Asthma is controllable. Though asthma is not a fatal disease it will lead to more problems if it is not taken care of. Asthma is mostly due to allergic reaction and in some cases it is hereditary. Frequent attack of asthma affects the routine life and it prevents one from performing to his/her fullest.

Asthmatic Symptoms

By getting proper care through doctor's help you can control asthma and become free of the symptoms. A constant care is necessary and you have to take care even it is a mild case. If you experience the following symptoms, then immediately consult your doctor. The asthma symptoms are

frequent coughing
wheezing
tightness of chest
breath shortness

Consult your doctor and check out whether you have an asthmatic attack. Tell him everything in detail like your work environment, stress and strain you are experiencing, anything that may cause allergic reactions like smell, your food habits and your family history. It will help the doctor to pin point the major cause and prescribing a treatment accordingly. Visit your doctor every six months.

Take Proper Asthma Treatment

If you have asthma symptoms three or four times a week or four or five times at night during a month, consult your doctor to have long term medical course. To control effectively the asthmatic symptoms, long term medicinal treatment is a must. Don't be careless and take daily long term control medicine with your doctor's advice. It takes three or four weeks before you can see some results.

Short term medicinal treatment help you to get immediate relief. Inhaler is the best choice for a quick relief if your asthmatic attack is severe. Quick relief measures help for a few hours. Take immediately the short term quick relief measures when the begin to feel the symptoms of asthma. It prevents you from having a severe attack. Consult doctor if you are using the inhalers or other quick relief measures frequently. Peak flow meters help you to check how well your asthma is controlled. If you are using more than one peak flow meter, take care to have the same brand.

Causes of Asthma

As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, it is advisable to avoid things that are causing you the asthmatic attack. Avoid the things and environment that trigger the attack.

Things to avoid

smoking
fine dust
animal contact
cockroaches
cleaning
strong odors, sprays and smoke
heavy exercise

Apart from allergy causing things, your emotions and stress and strain are also potential causes of asthmatic attack. Prolonged tension and stress and strain in your daily life will slowly lead to asthmatic attack. Avoid getting emotional and get relief from your stress through meditation. You can control asthma by avoiding the allergy causing situation and taking proper medicines.

Updates

A popular belief is that food allergy is a common cause of asthma. But a recent study has mentioned that food allergy is a less common cause of asthma. Food allergy is rare and in the west only a 2 percent of population has it. The asthmatic reaction to sulphite is due to unknown mechanisms and not a case of food allergy.

The most common allergen are fish, soy, tree nuts, milk and shellfish. Protein is the common allergen in all these foods. If you are allergic to any food, avoid it for the rest of your life and carry a pre-filled epinephrine syringe to self treat anaphylaxis. It is a must to avoid any fatal result in case of any accidental exposure to food allergy.