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Q: If I have asthma, is it better for me to use medicines and inhalers that reduce my bronchial inflammation?
If I reduce bronchial inflammation by using asthma inhalers am I at a lesser risk of developing lung cancer from having my lungs less inflamed? Do steroids and inhalers increase the risk of developing cancers or reduce the risk?
A: ask your doctor.
the answer to your first question is NO
I suspect the answer to your second question is also : NO.
Q: is bronchial asthma transferable?
A: you can't catch asthma if that's what you mean.
Q: moderately effective control of chronic recurrent bronchial asthma.?
anybody know the definition . can you guys help me . PLEASE ( THANKZ )
A: use ASTHALIN inhaler [ it contains SALBUTAMOL ]
Q: how bronchial asthma is transferred by heridity?
A: To know the answer to this ques you need to know the pathology behind asthma. Its basically an allergic manifestation of bronchi (respiratory passages) when you inhale a particular allergen to which one is suspectible the cells in bronchi produce abnormally large amounts of antibodies against the allergen which causes massive release of histamine the substance responsible for producing the various manifestations of asthma. Now this abnormal response to the allergen is due to unique genes in your cells which makes them behave like that. These genes are inherited that is passed from parents to offsprings. I think that answers your question well .
Q: You can have asthma without having allergens?
Aka bronchial asthma? do your walls become inflammed as with allergens? I would think so. I've been wheezing, coughing, and having shortness of breath so what kinds of tests would need be done to show that I have indeed asthma?
*note* I also have chest pains like some one's stabbing my heart.
also as if some one has wrapped a rope around my chest and tightened it. I watched a video on this woman with asthma she gave the same descriptions I was feeling.
A: Yeah, there are three different types of asthma. One is the one you mention that causes wheezing when the body reacts to an outside allergen or irritant. Then you can get symptoms from emotionally stimulated asthma. Like anxiety and /or panic. Some people also get asthma like symptoms from breathing very cold air.
Another kind is exercise induced asthma.
So yeah there are other types of asthma but let your doctor determine which kind you have as the treatment varies. They can all be controlled. But there are many things you need to learn on how to avoid an attack. One of them is finding out what type you have.
God bless.
Q: How to prevent bronchial asthma? WHat is the cure for it?
Is low/no ventilation and air conditioning add to the problem
A: There is no cure for asthma, but the disease can be controlled in most patients with good medical care. The condition should be taken seriously since uncontrolled asthma may result in emergency hospitalization and possible death.
You can however control your asthma by with medicines that open the aiways (bronchodilators) and steriods that reduce inflammation in the airway.
Avoid the things (triggers) that cause you to have an asthma attack:
"Seasonal" pollens.
Year-round dust mites, molds, pets, and insect parts.
Foods, such as fish, egg, peanuts, nuts, cow's milk, and soy.
Additives, such as sulfites.
Work-related agents, such as latex.
Allergy Fact
About 80% of children and 50% of adults with asthma also have allergies.
Irritants
Respiratory infections, such as those caused by viral "colds," bronchitis, and sinusitis.
Drugs, such as aspirin, other NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), and Beta Blockers (used to treat blood pressure and other heart conditions).
Tobacco smoke.
Outdoor factors, such as smog, weather changes, and diesel fumes.
Indoor factors, such as paint, detergents, deodorants, chemicals, and perfumes.
Nighttime.
GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disorder).
Exercise, especially under cold dry conditions.
Work-related factors, such as chemicals, dusts, gases, and metals.
Emotional factors, such as laughing, crying, yelling, and distress.
Hormonal factors, such as in premenstrual syndrome.
Q: How do you develop asthma? or any bronchial disorder?
A: There are as many ways to develop a lung disease as there are diseases. Some are genetic, some are environmentally caused. Asthma, specifically, has a genetic component that makes someone with the gene pre-disposed to developing the disease if the right conditions are present. Asthma shows up as a physical problem with the lungs; some call it an immunodeficiency problem. I am not a geneticist, so I can't say for certain that someone without the asthma gene will or will not develop it with exposure to toxic chemicals, but I do know that people with autoimmune disorders are particularly sensitive to chemical exposure (i.e., pesticides, cleaning chemicals, etc...).
Other disorders can be caused by viruses, bacteria, or another sort of exposure such as exposure to the metal beryllium (leads to berylliosis a really nasty lung disease) or asbestos (mesothelioma).
I don't know if that helps, but the development of lung disease is pretty specific to genetics and environmental exposure. If you don't have the genetics to develop the disease, you probably will have trouble developing the disease; however, if you are exposed enough to a chemical or environmental issue, you also can develop lung disease. I'm sure someone out there is currently studying this very issue.
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Q: Which is more dangerous with Asthma: bronchial constriction, or the inflammation?
I'm not sure which is more deadly, I do know that both combined is what causes the attack and it can be life-threatening and dangerous. However, what's more dangerous, the actual constriction or the inflammation.
The inflammation really cannot be brought down by the emergency inhalers, and it can only be controlled with the long-term maintenance drugs.
However, wouldn't the inflammation really be the key cause of Asthma and the most dangerous aspect of it? Being that it is responsible for being ultra-sensitive to anything and everything including triggers?
The bronchospasms and constriction would be to me a secondary reaction to the asthma, and can easily be reversed by medication, whereas the inflammation is harder and more long-term to treat.
What's your take?
Also which drugs are more effective on the inflammation, and which drugs on the bronchoconstriction?
I'd assume prednisone would work better for the inflammation and albuterol for the constriction.
A: Luke, Asthma is a very complex condition that has many triggers. These triggers may be bronchospastic in nature or inflammatory.
The tricky thing about bronchospastic episodes is finding the trigger ... is it intrinsic (within the body via various pathways) or extrinsic (via allergies ... cold air ... exercise ... etc.).
Thus the huge range of drugs offered. Obviously, inflammatory response is going to be controlled by a steroid such as fluticasone, beclomethasone, etc. This is usually considered a maintenance drug and must be taken as prescribed. It will not give you relief on an emergency basis.
If you have a severe inflammatory response ... off to the hospital and IV steroids will be necessry.
If you have a good response to your bronchodilators ... you most likely have an bronchospastic component ... not inflammatory (key word most likely) ... this is called reactive airways disease ....
I like Xopenex for bronchodilation and Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent) ...
There are a few new steroids on the market that I havent used ... so my experience for inflammatory response is Flovent (Fluticasone) .... I work strictly with neonates now so I am unaware of the efficacy of the new steroids ..
If you have repeatedly dosed yourself with the resue inhaler ... and no response .. go to the ER .... Asthma can be DEADLY!
Q: has anyone tried using seretide and ventolin for asthma? what is the side effect?
am 28 and recently diagnosed with allergic rhenitis and bronchial asthma..the doctor suggest to have maintenance (naturally i feel disappointed..i don;t want to use maintenance..am afraid it could damage my kidney)..how true is this?
some patients undergo immunenotheraphy..how safe is it to kidney and other internal organs?
pls help..thanks
A: Seretide is a type of inhaled medication containing fluticasone which is steroid and salmeterol which is a bronchodilator. Since the route is by inhalation, the amount of medicine is very minimal. So the systemic effects is almost eliminated, as opposed when you take medicine by mouth (ingestion). If the cause is an specific allergen, you may receive immunotherapy. There is a danger of severe allergic reaction to the allergen because it will be given to you in small amounts until you develop immunity againts it.
Q: What's the best natural remedy for asthma?
I have two kids, 6 and 10 yrs old respectively, suffering from both bronchial and skin asthma. They've been treated with so much antihistamine. I want to try natural remedy.
A: When I have an attack I either stand in a steamy room or have a hot cup of tea (cranberry is supposed to have natural ingredient to help with asthma).
Q: Why do obstructive pulmonary diseases like asthma cause greater problem when expiring ?
In asthma bronchial spasm occurs in response to an allergen so theoretically a patient shud find it as hard to inspire as to expire but that is not the case seen practically.The patient faces a problem mainly while breathing out. Can someone tell me the cause behind this.
A: We all have a normal "reflex" in our bronchi, that decreases the lumen of them everytime we exhalate air....when there is inflamation and secretion of mucus, such as it happens in asthma, this reflex is exaggerated, bringing more of a "spasm" of the muscles of the bronchi....
So its dealt with, according to the cause (chronic infections, smoking, exposure to toxic substances like asbestos, allergies), and symptomatically, decreasing the inflamation, and dilating the bronchi, with special medications (terbutaline, ephedrine derivetives, amynophylline), and sntihistaminics and antagonist of the allergic response (if the cause is allergy) such as pralukast sodium astemizole etc...
So, as You see,normal inspiration by itself, normally DILATES the respiratory entrance (the portion surrounded by smooth involuntary muscle), and during expiration it NARROWS the outlet, because the exaggeration of the normal reflex we have cited in the beginning
Hope this wil clarify things a little bit, though..
Cheers
Q: I have a burning in what seems like my bronchial tubes at times and shortness of breath What is this ?
I am a 48 year old male, non smoker, I experience attacks of shortness of breath, palpitations and a burning sensation that seems to be in my bronchial area. Are these asthma sysmptoms ?? I do have some allergies and I though that might be it, but it comes and goes.
A: It may be bronchitis. Go to the doctor to be safe.
Q: Relation of indoor heating with asthma, allergic sensitization's, and bronchial responsiveness:?
Know good friend that complains of severe headache, nose bleeds, coughing up discolored mucus from esophagus and nasal, constant sking irritation. and resides in a building with indoor heating pipes installed above. Can anyone provide some info base on the info above and how can her symptoms be treated. currently she uses a small humidifiyer to sleep at nights, with little help.
A: Difference of Temp. cause problem.Body cant tolerate and stand this.It affects Metabolism.