Friendly With Asthma

Living with asthma means it must be able to control asthma. The term control of the disease is usually used in chronic diseases has not been possible healing with current treatments.

Uncontrolled asthma causes symptoms of shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, and when it happens at night can cause sleep disturbances. If the symptoms get severe patients is not uncommon to see a doctor or emergency room at the hospital.

Although rarely reported, asthma can lead to death. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported at least 255,000 patients die each year due to asthma, and 80% would occur in developing countries.

A study in Western European societies, suggesting it was only 5% of patients the disease is quite well controlled acid. Hospital Dr. Madura Jakarta, asthma patients who seek treatment at the Allergy Clinic of Internal Medicine showed 64% of patients not controlled, well controlled 28% and 5% are fully controlled.

Course of asthma patients who seek treatment at the hospital will be higher than the level of control in the community, as most patients are treated more regularly gets counseling and treatment is relatively better.

Even a study involving 3400 patients in various countries can achieve good asthma control by 71% provided with regular supervision and taking medication combination inhaled steroid and long-acting bronchodilators.

The benefits to be gained when we controlled asthma is asthma symptoms decreased or absent, the quality of life for the better, to hospital care and emergency visits to the doctor much less frequently than patients with poorly controlled asthma. Of course, many deaths occur in poorly controlled asthma.

Nathan, et al from the United States introduced the Asthma Control Test (ACT) or in the Indonesian language to Control Asthma Test (TKA) is a simple form that contains 5 questions about asthma. You can get a form or booklet is by visiting a doctor.

Each question has a score of foreign workers from 1 to 5, so that the lowest value is 5 ACT, while a maximum of 25. Interpretation of the scores are divided into 4 groups, namely uncontrolled asthma, poorly controlled, well controlled, and controlled total / perfect.

Assessment based on the score enables doctors to determine the attitude, if the treatment regimen is being used by the patient is passed, raised or lowered.



Friendly With Asthma
There is no choice, to live with asthma do need to recognize and be friends with him. For those who frequent recurrence at night until early morning, for example, must use the power of his asthma medication long so no need uninterrupted sleep.

Currently available asthma medications are long acting nature, whether in the form of a drink or spray / inhaled. These drugs can work for 12-24 hours so quite used 1-2 times a day.

Patients with asthma are also advised to consult a doctor regularly. Due to the condition of the disease can be mild or otherwise increased so that both the drug and the way of life needs to be adjusted.

Type of food and beverages will also need to be observed, which often triggers an attack and then avoid. The results showed, not only instant noodles that can lead to asthma, but also food coloring, such as tartrazine, food preservatives such as metabisulfite, and flavor enhancer (monosodium glutamate) is widely used in the food stalls.

Patients with asthma also have to keep in his body. Now many hospitals that hold gymnastics asthma. Gymnastics asthma did not appear suddenly. Pre-existing cardiovascular and aerobic exercise.

At a symposium in the 1980s, some doctors gathered, including lung doctors, medical rehabilitation physicians, physician physiology, and sports physicians to create together.

Asthma exercise movement created to strengthen the respiratory muscles. Asthma exercise movement consists of several parts. In the beginning there stretching, and then go into the core asthma gymnastic movements A and nucleus B gymnastic movements asthma and subsequent aerobic movement for those who are still strong.

Before proceeding aerobics, each member should check his pulse. Because aerobic expend a lot of energy, only patients who are still strong and the normal pulse rate should follow.

Living friendly with asthma will reduce the occurrence of asthma attacks and improve the quality of life for people with asthma. In the end, asthma is not a problem.