HEALTH GUIDE

Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease caused by the increased sensitivity of airways to various stimuli. In patients who are sensitive, this will lead to the emergence of coughing, wheezing sound, a lot of phlegm, shortness of breath, and discomfort in the chest, especially at night or early morning. It is not certain why some people get excited and her breathing channel on another portion to normal. But these events are usually found in atopic families (family allergy), which can bequeath properties to the derivatives of this allergy.

Major abnormalities’ asthma is airway inflammation, so their management is not intended to eliminate the shortness of breath, but also a variety of purposes which are, so that patients can perform physical exercise, including running and other sports, has a near-normal lung function and asthma symptoms disappear or at least. Another goal is for a minimum of asthma attacks, shortness of drug consumption for the attack is reduced, and no side effects were noted.

Introduction about the ins and outs of asthma, how the correct treatment and prevention, will make the patient and his family understand so strongly motivated to try to overcome her illness. Therefore, education becomes a key factor in asthma treatment.

Second, knowing asthma medications, both usability and its side effects. There are two types of asthma medications, drugs work quickly to resolve the attack immediately shortness of breath (reliver) and preventative drugs long term, to overcome airway inflammation (Preventer / controller). Which includes the drug is medicines reliver bronchodilators such quick work, salbuterol albuterol, metaproterenol, terbutaline, and procaterol. In addition, anti-drug group’s cholinergic, quick work of theophylline, an injection of adrenaline or epinephrine can also be an option.

Recent research experts say that chronic inflammation may alter the structure of airway walls, resulting in remodeling of airway walls. Therefore, long-term preventive treatment is strongly recommended. Long-term prevention drug that can used are corticosteroids, cromoglycate, nedcromil, job postings B2 agonists, theophylline off slow, and leukotrienes. Of all the types of medications available, the use of inhaled medications is preferred because the effect is a fast, small doses and side effects are minimal even if given in the long term.

Third, treat or manage asthma. Treatment not only be done when an asthma attack in progress, but also when not in the attack. Management of asthma during the attack was not carried through the prevention and treatment of guided exercise. Patients with asthma with intermittent type (very mild) relapsed within one week of less than one or two times, do not require preventive treatment. However, patients with mild persistent asthma with the type, is persistent and severe persistent, should receive the preventive therapy is gradually adjusted to the classification.