those problems. They are normally made up of Corticosteroids. Which are worse.
Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory drugs and people have died while switching from oral medication to inhaled medication. Other things to watch out for are mood swings (just what you need in a teenager), coughing, weight gain, muscle weakness, cataracts and osteoporosis. The options available in pediatric asthma are few and far between but they do exist. Would you like to take care of your kid’s asthma without drugs?
I did. For years I had to blindly submit to the whims (and down-right boredom) of several doctors. Then I came across a new form of not just living with asthma but beating it too. Many people are now taking advantage of this drug-free method, especially children, who don’t have the bodies developed enough to cater for all these drugs.
Pediatric asthma need not be one drug after the next and hoping for the best. Doctors may say that the drugs are safe, but have they done twenty years of tests on them? Do they know what effects these drugs will have on our children’s children? Do you want to take the risk, however small?
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September 27th, 2006
The usage of the Zoey Asthma Kit is one of many simple ways to teach asthmatic kids to care for themselves.
It is most unpleasant to have to watch your child develop and then try to cope with asthma. They are just too little to understand what it means and why they have problems breathing. The feeling of being useless in helping a child understand their illness better is common in all patients whose children suffer from asthma. This is precisely why Zoey asthma has been developed, it is
The Zoey asthma kit is literally packed with good ideas to help both child and parent understand asthma. First of all there is a parent’s workbook. This is a guidebook explains how they should manage their son or daughter’s asthma, minimizing the complexity involved.
The child’s workbook follows the same format and is full of activities to keep the kids interested and informed. Children are taught what triggers to look out for and how to minimize them. This is also great for parents who wouldn’t normally have a clue as to what a trigger is. The two books also cover the correct use of the peak flow meter, the spacer, and inhalers.
What would you do if your child had an asthma attack? How would you avoid him or her (or yourself for that matter) from panicking? With the Zoey asthma parent’s workbook you are shown in a clear, easy to follow manner which will really put your mind at ease.
Zoey asthma makes your child learn about their condition in a colorful, easy to follow and fun educational trip. Also included in the kit is a coloring book for your child to complete and a peak flow meter, which monitors how well your child’s lungs are working to give an indication of when the next asthma attack will take place.
All in all, this Zoey asthma kit provides valuable information for all the family, and takes some of the unpleasantness out of an unpleasant illness.
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September 18th, 2006
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In recent years, many and many people are turning to alternative treatment for asthma. Not just ordinary alternative asthma treatment, but using the traditional chinese medicine (TCM) therapy. Acupuncture is just one of them.
Discover the Benefits of Acupuncture for Asthma
Acupuncture is an ancient form of treatment for a variety of ailments. The philosophy behind it is that energy flows through a person in opposing forces. Diseases are said to be caused by an imbalance of these “negative” and “positive” forces and the energy is said to flow along pathways, or meridians.
Acupuncture is the process by which extremely thin, long needles are inserted into the skin along certain points on these meridians. The energies are adjusted by turning these needles and leaving them in place for up to 20 minutes.
Acupuncture for asthma symptoms has shown some benefit. Research in the past 15 years has proven the validity and effectiveness of this treatment for several illnesses. There are several reasons why you should consider acupuncture for asthma.
Various health bodies are endorsing it.
Acupuncture can treat symptoms. In 1979, the World Health Organization listed 40 diseases that acupuncture is effective in treating. Acupuncture for asthma and bronchitis was on that list. The University Hospital of Vienna did a study that showed that 70% of patients with asthma reported significant improvement in their symptoms after 10 weeks of acupuncture treatments.
Scientists at a Chinese hospital conducted a study that reported an immediate effective rate of 98.9% after patients received acupuncture for asthma symptoms. The rate of remission also dropped significantly and there was improvement in 76.5% of patients.
Will acupuncture reduce the dependency on drugs?
As studies have shown, acupuncture for asthma patients has shown benefits. Also, these patients were able to reduce their dosage of asthma medication. It is not advisable to quit any medication cold turkey, and your doctor should be consulted if you want to make any changes to your medication. However, some asthma medications have undesirable short- and long-term effects. Finding a safe alternative to high dosage medications can be beneficial to your health and wallet.
Is acupuncture being regulated?
In 1996, the Federal Drug Administration determined through several studies that acupuncture needles were no longer “investigational medical devices” and were approved for use by “qualified practitioners.” Each state has its own set of laws to regulate acupuncture and set up standards for qualified practitioners.
In California, acupuncturists must graduate from an approved school, complete four years of academic education in the field, and pass a licensing examine. If you are seeking a qualified practitioner to perform acupuncture for asthma symptoms, be sure to do your homework and find out if the person is licensed by a state agency.
Although it might sound sort of mystical, acupuncture for asthma symptoms has been shown to be effective and safe if done by a licensed practitioner. In fact, many health care plans will cover acupuncture. This treatment can be good way to treat asthma if you’re not finding relief through more traditional methods.
Of course the poking of needles into bodies is not everyone favourite thing to do during past time. But, just thinking of the long-effects of medication, acupuncture may just be another alternative asthma treatment.
I have personally use acupuncture to treatment long-term sinus problem and it works. This may be your new paradigm shift in treating your asthma in the 21st century and now you can be part of it. Therefore, I strongly urged you to start your journey and get your asthma treated as soon as possible, if you are serious of getting back your asthma free life again.
August 24th, 2006
You know, if you want to Learn About Asthma Management online, it is definitely possible.
Welcome to my Unique Asthma Treatment Secrets Blog.
You simply don’t have take up various type of asthma management technique, go to your nearest doctor for advice or even buying those expensive medicine for treating asthma.
Although these techniques or methods do work, but possibly they might even cause your asthma condition to worsen rather than getting better or improvements.
The great thing about this blog is that periodically, we will be share with readers our latest findings, techniques, and methods so as to take your condition to another higher level of recovery.
Alternatively, you can check our recommended program in our review page or at Asthma Free For You, it’s like having a doctor by your side whenever or wherever you are.
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August 18th, 2006
