how to take care of your asthma?

You can't get rid of asthma, wish you could, but it can be controlled. The best thing to do is check with your doctor on what medications can be used for you. There are many out there that can help you control it if not perfectly at least better. Singular and Advair are two that I know of plus there are many more. In the mean time figure out what things trigger your asthma and try to avoid them. Try to reduce stress. Hope that helps.

Asthma Action Plans

Everyone should have an Asthma Action Plan. It will help keep your or your child's asthma under control by reminding you what triggers to avoid, which medicines to take and when to take them. The Asthma Action Plan will also tell you what to do when you have a good or bad asthma day. You and your health care provider should review and update the Asthma Action Plan at each visit.

You can help your health care provider develop the Asthma Action Plan. If you or your child uses a peak flow meter, tell your health care provider the personal best peak flow reading. This reading can help identify your personal asthma zones and what medicines to take in each one. The Asthma Action Plan will also help you know who to call and when to get help in an emergency.

The Asthma Action Plan has three "zones." The colors are like a traffic light.
GREEN means GO. Breathing is normal and there are no asthma symptoms. The peak plow reading is more than 80 percent of your personal best.


YELLOW means CAUTION. There are some asthma symptoms (e.g. coughing, wheezing, feeling "tight", and shortness of breath) present. The peak flow reading is 50 to 80 percent of your personal best.


RED means STOP/DANGER. Asthma symptoms are causing you to stop your normal activities. Breathing is difficult. The peak flow reading is less than 50 percent of personal best. You need to get help!


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Asthma is caused by a variety of factors. It may be due to an allergy caused by weather conditions, food, drugs, perfumes, and other irritants. Allergies to dust are the most common. Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. The airways are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed. The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower, and less air flows through to your lung tissue. This causes symptoms like wheezing coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing, especially at night and in the early morning. Asthma cannot be cured, but most people with asthma can control it so that they have few and infrequent symptoms and can live active lives.
Air, sun, and water are great healing agents. Regular fasting once a week, an occasional enema, breathing exercises, fresh air, a dry climate, light exercises, and correct posture go a long way in treating the disease.