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Mar 10, 2011

ASTHMA

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Asthma



Asthma is a disease affecting the airways that carry air to and from your lungs. Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. When your airways react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air. This can cause wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night. Asthma is an incurable illness. However, with good treatment and management there is no reason why a person with asthma cannot live a normal and active life.
What is an Asthma Episode / Attack ?When your asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it's called an asthma attack. They can come on suddenly and can be mild, moderate or severe.                                                                                                                                                     

CAUSES OF ASTHMA
Some people think there is only one cause of asthma symptoms. But actually, asthma symptoms have two main causes, and both occur within the airways of your lungs:

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION
This is the cause of asthma symptoms that you may feel as a tightening in your chest. The muscles around the airways of your lungs squeeze together or tighten. This tightening is often called "bronchoconstriction," and it can make it hard for you to breathe.

INFLAMMATION
This is the cause of asthma symptoms you probably do not notice. If you have asthma, the airways of your lungs are always inflamed, and they become more swollen and irritated when your asthma symptoms worsen. Inflammation can reduce the amount of air that you can take in or breathe out. In some cases, too much thick mucus is produced, which further obstructs the airways.

Together, airway constriction and inflammation narrow your airways, which can result in wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, or shortness of breath—likely familiar feelings to you. And in people with asthma, the airways may be inflamed even when they are not having symptoms.

During the asthma attack

Less air is able to flow through the airway. Inflammation of the airways increases, further narrowing the airway. The muscles around your airways tighten up, narrowing the airway.
Asthma Symptoms.

These symptoms may not be continuous but become severe with the passing of the days. In some cases the symptoms may be mild while in some cases it is very severe. Medical attention is compulsory. Some patients need to be treated in the hospital. The symptoms become severe at morning and night.

    * Sometimes a case of eczema may also be the reason behind asthma.
    * If a lady smokes during pregnancy then the unborn baby runs a risk of developing asthma.
    * Asthma can affect anybody but it is found more among the children.
    * Among the children the symptoms are severe during night.
    * Some of the common symptoms of asthma are constant coughing, a feeling of tightness in the chest and difficulty in breathing.
    * Active as well as passive smoking leads to asthma.

Remedies for Asthma

    * Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste. This mixture acts as a excellent expectorant in the treatment of asthma.
    * A teaspoon of fresh ginger juice, mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste, acts as an excellent expectorant in cases of asthma. The decoction of fenugreek can be made by mixing one tablespoon of fenugreek seeds in a cupful of water. This remedy should be taken once in the morning and once in the evening.

 * Some herbs that can be recommended by Ayurvedic experts to treat asthma – Adhatoda Vasica, Piper Lungum, Terminalia Chebula, etc.
    * Garlic is another effective home remedy for asthma. Ten garlic cloves, boiled in 30 ml of milk, make an excellent medicine for the early stages of asthma. This mixture should he taken once daily by the patient. Steaming ginger tea with two minced garlic cloves in it, can also help to keep the problem under control, and should be taken in the morning and evening.
    * Honey is one of the most common home remedies for asthma. It is said that if a jug of honey is held under the nose of an asthma patient and he inhales the air that comes into contact with it, he starts breathing easier and deeper.
    * Lemon is another fruit found beneficial in the treatment of asthma. The juice of one lemon, diluted in a glassReversing Asthma: Breathe Easier with This Revolutionary New ProgramReversing Asthma: Breathe Easier with This Revolutionary New Program of water and taken with meals, will bring good results.

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