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Weight
Loss and Asthma
Introduction It
is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which
are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs.
Thus in asthma,
there is swelling of the tissues in the air passages
of the lung, making it tight (bronchoconstriction) thus
difficult to breathe.
Causes
There are certain things that can make asthma symptoms
worse and lead to asthma attacks. Some of the more common
things that can worsen your asthma symptoms are exercise,
allergens, irritants, and viral infections. The lists
below give some examples of things that can worsen asthma
symptoms.
- Animal dander (from the skin, hair, or feathers
of animals)
- Dust mites (contained in house dust)
- Cockroaches
- Pollen from trees and grass
- Mold (indoor and outdoor)
- Cigarette smoke
- Air pollution
- Cold air or changes in weather
- Strong odors from painting or cooking
- Scented products
- Strong emotional expression (including crying or
laughing hard), and stress
Symptoms
Breathing gets pretty difficult, Episodes of wheezy
difficulty in breathing, Narrowing of the air passages
in the lungs and hence increased resistance to airflow.,
Rapid and considerable changes in airway obstruction,
Frequent nocturnal episodes and low morning peak flow
values, Symptom-free periods, Bronchial hyper-responsiveness
to nonspecific stimuli such as cold air or histamine,
which generally varies within short periods of time,
and is sometimes reversible, either spontaneously or
with treatment.
Remedy and prevention
- EAT plenty of Foods rich in the B vitamins such
as green leafy vegetables and pulses.
- Eat plenty of Good sources of magnesium such as
sunflower seeds and dried figs.
- Learn about your asthma and how to control it.
- Use medications as directed by your doctor to prevent
or stop attacks.
- Avoid things that make your asthma worse, as much
as possible.
- Get regular checkups from your doctor.
- Follow your asthma action plan.
- Babies exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely
to get asthma. If a mother smokes during
- pregnancy, her baby may also be more likely to
get asthma.
- Personal smoking may also cause asthma.
Obesity
may be linked to asthma as well as other health problems.
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