The Guideline For Those Who Fight Against Asthma
If you have severe asthma attacks you should better follow the doctor’s recommendations. This article will help supply you with some sound and practical suggestions as to the right asthma medication.
It is often the case that the asthmatic regardless of his compliance to an opened treatment still suffers from the periodic asthma attacks.
The physicians recommend adults and children the following steps as the adequate medication during the asthma attack:
1. First of all it is recommended to keep in readiness the inhaler
2. Do not wear tight clothes. Make sure that your collar (or tie) is loosened. Try to stay standing on your feet or to sit down upright during the flare-up
3. If there is no change for the better try to inhale from your blue respirator with 5-minutes interval till the attack is over
4. In case the symptoms do not improve you should call the doctor immediately
5. It is advisable to continue inhaling from the respirator every minute till the doctor arrives
It may also happen that the acute severe asthma grows even worse. For instance, the reliever inhaler doesn’t improve the symptoms, or coughing doesn’t stop but instead causes asphyxiation and pain in chest, or your breathing is extremely restricted.
Then you should react urgently: do not doubt to call in a doctor, since the emergency accident could lead to deplorable results. Do not forget to take out the details of your medicaments.
Now we speak about what to do after an emergency asthma attack.
* First you must make an appointment with the doctor who cures you for an asthma examination
* In order to make sure that the symptoms of asthma are improved it is recommended to visit your individual physician in a week or two after the last asthma attack
It is vitally important not to ignore the signs of worsening of the disease.
Many individuals are sure that asthma attacks are nothing but the ongoing worsening of symptoms in several days.
If you have noticed the slightest worsening of asthma symptoms never disregard it. Take the prescribed medicaments straight away. Attend your physician in charge or the asthma nurse already the next day. Sometimes in case of acute severe asthma there is no need to go to the doctor. Instead it is enough to take several puffs of the reliever inhaler in order to improve the symptoms while asthma attack. But at any rate the patient must follow the doctor’s advice as to the clinical features of the disease. Sometimes with the regard to the clinical constellation it is necessary to alter the expectant method of therapy.
February 27 2009 03:33 am | Feeding and Uncategorized