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Asthma Sufferer? Here’s How You Can Keep Fit Safely

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An asthma diagnosis can often feel limiting. It might make it hard for you to exercise, or sometimes even to go outside. You might have certain triggers you need to avoid, which can mean there are some things you can’t do. However, for the majority of people with asthma, it’s still possible to keep fit. It can sometimes take a while to get there, but many can reach a point when they exercise regularly and keep fit. If you have asthma, and you’re on a mission to get fit, try this guide to achieve your goals.

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Reasons to Exercise When You Have Asthma

People often think that it’s hard or even impossible to keep fit when they have asthma. The truth is that if your symptoms are well-managed, you can exercise just as much as anyone else. Some people will have to limit themselves if they don’t have their asthma entirely under control. However, exercising can be good for asthma and help to improve symptoms. In fact, some top athletes and sportspeople have asthma. Exercising helps to give you more stamina and improve the functioning of your lungs. It can boost your immune system and help with weight loss too, both of which can reduce asthma symptoms.

 

Speak to Your Doctor

Before you start a new exercise regime, you might want to talk to your doctor. This is especially important if you want to start a rigorous training program. For example, if you want to train for a marathon, you should visit your doctor for a check-up first. It’s important to discuss how well you are managing your asthma and what sort of exercise you can handle. Your doctor or nurse might recommend that you start off with light exercise, such as walking. They can give you advice on how to handle your asthma when you’re working out.

 

Take Medication as Prescribed

If you have asthma, and you want to get fit, keeping your asthma under control is essential. Most people with asthma are able to exercise if their symptoms are well-managed. However, this requires you to be responsible and stay on top of your medication. You are likely to have preventative and reliever inhalers that you use on a regular basis. You might also have treatments you use for prevention or during an asthma attack. It’s important that you pick up your prescribed medications so that you always have them. You also need to renew your prescription when you need to. If you’re ever in a situation when you can’t get your prescription in the usual way, you can buy Ventolin online. This is an excellent solution when you can’t see your GP or get to your regular pharmacy.

 

Finding the Exercise for You

Finding an exercise you enjoy is an important part of getting fit, whether you have asthma or not. Most people who have their asthma under control can try any exercise that takes their fancy. You don’t need to limit yourself to anything in particular. And you’ll be able to stick to a routine better if you enjoy what you’re doing. Don’t feel like you have to go running or do yoga because that’s what other people do. You can think outside the box and try something a little more unusual, from roller derby to kabaddi.

 

Asthma-friendly Exercising

Sometimes you might have to take things easily if your asthma is harder to manage. This could be for a short period, or it might be something you struggle with for a while. If you don’t have your asthma under control as well, you can stick to some more gentle exercises. These can include walking, badminton, and yoga. Swimming can also be an excellent exercise for people with asthma, but you might need to be cautious. Chlorine can be a trigger for some people with asthma, so be aware of whether it might affect you.

 

Safety When Exercising

When you’re working out, you need to watch out for symptoms that indicate you should stop. You might feel a little breathless and sweaty, and your heart might be pumping, especially if you haven’t exercised in a while. However, these signs shouldn’t be anything to worry about. However, you should stop if you’re coughing, wheezing or gasping for breath. If your chest feels tight or you can’t speak in short sentences, you should take a break. Always have your reliever inhaler with you so you can take it if you experience these symptoms.

 

Asthma doesn’t have to be a barrier to keeping fit. As long as you manage your asthma and discuss any concerns with a doctor or nurse, you can exercise regularly.

Rule-out Asthma attacks!

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Asthma, a lung disease is usually inherited but nowadays it can be acquired no matter what the age is, due to external factors – environment. Air pollution is severe that sometimes in the morning when you wake up, you cannot distinguish a fog from a smog, especially when you are living in the Metropolis.

Asthma is characterized as a chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes that involves and triggers swelling and narrowing (constriction) of the airways. The consequence is difficulty in breathing, and wheezing. The bronchial narrowing is generally either totally at least partially reversible with treatments.

An Allergologist is a medical specialist on allergies. He informed us that once you’ve been clinically determined to have asthma, your physician may prescribe more than one asthma medication to alleviate asthma symptoms and control asthma for the long-term.

My eldest son, who’s now 25 years of age has fully recovered from asthma, his attacks were not so severe and approaches only during changes of weather. My youngest son, however has severe asthma attacks clinically diagnosed at the age of 1 but due to early diagnosis and treatment, he has less asthma attacks since age 5.

We rely on our pediatricians when our kids are sick and not feeling well. Most often mothers stick to only one physician for checkups, considering the fact that the children are “hiyang” (compatible) with. On the contrary, I am the kind who is not contented with only one physician. I usually decide after the second and third opinions and I prefer older doctors due to experience-wise. It isn’t that I don’t believe in them, I just want to make certain, because Yahmir isn’t getting any better for a year of repetitive asthma episodes, but it only worsens on the next approach.

The fifth pediatrician who’s been treating Yahmir recommended us to his friend Allergologist. He told us that it is necessary for Yahmir to be treated by a specialist due to the severity of his respiratory disorder. He had undergone several allergen tests to eliminate what triggers his bronchial asthma. There are two classes that provokes it.

allergens

• “seasonal” pollens
• year-round dustmites, molds, pets
• foods, including seafoods such as fish, crab and shrimps, egg, peanuts, nuts, cow’s milk, and soy
• additives, like sulfites

nonallergens — mostly irritants

• tobacco smoke
• outdoor factors, including smog, weather changes, and diesel fumes
• indoor factors, like paint, detergents, deodorants, chemicals, and perfumes
• emotional factors, such as laughing, crying, yelling, and distress.
His allergen test including skin and blood tests indicated that he’s got allergies on the first two allergens aforementioned and peanuts.

He is sensitive also to sudden weather changes and perfumes. These allergens often activate symptoms. Thus, aside from asthma he is also diagnosed having allergic rhinitis.

His medication included a bronchodilator, an antihistamine/corticosteroid and a nasal spray. We bought a home nebulizer for home medication.

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As my children go through medication, I find it very important that you take notice of the adverse reactions of the medicines that was being prescribed to your kids. Albuterol has shaking or trembling effects on Yahmir that’s why it was changed to Terbutaline, the bronchodilator in the form of syrup.

For his nebulizing, he was prescribed with Ipratropium + Salbutamol nebule. This is a bronchodilator which treats wheezing and shortness of breath.

For his Allergic Rhinitis, he was handed a nasal spray – Physiomer. It relieves congestion & helps restore nasal respiration. I utilize it too when my allergic rhinitis attacks.

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Due to Yahmir’s frequent asthma attacks, he was given Ketotifen Fumarate, medication for a long term control. It is an anti-inflammatory drug, a second-generation H1-antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer, to minimize the frequency and harshness of asthma attacks, please take note that Ketotifen is not effective in treating an active asthma attack (acute attack). Yahmir was on Ketotifen medication for one year.

Please take note that the above mentioned medicines are prescribed by Yahmir’s Allergologist for his respiratory condition, and they might not be suitable or appropriate for your child’s condition.

Our allergologist always advice us to never ever, self-medicate or home medicate your children struggling with asthma. It is best to seek medical assistance to rule out the standing condition and severity of the disorder.